It’s a Tuesday evening in early December and I’m in church. This, for various reasons, is not exactly a regular occurrence for me. There is no service taking place though. Instead, the congregation is here to worship the stars of their favourite podcast. On a stage positioned near a lovely Christmas tree, Carl Miller, the […]
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In the The Times, Martyn Ziegler reported that the rules that prevent football being in shown live in the UK between 2:45pm and 5:15pm on a Saturday might finally dropped. Thanks goodness for that – it has been a bug bear of mine for a while. We’re probably going to have to wait until 2028
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The BBC is, once again, talking about itself. This time, Masterchef host Gregg Wallace (pictured on right) is in the spotlight. It follows a string of allegations about inappropriate conduct against him. Furthemore, the TV chef posted an unpleasant video, dismissively describing his accusers as “middle-class women of a certain age”. Now, the Beeb has
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I don’t normally make a habit of making the newsletter about me, but today I must. I have resigned from the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). It has become a hostile environment for Jews, and I can no longer be a part of that. (Sadly, this is not the first time I’ve had to leave an
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As I’ve written before, women’s football in the UK is growing as a media proposition. It’s why a mega new deal was announced recently. There is no doubt that the BBC and Sky have been drawn in by both the Lionesses phenomenon and the growing quality of the teams at the top of the Women’s
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In the last couple of weeks, and the last few days in particular, there has been a huge amount of buzz around Bluesky. The social media app looks reassuringly like Twitter in “the good old days”. It is the latest beneficiary of the anti-Elon Musk/Donald Trump backlash, with the number of users shooting up. A
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You can read about the politics elsewhere, and I’ll doubtlessly discuss it with my co-host Emma Burnell on this week’s House of Comments podcast episode. Here, though, I want to look at the media coverage and reaction to Donald Trump’s victory yesterday. One thing to note, is how fractured the coverage was. Firstly, there was
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Anyone who reads The Addition will surely know that there has been a massive row in the US after the Washington Post and LA Times decided not to publish a presidential endorsement, late in the day. There is anger as many believe the rich owners of the newspapers, Jef Bezos (WaPo) and Patrick Soon-Shiong (Times)
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As we hurtle towards election day in the US, British broadcasters are once putting huge amounts of resources into what will likely be days of covering counts, declarations and conspiracy theories. The BBC’s coverage will come, from Washington DC, anchored by US Chief Presenters Caitríona Perry and Sumi Somaskanda. They are going to be joined
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Over the weekend and yesterday, people around the world marked the first anniversary of the Hamas atrocities of 7 October 2023. I wanted to look at how the media has performed, or not, over the last year. I’ll be honest, I worried about publishing this piece. Usually posting things that show any level of support
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