The recession seems to have become a pantomime this week. At every opportunity the Chancellor tells us: “it’s behind you”, then the Office of National Statistics (ONS) yell: “Oh no it isn’t!” So are we in recession or aren’t we? There’s an easy answer to this – some of us are and some of us [...]
TCS couldn’t organise a bumrape in a barracks and Varsity couldn’t be less hard-hitting if it were edited by Tim Henman
Declining newspaper sales are not a crisis for journalism, but an opportunity to save it
There’s a crisis in print journalism. Newspaper sales across the board are facing an inexorable decline. Worst affected, with the notable exception of the Daily Mail, are the tabloids. The Mirror, once the country’s best selling paper, has seen its circulation [...]
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Guest post by Carl Packman
102 Minutes That Changed America, the brave documentary that aired on Channel 4 yesterday, made for very tough viewing.
The camera was very intrusive, and actually seemed to infuriate people, but it did what was best in documenting some very sombre and terrifying moments. People, covered in dust and debris, would wave [...]
Nick Davies is the award-winning investigative journalist, writer and documentary maker who recently broke the story of the News of the World phone-taps. Last year, he published the bestselling Flat Earth News, an exposé of the systemic falsehood, distortion and propaganda current in the mainstream global media. The book won plaudits from critics across the [...]
