The EU’s move to restrict British TV reveals its closed-minded insecurity
Rather than pretending that “cultural diversity” is threatened by UK TV, the EU should learn from Britain’s success.
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First Thoughts: The risk of ad boycotts, challenging the woke world-view, and cancelling Enid Blyton
Advertisers should not be encouraged to judge a media outlet’s “values”, if that idea takes hold the left stands to lose the…
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The Martin Bashir scandal shows the role of BBC director-general is not fit for purpose
The lesson for Tim Davie from this week’s revelations is inescapable: he needs to rethink his own job.
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The abuse of Nick Watt is no isolated incident – the UK media is under attack
Unregulated social media has fuelled a culture of conspiracy theories and harassment.
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This England: Disappointing divas
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s Richard II, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Can GB News really compete with the BBC?
Creating a stir may be easy, but as the small group of 120 journalists will discover, building a genuine alternative is…
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Why the Paul Dacre Ofcom stand-off is a test for Boris Johnson
A year ago, the odds of the government paying any attention to the boring detail of whether Dacre is actually…
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