A threat to us all
It’s a shame, if not a surprise, that the latest ostensible threat to a free pressshould be brought to light by The Guardian. No surprise, because the paperremains dedicated in support of democratic...
View ArticleBuilding on the legacy
Is it really 24 years since Geoffrey Goodman wrote the leader for the first edition of this magazine? “The business is now subject to a contagious outbreak of squalid, banal, lazy and cowardly...
View ArticleConstant revolution
In these straitened times journalists look for comfort where they can, so let’s take encouragement from the news that advertising revenue at Mail Online is currently rising faster than advertising...
View ArticleGive it a chance
It is not often government ministers find themselves popular with the press: Sajid Javid, the culture secretary, should enjoy the feeling while he can. His predecessor, Maria Miller, resigned over an...
View ArticleComputer memory
The man who created the “right to be forgotten” not only jogged the memories of those who knew his past, but also brought his history to the attention of a wider, ignorant audience. Until he tried to...
View ArticleThe price of courage
It is no surprise that James Foley and Steven Sotloff, the two American journalists murdered by the violent Islamist faction Isil, were freelancers. Many of the reporters and photographers covering the...
View ArticleParty animals
There’s been much discussion about the coming election being dominated – even decided – by social media. To judge by the first few weeks, the biggest impact will actually be made by our old friends,...
View ArticleSpoilt papers
When so many other election forecasts proved misguided, who can begrudge us for looking back to our leader page of three months ago, when we prophesied that the right-wing press would turn on the...
View ArticleGet the BBC
It’s not surprising the newspaper industry is sensitive about the BBC. This is the organisation that might have killed off newsprint with radio news in the 1920s, had another go a decade later with...
View ArticleAfter Leveson
“Now tell us what ’twas all about,” Young Peterkin, he cries; And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder-waiting eyes; “Now tell us all about the war, And what they fought each other for.” News...
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