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Bezos, the BBC and reporting the Epstein files
Season 3 Episode 43
In this week’s episode of Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel discuss the decline of the Washington Post. Has owner Jeff Bezos just lost interest—and…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
When did climate coverage become part of the culture wars?
Season 3 Episode 42
In this episode of Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by Bob Ward, policy and communications director of LSE’s Grantham Research Institut…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Alex Pretti, ICE and the New York Times
Season 3 Episode 41
After ICE’s killing of nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Alan and Lionel discuss how strong reporting has shed light on what really happened. As the …
5 months ago
How to protect the BBC from its enemies
Season 3 Episode 40
Should the BBC be publicly funded? This week, Alan and Lionel are joined by media researchers and fellows of the British Academy, Georgina Born and J…
5 months ago
Prince Harry v the tabloids
Season 3 Episode 39
This week, Alan and Lionel unpack Prince Harry’s ongoing trial against the Daily Mail’s publisher, Associated Newspapers—and the implications for med…
5 months, 1 week ago
Elon Musk vs Wikipedia: Jimmy Wales on why democracy won’t survive without facts
Season 3 Episode 38
This week on Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel talk to Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and the author of The Seven Rules of Trust. They discuss h…
5 months, 1 week ago
Liz Truss and the rise of YouTube politics
Season 3 Episode 37
This week, Lionel tunes in from a cycling trip in South Africa to discuss the baboons he’s encountered on his visit—and in British journalism. Alan r…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
How CBS lost its way
Season 3 Episode 36
With one America’s biggest news broadcasters, CBS News, reportedly in turmoil under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, Alan and Lionel are joined by former …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump, Maduro and the Washington Post
Season 3 Episode 35
This week, Alan and Lionel return to their Media Confidential duties to analyse the good, the bad and the ugly media reactions to the US abduction of…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Are we losing our civil liberties?
Season 3 Episode 34
You’ve been listening to the Prospect Podcast, Media Confidential’s sister podcast. To subscribe on Spotify, click HERE. For Apple podcasts, click HE…
5 months, 3 weeks ago