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Vicious media: How the Murdoch press attacks its targets
Season 3 Episode 80
In this week’s Media Confidential, Alan Rusbridger talks to Andrew Dodd and Mathew Ricketson, authors of Getting Murdoched: How Murdoch’s Media Wield…
9 hours ago
Starmer’s downfall: Is the media to blame?
Season 3 Episode 79
In this week’s episode, Alan and Lionel chew over Keir Starmer's resignation. How does a modern politician feed the media—and avoid being eaten? If A…
4 days, 9 hours ago
Beeban Kidron: What the Online Safety Act gets right (and wrong)
Season 3 Episode 78
This week on Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel speak to crossbench peer and activist Beeban Kidron about the Online Safety Act.
Beeban has spent yea…
1 week ago
Murdoch’s biggest deal yet
Season 3 Episode 77
This week on Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel discuss the Murdoch family’s biggest ever deal, as Lachlan Murdoch’s Fox TV buys streaming service R…
1 week, 4 days ago
The 60 Minutes meltdown: inside the power struggles reshaping America’s iconic news show
Season 3 Episode 76
In this Monday’s episode of Media Confidential Alan and Lionel are talking to NPR’s media correspondent David Folkenflik about what is actually happe…
2 weeks ago
Henry Nowak and how the media fuels racism
Season 3 Episode 75
In this episode of Media Confidential, Alan questions the quality of reporting around the Henry Nowak case, and questions why so many in the media ar…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Joshi Herrmann ‘If we're going to devolve more power to places like Greater Manchester we’re going to need to bulk up the quality of the local media.’
Season 3 Episode 74
In this week’s Media Confidential Alan and Lionel are joined by Joshi Hermann, founder of The Mill.
The three discuss how The Mill has expanded out f…
3 weeks ago
Ofcom’s Michael Grade doesn't understand impartiality
Season 3 Episode 73
Should a politician be allowed to present the BBC’s Today Programme? Former Ofcom chair Michael Grade thinks so.
This week on Media Confidential, Alan…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Why are Britain’s politicians so weak on freedom of speech?
Season 3 Episode 72
Who do media organisations go to when they get sued?
In today’s Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel talk to Gavin Millar KC, an expert in media law. …
4 weeks ago
Peter Geoghegan on getting SLAPP’d: ‘It had a huge chilling effect’
Season 3 Episode 71
On this week’s Media Confidential Alan and Lionel talk to Peter Geoghegan, journalist, broadcaster and founder of Democracy for Sale.
The three discus…
1 month ago