Odatv update/two journalists face extradition from Spain
I have recently received an email from a relative of NUJ adopted journalist Müyesser Yildiz, one of the journalists charged, imprisoned, released and subsequently acquitted on 12 April (see blog 'At last the OdaTV13 are acquitted' dated 15 April 2017). The writer...
Election 2017 – It was social media what swung it!
In a well argued letter to the Guardian published on 12 June, Professor James Curran who writes and lectures on media history and policy, declared that: "… the reign of the tabloids is over. For weeks, the ancient bazookas controlled by Murdoch and Dacre and other...
Tories let press barons off the hook.
This week the two main parties published their election manifestos. Labour’s, which is set out below, is tighter than the leak from the previous week, and represents a good basis to build on. The Conservatives, on the other hand have thrown the press owners a life...