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Where to stand in the Fourth Estate

Attacks on the Guardian's supposed hypocrisy conflates public scrutiny with gossip and entertainment.

By Dom Shaw

/ 3 Sep 2013

The power of London Scots

Scotland's image is being forged by the media across the United Kingdom. Is the union being weakened by the ill-informed media elite who are shaping this image?

By Gerry Hassan

/ 28 Aug 2013

Autocrats, super-tweeps and Twitter’s overnight tribes

Why people who seek to use Twitter as a measure of popularity, legitimacy or credibility should begin by blocking their fake followers.

By Rori Donaghy

/ 28 Aug 2013

Before Chelsea Manning rebelled against the order of the US army, others had already done so—the soldiers she exposed. Their insider status has protected them whilst she has functioned as a symbolic sacrifice. Her coming out is an act of defiance.

By Jennie Kermode

/ 27 Aug 2013

The final brick in the wall of the security state?

Why the digital commentator and technology adviser this week decided to call on Obama, Cameron, Clegg and the other 'architects of oppression' to dismantle the security state, using a quote the full irony of which he is well aware.

By Bill Thompson

/ 25 Aug 2013

Egypt to its journalists: Turn a blind eye, or adopt our viewpoint!

The State Information Service objects to the fact that some media "are still falling short of describing the (anti-Morsi protests) of June 30 as an expression of a popular will."

By Ahmed Magdy Youssef

/ 23 Aug 2013

A militarized media in Egypt: a dirty war making many of us blind

The people will soon see the “true colours” of SCAF – or will they? It depends where they get their information from.

By Gigi Ibrahim

/ 21 Aug 2013

In Ukraine, it grows on trees ...

Ever since becoming Ukraine’s president in 2010, Viktor Yanukovych has been preparing for his next election in 2015 – and this time he intends to win without the support of the oligarchs. But he needs cash, lots of it, and this, as Sergii Leshchenko reports, is where "self-made" Serhiy Kurchenko c

By Sergii Leshchenko

/ 20 Aug 2013

What happens after the demise of ‘the Holy Trinity’ of Britain?

The BBC, the NHS and the monarchy all stand as the foundations of modern Britishness. As the former two lag behind, it has now given the monarchy an opportunity for greater power and influence. In view of Scotland's impending referendum, what kind of Britain will this create?

By Gerry Hassan

/ 19 Aug 2013

Spain: national television, government tool?

The Spanish government's determination to manipulate public television and treat viewers as idiots is backfiring. Liz Cooper reports on the response of the private sector, backed by social networks and free press

By Liz Cooper

/ 19 Aug 2013

From Morsi to Sisi: the evolution of targeting journalists in Egypt

One of the only consistencies in Egypt, from the Mubarak era through to the SCAF period to Morsi’s rule to the tumultuous summer of 2013, has been encroachments on press freedom and attacks on journalists. But there have been subtle shifts in how journalists have been targeted, and attacks are bec

By Heather McRobie

/ 18 Aug 2013

Totalitarianism as an object of fascination

The great public outcry and vehement criticism of American and British spy programs by western parliaments, NGOs, and the media clearly shows how great the distance still is between western democracies and the terrifying vision that Orwell described.

By Leonid Luks

/ 13 Aug 2013