Thanks to all those who joined CPBF's public debate last Saturday on how to create a movement for a #BetterMedia in the UK (see the quick Storify just published here) This is just a quick reminder that today at 4pm our partners at the Media Reform Coalition are having an urgent media reform organising … Continue Reading
Karen Bradley ‘minded to’ refer Fox/ Sky bid to CMA on media plurality grounds only
Plurality In a statement outlining her decision on the proposed takeover of Sky plc by 21st Century Fox, Inc., Secretary of State for Culture … Continue Reading
Creating a movement for Better Media in the UK
The Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (CPBF) are hosting a public debate on Creating a movement for a Better Media in the UK after the … Continue Reading
Election 2017 – It was social media what swung it!
In a well argued letter to the Guardian published on 12 June, Professor James Curran who writes and lectures on media history and policy, … Continue Reading
22 June 2017: Yorkshire Premiere of BELONGING: The Truth Behind The Headlines
BELONGING: The Truth Behind The Headlines shows what happened behind closed doors in three major industrial disputes. It also reveals … Continue Reading
The Terror News Cycle
On the BBC’s Today programme yesterday, some nine hours after the horror of the Manchester bombing, Nick Robinson was speaking to Chris Phillips, a counter-terrorism expert. ‘Terrorists don’t care who they kill,’ … Continue Reading
Tories let press barons off the hook
This week the two main parties published their election manifestos. Labour’s, which is set out below, is tighter on media reform than the leak from the previous week, and represents a good basis to build on (see … Continue Reading
Fair Media to Give the Truth a Chance
The crisis in the media must be resolved by putting checks on the big corporations that dominate the market, according to an election manifesto published by a media campaign group today. There should be limits on … Continue Reading
Will Murdoch commit the ultimate sacrifice?
It’s a really big moment, Kelvin MacKenzie getting the push from the Sun. Kelvin MacKenzie is one of the last people Rupert Murdoch would want to lose. For more than 30 years – longer than anyone else around him, … Continue Reading
Kelvin MacKenzie suspended on eve of Hillsborough anniversary & the 28-year search for justice
Kelvin MacKenzie has been suspended from The Sun on the eve of the anniversary of 96 deaths at Hillsborough, making CPBF's Granville Williams' "Truth lies and a 28-year search for justice" for the latest edition of … Continue Reading