Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Justin Schlosberg is chair of the Media Reform Coalition.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWere Labour’s antisemitism failures really Corbyn’s fault?A leaked Labour report seems to provide evidence that it was in fact Corbyn’s opponents who delayed the disciplining...
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Published in: HomeThe media–technology–military industrial complexIn a world of so-called fake news and post-truth politics, the influence of largely invisible qualities of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJeremy Corbyn, impartiality and media misrepresentationAnother academic study has found systemic bias against Jeremy Corbyn in the British media.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIs there really an alternative? The mainstream media and the limits of public debate over austerityMainstream media can still have a critical influence in prescribing limits to potential policy solutions, and thus...
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Published in: ourBeebWhat would an autonomous BBC look like?Proposals for a ‘unitary board’ represent a serious threat to the BBC’s independence. The corporation must use this...
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Published in: ourBeebOn Whittingdale and the power of press silenceThe ability of the British press to effectively suppress a scandal speaks volumes about the dangers of concentrated media.