by barry | Oct 3, 2024 | BBC, Campaigns, freedom of information, Government, Labour Party, media freedom, media ownership, media plurality, Press, Public Service Broadcasting, Vanunu
In January 2024 the Press Gazette reported that the UK saw the biggest drop in trust in the media and was the least-trusted out of 28 countries surveyed for the latest Edelman Trust Barometer.The UK fell to the bottom of the ranking, with 31% of people saying they...
by barry | Mar 26, 2024 | Campaigns, freedom of information, Government, international, nuj, Press, whistle blowing
Julian Assange has been given a reprieve in his fight against extradition to the US at the High Court in London. In a written statement handed down on Tuesday morning, the president of the king’s bench division, Dame Victoria Sharp and Mr Justice Johnson said that the...
by barry | Oct 23, 2023 | Campaigns, censorship, Government, media freedom
If you want to find out the government’s commitment to press freedom go know further than their web site at https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/lucy-frazers-speech-at-the-enders-media-telecoms-conference. It reports a speech by Lucy Frazer, Secretary of State for...
by barry | Oct 1, 2023 | Campaigns, Climate Change, Government
In the run up to the Conservative party conference in Blackpool this week, we have been bombarded with a number of policies aimed at diverting attention away from the government’s failed economic policies and the cost of living crisis by offering a number of...
by barry | Apr 1, 2023 | BBC, Government, media ownership, nuj, Press, Public Service Broadcasting
This week saw the publication of the government’s long awaited draft Media Bill. Such main- stream media attention it’s received highlights the proposed repeal of Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013. This piece of legislation is based on the Leveson...
by barry | Mar 11, 2023 | Government, nuj, Reviews, unions
Yorkshireman Sir Bernard Ingham who died on 24 February aged 90 is best known for being Margaret Thatcher’s high profile press secretary a post he held for eleven years. He was regarded as a highly effective propagandist for the Thatcher cause. But he was not always a...
