CNN, MS NOW and Politico have sued US President Donald Trump and members of his administration over a decision to ban the outlets from White House grounds, arguing that the move violates
French President Emmanuel Macron has faced criticism over a proposal to introduce a certification scheme for “serious” media outlets, which some observers have described as Orwellian. Macron said the plan was intended
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by Durga Velayudham In recent weeks, reports have emerged that BYD offered a “super tour” of China to media professionals and social-media influencers from abroad — including from Sri Lanka — as
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The BBC is facing renewed scrutiny after the author of a leaked 19-page memo claimed that the broadcaster suffers from systemic bias and that former Director-General Tim Davie had an “editorial blindspot.”
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What began as a local dispute in Nottinghamshire, England, has become a cautionary tale about the creeping restrictions on press freedom worldwide. Council leader Mick Barton of the right-wing Reform UK party
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Daily Mail owner DMGT announced on Saturday that it has reached a £500 million ($650 million) agreement to acquire The Telegraph, a transaction that would unite two of Britain’s major right-leaning newspapers
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Tunisian journalists rallied near government offices on Thursday to protest mounting restrictions on the media, calling for the release of detained colleagues and vowing that increasing repression will not silence the press.
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The BBC is set to unveil what it calls one of its most ambitious wildlife projects to date — Kingdom, a sweeping six-part series narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Produced by the
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The BBC was plunged into turmoil on Sunday as its director general, Tim Davie, and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness, resigned following mounting accusations of editorial bias, including allegations that
More Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations. ~ George Orwell Introduction In considering the epistemic and teleological dimensions of the observance of 2 November
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by Eric Piers Morgan’s Woke Is Dead reads like an obituary written by the accused at the funeral. It is brash, polemical, and intentionally blasphemous against the new secular religion of progressive
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Journalists at CBS News were left stunned Friday by reports that opinion journalist Bari Weiss, a sharp critic of mainstream media, would assume the role of editor-in-chief at the venerable network. Just
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor Nothing but a traitor would step on his own national flag. That single, shocking image from Friday night — a boot pressed upon the crimson crescent and
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor In Colombo today, Maldivian officials visiting from Malé convened a press briefing at the High Commission to present the objectives of the recently enacted Media and Broadcasting
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Editorial There is an absurdly misplaced hysteria surrounding a recent visit by a group of Sri Lankan journalists to Israel—a hysteria fuelled by opportunistic social media posts, lazy reporting, and orchestrated outrage.
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In an interview with The Times UK, award-winning DJ and broadcaster Nihal Arthanayake announced his resignation from BBC 5 Live after 23 years, citing what he describes as an “existential crisis” at
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