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Q&A: Why does the press hate Prince Harry?
Season 2 Episode 4
Alan and Lionel return with their weekly Media Confidential: Questions and Answers show to tackle your burning questions and shed some light on the i…
1 year, 3 months ago
Rebecca Solnit: ‘Sanewashing’ Trump’s Gibberish
Season 2 Episode 3
According to the writer, historian and activist Rebecca Solnit, US media are failing to cover Donald Trump properly. “His incapacity to be coherent i…
1 year, 4 months ago
Q&A: Cummings vs Campbell, who was toughest to deal with?
Season 2 Episode 2
Alan and Lionel introduce a brand new, weekly bonus episode of Media Confidential. Every Sunday they answer listeners’ questions about how the media …
1 year, 4 months ago
Has Musk gone too far?
Season 2 Episode 1
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has become the champion of free speech—but at what cost? During a summer of unrest in the UK,…
1 year, 4 months ago
Trump and conspiracies: Does the truth even matter now?
Season 1 Episode 44
Following the shocking attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump, social media platforms were flooded not only with truthful accounts …
1 year, 5 months ago
Biden: Is the game up for the President?
Season 1 Episode 43
Can Biden stay in presidential race or will concern about the state of his health force him out of the running?
There are plenty of reporters who say…
1 year, 6 months ago
Election 2024: It’s the Sun wot lost it!
Season 1 Episode 42
As Britain goes to the polls, what role has the media played in shaping the way that nation votes? Traditionally, the tabloid media, mainly Murdoch’s…
1 year, 6 months ago
Julian Assange: A landmark moment in press freedom?
Season 1 Episode 41
After 12 years without freedom—first after seeking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London and then as a prisoner in high-security Belmarsh—Julian…
1 year, 6 months ago
Farage’s Reform: the media’s wife—or its mistress?
Season 1 Episode 40
Is the UK general election all over even before the first vote is cast? Polls suggest that Labour has an unassailable lead, and so with two weeks of …
1 year, 6 months ago
The Washington Post: the chaos continues
Season 1 Episode 39
This week Alan and Lionel follow the latest twists and turns at the Washington Post. The noisy departure of Sally Buzbee, the paper’s former executiv…
1 year, 6 months ago