Media

Is Russia Today finished?

5 March 2022 4:04 am

As the British authorities debate whether to ban the propaganda channel of a savage imperialist power, Russia Today is making a…

Why we shouldn't ban Russia Today

23 February 2022 11:49 pm

Nadine Dorries, the Culture Secretary, has written to Ofcom urging it to keep the situation with Russia Today ‘very carefully…

Boris is about to give Silicon Valley censors more power than ever

19 February 2022 4:54 am

Four years in the making, the Online Safety Bill has now been sent to senior ministers for review — a…

The rise of Indian cancel culture

20 November 2021 6:00 pm

In 1975, India’s prime minister Indira Gandhi suspended democracy. The so-called ‘Emergency’ was largely of her own making, giving her…

When it comes to Africa, the media look away

20 November 2021 9:00 am

Kenya Each time I sit in St Bride’s on Fleet Street during the memorial of another friend, I look around…

Un-cancel Terry Gilliam!

3 November 2021 8:55 am

I am starting to wonder if the world of arts and culture is staffed, in large part if not exclusively,…

It's no wonder young people have 'eco-anxiety'

8 October 2021 9:29 am

Is it any wonder that children and young adults are going down with ‘eco-anxiety’ , as claimed in an opinion…

How I missed the Matt Hancock story

3 July 2021 9:00 am

How I missed the Hancock story

What do Extinction Rebellion have against a free press?

30 June 2021 8:45 am

One can only hope that the profound political thinkers of Extinction Rebellion took care not to dump cow manure on…

Tala Halawa and the progressive media’s anti-Semitism blindspot

24 May 2021 9:57 pm

The tale of Tala Halawa has an ever-mounting horror to it: each sentence is more disturbing than the last. First…

The school that made an American century

8 May 2021 9:00 am

New York With the Karamazovian hangover now only a weekly occurrence, the healthy life rules supreme. Well, most of the…

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Why would Biden grant the press access now?

14 November 2020 5:48 am

Joe Biden had barely finished his acceptance speech on Saturday when journalists, tired and weary of four years of mean…

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The American media is failing you

31 October 2020 1:57 am

American journalism has lost its bearings, and we are all paying the price. For the past four years, egged on…

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People trust the media less than Trump on COVID. Here’s why

11 September 2020 3:59 am

The national media is now less trusted than President Trump to provide accurate information and analysis about COVID-19, according to…

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Extra, extra — read all about us!

16 July 2020 3:39 am

Instead of telling us about America, or even the world outside, American journalists now tell us about other American journalists. The…

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The protests have not ended COVID-19

4 June 2020 4:09 am

Remember when peaceful protesters of the economic lockdown were smeared for apparently putting lives at risk by utilizing their First…

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Newsflash: Trump insults everyone

13 May 2020 7:39 am

Want to know the worst kept secret in America? Every time President Trump and the White House Press Corps do…

We’re all guilty of recruiting this virus to our cause

18 April 2020 9:00 am

There must be a quote from Shakespeare for this, but so far I haven’t found it. It’s the way we…

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Questioning coronavirus origins is not a conspiracy

5 April 2020 6:13 am

The exact origins of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, remain unknown. We know only that it began in the Wuhan province…

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Why was early coronavirus coverage so lazy? The media’s insatiable thirst for political correctness

29 March 2020 7:08 am

When the media views its entire mission through a lens of meting out social justice while presenting itself as the…

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A hostile media helps Donald Trump

24 January 2020 7:50 am

The news media of the late 1700s and early 1800s consisted almost entirely of partisan political operations. Ron Chernow, the biographer…

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Trump uses provocative terms because he wants to provoke

23 October 2019 4:11 am

We should be bored by now — perhaps we are. Certainly, the anger against Donald Trump’s tweets isn’t quite as…

The New York Times is leader of the pack in its anti-Trump agenda

Trump has driven the American media mad

10 November 2018 9:00 am

New York An old-fashioned party is a gathering of friends invited by the host or hostess, who foots the bill.…

The riddle of Melania

Melania Trump elegantly rises above the media muck

20 October 2018 9:00 am

I am not sure that Melania Trump had the introduction of Henry IV Part 2 in mind when she sat…