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Marianna Spring: Truth and the social media scandal
Season 2 Episode 21
From JFK’s assassination to the moon landing, conspiracy theories have always existed. But the rise of social media has enabled fake news to spread l…
1 year, 7 months ago
Q&A: The death of local news
Season 2 Episode 20
Why is local news so important? And how do we protect it?
Alan and Lionel are joined by Frances Cairncross for a special edition of Media Confidential…
1 year, 7 months ago
Exclusive: The Observer's existential crisis
Season 2 Episode 19
After weeks of speculation about Tortoise Media's shock bid for the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, Alan and Lionel are finally joined by James Hard…
1 year, 7 months ago
Q&A: The most embarrassing mistakes of our careers
Season 2 Episode 18
Alan and Lionel are joined, once again, by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, to answer listeners’ questions on a fast-moving media world.
The editors discuss t…
1 year, 7 months ago
US election 2024: The final days
Just days ahead of the US election, Alan and Lionel are joined by Steve Coll, a double Pulitzer prizewinner, senior editor at the Economist and forme…
1 year, 7 months ago
Q&A: How influential is Joe Rogan?
Season 2 Episode 16
Alan and Lionel are joined by Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, senior staff editor at the New York Times and former editor-in-chief at gal-dem, for a special…
1 year, 8 months ago
Eric Beecher: Making an enemy of Murdoch
Season 2 Episode 15
Alan and Lionel are joined by Eric Beecher to discuss his new book, The Men Who Killed The News about media moguls' abuses of power.
At 33, Eric becam…
1 year, 8 months ago
Q&A: Advice for aspiring editors? Get a backbone!
Season 2 Episode 14
On this week’s Q&A, Alan and Lionel are back with a postbag of questions.
One listener wonders if AI makes exposing the truth almost impossible, while…
1 year, 8 months ago
Michael Lewis on his critics: “It’s all horseshit”
Season 2 Episode 13
Alan and Lionel are joined by Michael Lewis, the bestselling author of The Big Short and The Blind Side.
His new book Going Infinite chronicles the ri…
1 year, 8 months ago
Q&A: Is an editor's life just about boozy lunches?
Season 2 Episode 12
From today's hottest new columnists to the perils of fine wine, Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber discuss listeners' questions with characteristic dr…
1 year, 8 months ago