Media
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Half a million households cancelled BBC licence fee last year
Half a million households cancelled their licence fee last year as the BBC struggled to connect with younger audiences drifting away to…
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Assange – the aftermath
On March 12 last year, former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr summed up why the Americans were determined to send the now…
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After 13 years, Julian Assange walks free
Julian Assange is expected to be in Australia late tomorrow, a free man. Mary Kostakidis * Pearls and Irritations Footage tweeted by…
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Malaysia, Thailand ready to join BRICS – Asian Media Report
Plus: Putin, Kim reduce dependence on Beijing; David Armstrong Pearls and Irritations Where child brides are considered normal; India prosecutes…
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How a Hedge Fund Manager and Right-Wing Donor is Financing an Israeli Influence Op Masquerading as a Journalism Project
Paul Singer is a rapacious hedge fund manager and leading donor to the GOP and pro-Israel groups who retains a…
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Azerbaijan accused of media crackdown before hosting Cop29
Azerbaijan’s government has been accused of cracking down on media and civil society activism before the country’s hosting of crucial…
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What happened when 10 teens gave up their smartphones?
How did they get on? Kristian Johnson BBC Will regularly spends more than eight hours a day staring at his…
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A proper democracy needs properly functioning media
The sound of a siren is meant to be annoying CIReN Nicholas Karides * You tolerate it because you acknowledge…
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Editors at Philosophy & Public Affairs Resign; Will Launch New OA Journal
The executive, associate, and advisory editors and all of the editorial board members of one of the most influential journals…
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Slovakia’s Fico plots to dismantle the free press
In Slovakia, Robert Fico’s government has shunned the independent press and wants to remake the public broadcaster into a state-run…
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Israel’s war on journalism
Last Sunday, Israel closed Al Jazeera’s office in occupied East Jerusalem, confiscating broadcast equipment and taking the channel off air.…
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Everyone hates social media, right? But stop pretending you’re better than it
Twitter shouldn’t take down the footage of the Wakeley attack — not if we’re going to tolerate the poor news…
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Julian Assange extradition edges closer after US promises not to seek death penalty
In short: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains at risk of being extradited to the United States, where he faces 18 criminal…
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William Whitworth and the Lost Spirit of Journalism
Under William Whitworth and his open-minded ethos, The Atlantic published some of the defining public policy essays of the late twentieth…
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How Israel Mastered Information Warfare in Gaza
Pro-Israel misinformation aimed at dismissing and discrediting Palestinian narratives is the fruit of a decade-long effort. Alessandro Accorsi FP The…
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Saving the news media means moving beyond the benevolence of billionaires
Most spectacularly, the Los Angeles Times recently slashed more than 20% of its newsroom. Rodney Benson Victor Pickard The Conversation Though…
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