News media has gone into overdrive over the last few days, as Israel and the United States launched their offensive against the Iranian regime. As ever when it involves Israel, there have been some rather dubious moments of coverage. Channel 4 News foreign correspondent Secunder Kermani may have hit a new low, though. Standing outside […]
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The BBC’s sports boss doesn’t believe the corporation needs live sport to stay relevant, highlighting the power of its social media output.
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We are hurtling towards the 2026 World Cup, to be held in the US, Canada and (probably!) Mexico. Broadcasters are finalising their plans. As Michael Savage pointed out for at the Guardian, a big question remains for the BBC. Who is going to present the final? Previously, the answer to this would have been straightforward.
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I have always thought that being a royal reporter is one of the most boring gigs in journalism. Its practitioners would undoubtedly tell me otherwise, but it’s never seemed that conducive to digging around and getting scoops. You’re mostly being fed information from the royal household(s). Sometimes, though, you are on the biggest story around.
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Another weekend, another whinge about commentary on women’s football. I was watching the 10-goal-WSL-thriller between Aston Villa and Spurs on Sunday. The commentary team on Sky Sports+ missed out on some fundamental facts. It seemed they thought most of the players brought in by Tottenham had come from manager Martin Ho’s former side BK Hacken in
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Gabriel Pogrund is one of the most respected, fearless and feared journalists in the UK. He’s exposed endless scandals and misdemeanours. Perhaps all of this is why an organisation commissioned by Labour Together ended up investigating The Sunday Times Whitehall editor. Pogrund’s colleague, outgoing Deputy Political Editor Harry Yorke, was also targeted. In summary: Labour
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I’m hooked on the Winter Olympics and have the games on whenever I can. I’m now considering taking up speed skating and, perhaps, curling. One thing that has enhanced the coverage is the use of drones filming the events. The devices follow skiers down the course, speed skaters as they hurtle around bends, and luge
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Eni Aluko is an icon of English women’s football. She racked up goals for various clubs in various countries. She earned 105 caps for England, netting 33 goals, and represented Team GB at the Olympics. However, Aluko has again found herself in a media firestorm. Last week, she repeated her criticisms of male pundits who
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There has only been one story in town in the UK – Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein and the consequences for Sir Keir Starmer. The prime minister admitted yesterday that the friendship between the peer and the disgraced financier was flagged in vetting documents, as he appointed Mandelson the UK’s ambassador to the US.
My news and social media feeds are filled with two things today – Peter Mandelson’s disgrace and Pep Guardiola’s latest Gaza outburst. Inaccurately blathering on about Israel committing a “genocide” whilst being paid by Qatar is sanctimonious hypocrisy. It is not the same as covorting with a sex trafficking paedophile. Obviously. What is similar is
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