Establishment Journalists Only Call Out ‘Fake News’ When It Suits Them
The mainstream press should be speaking truth to power. Instead they are failing to take their jobs seriously by pedalling fake news, argues Aaron Bastani.
Tag: journalism
Interview With Owen Jones
“The main thing I’ve learned from working in the British media is that much of it is a cult. Afflicted by a suffocating groupthink, intolerant of critics, hounds internal dissenters, full of people who made it because of connections and/or personal background rather than merit.” The above tweet from Owen Jones set off an inferno […]
Whistleblowing in the Age of Trump
Obama's treatment of whistleblowers provided fertile ground for Trump's running war with the media to grow. Fake news, alternative facts, and brutal repression of journalists and whistleblowers will only increase in the age of Trump.
Paul Nuttall Will You Resign?
Aaron Bastani on the forthcoming by-election in Stoke on Trent Central and John Harris dreaming of a UKIP win. Why John, why?
On Silencing, Trigger Warnings & Trauma
Ash Sarkar explores the phenomenon of no-platforming and argues for a different understanding of the politics of trauma.
Interview: Antony Loewenstein
Aaron Bastani speaks to Antony Loewenstein, author of 'Disaster Capitalism', about migration, Europe and what it means to be a journalist in the 21st century.
Why Are The UK Media Always Wrong?
Throughout the Corbyn surge the whole of the mainstream media has been in denial about his popularity, seeking to attack him at every turn, now they've been resoundingly proven wrong, is it time to reject these institutions for good?
3 Ways the Decline of Local Newspapers is Undermining Democracy
Underfunded and overworked, local media outlets are in decline. Once a staple of local communities, they are being swallowed up and hollowed out to the detriment of the democratic function they're supposed to play.
We Need to Talk About the BBC
Tom Mills, co-editor of the New Left Project, argues that we need to demand a more accountable and democratic media.
Regime Lackies: 5 Muppet BBC Employees
Is the BBC a right or left-wing organisation? It's more than that - it is a regime broadcaster whose mendacity is expressed in the careers of 5 of its employees, past and present, listed below.
On The Figure Of The Troll
In this short piece 'ByStrategy' offers a brief genealogy of the term troll, examining why its meaning has been subject to certain changes with the rise of commercially successful 'social media' platforms.
Columnism, complicity and crisis
Comment by ‘radical’ young writers is cheap fodder for a media sector with no sustainable funding model that is turning its back on investigation and reflection.