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Published in: Home: OpinionI reported on Thatcher-era strikes. Here’s what today’s coverage is missing
The demise of industrial correspondents allows the Tory press to deliver outlandish, make-believe scare stories
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Published in: Home: OpinionIt’s great to see Mick Lynch calling out the media’s anti-union bullshit
Billionaires control our politics and our press, yet we’re told unions are the real enemy of the British worker
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionHow can the deadly violence against Mexican journalists be stopped?
Between cartels and corrupt politicians, the country is among the most dangerous to be a journalist. Eight have been...
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Published in: Home: FeatureChannel 4 gave these young people their break. Now it’s up for sale
Producers who worked on C4 programmes say the broadcaster was already ‘levelling up’. Will a private owner be so...
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Published in: Home: OpinionHow the right-wing press used partygate to get rid of lockdown
Hundreds have died of COVID because the papers bullied Boris Johnson into lifting lockdown early
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionLabour must not abandon media reform
In an open letter to Labour leadership candidates, prominent figures in the party call for continued support for...
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Published in: 50.50Where are women's voices in 'The Family' Netflix series?
It illuminates a secretive network of influential US Christian conservatives. But it’s also remarkable for excluding...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRemainers need new messengers for a new media
The cards are still stacked against the next Remain campaign. It's time to learn lessons and regroup.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe government must restore funding for free TV licences for the over-75s, urge campaigners and experts
The government has off-loaded responsibility for funding – or withdrawing – free TV licenses, onto the BBC. Media...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe BBC should stand up to the government’s hypocrisy over free licence fees for over-75s
Perhaps there is a very British compromise to be found?
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy a focus on "fake news" and Facebook misses the internet's real problems - and solutions
MP's new 'fake news' report largely ignores other platforms like Google and YouTube, and surveillance capitalism...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsCommons report on “fake news” says failing electoral laws are putting UK democracy at risk
Report from MPs builds on openDemocracy’s work exposing unaccountable ‘dark money’ and influence on our elections
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?"Tickers of terror" – the crisis of Polish media as told by news crawls
As Poland prepares for another divisive and violent independence day holiday on 11 November (celebrating "100 years...
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Published in: HomeMore and more Swedes reading misleading anti-immigrant news sites
Nativist, Islamophobic websites are flourishing in Sweden as politics takes a hard right.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA Syrian game of thrones: infotainment and New York Times’ spectacular coverage
The ‘catchiest’ New York Times’ articles about Syria since 2011, reveal an obsession with the spectacle, a failure...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia"Big Brother": the art of subversion
Art achieves its highest purpose when it questions the structures of power in a society. A goal that "Big Brother",...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTurkish mainstream media’s bad habit keeps getting worse
The Turkish public has been puzzled by fabricated news stories appearing every day in the mass media.
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Published in: HomeFake news didn’t start with Donald Trump
Remarkably, there is no positive correlation between democracy and public confidence in the media, which is often...
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Published in: HomeBought and paid for – how Romania’s media is pressured by corporate and political masters
Journalists in Romania failing to conform to pressure from private companies and advertisers face intimidation and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTheresa May regards television debates an intrusion into Britain’s real democratic process
The Prime Minister has refused to take part in a TV debate. What else will she throw out? Could Prime Minister's...
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