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...
Erdogan’s narrow victory shows country bitterly split as international monitors strongly criticise campaign
It was a narrow victory and one which will not please President Erdogan ,who was hoping for a decisive one. Instead he won by a whisker with an estimated 51.4% of the vote, despite controlling the media and conducting the 'Yes' campaign under a state of emergency,...