Media and the manipulation of language

BBC Charter Review: This is Not the Place to Start

by Des Freedman, chair, Media Reform Coalition Who would have expected that one of the central debates about the…..

BBC caves into government in second shabby deal

Originally published on the NUJ The NUJ has expressed disbelief that the BBC management has caved in to the government…..

Media Democracy Festival and Meetups

To help build a movement for#MediaDemocracy we’re planning a big Media Democracy Festival at Goldsmiths University on October 17th 2015…..

MPs and London Assembly members back Newsquest strikers

Originally posted on the NUJ Members of the London Assembly have pledged to support Newsquest journalists in the capital. A…..

Stop TV Censorship

Protect freedom of speech; scrap proposals to turn Ofcom into a TV censor. The Queen’s Speech includes an ‘Extremism Bill’…..

IMPRESS to seek recognition under the Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the Press

Independent press regulation takes a major step forward today with the announcement that IMPRESS will seek recognition under the Royal…..

Media reform campaigners speak up for the BBC

The Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (CPBF) and the Media Reform Coalition (MRC) have criticised some of the BBC’s…..

Media policy, power and politics and the Election

by Natalie Fenton Maybe it should come as no surprise that in the aftermath of the Hacking scandal and the Leveson…..

Election 2015: It’s The Press Wot Won It?

by Des Freedman, Professor of Media & Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London Heading into the 1992 election, polls pointed towards a…..

#GE2015 press most partisan in a generation?

Well, as predicted 3 days ago by Shaun Lawson in OpenDemocracy, the polls got it wrong. Perhaps Shaun was paying…..

Media policy – what the party manifestos say

Here is our round up of sections on media extracted from the party manifestos – Labour, Greens, Conservatives, Lib Dems,…..

Why this isn’t the time to ignore Katie Hopkins

by Guy Taylor, steering committee, Movement against Xenophobia The outrage of Katie Hopkins’ vicious article about the deaths of migrants…..

Who cares about excessive concentration of media ownership? What do the Election Manifestos reveal?

by Natalie Fenton In a recent article the Press Gazette pointed out that in 60% of the UK national newspaper…..

Labour’s manifesto shows a growing consensus for media reform

The Media Reform Coalition welcomes the fact that Labour’s election manifesto makes a commitment to protecting ‘the principle of media…..

Scottish Statement on Media Reform

Media Ownership, Plurality and Democracy To sustain a flourishing democracy in Scotland we will need diverse and independent voices in…..

Poll shows strong support for action on media ownership

Figures in a new poll reveal that there is overwhelming public support for action to confront the unaccountable power of…..

Green Party deputy leader promises manifesto commitment on media ownership reform

Amelia Womack, deputy leader of the Green Party in England and Wales was a speaker at the parliamentary launch of…..

A Manifesto for Media Reform

The Media Reform Coalition, together with the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, have just published their ‘Manifesto for Media…..

A new media plurality law should be in all parties’ 2015 election manifestos

Letter to the Guardian, 4 March 2015 If democracy is to flourish, we will need diverse and independent voices in the…..

Lessons from Oborne: clickbait, commerce and newsroom culture

by Angela Phillips When Peter Oborne resigned from the Telegraph earlier this week, his parting outpouring of rage at the…..

US Campaigners Set to Win Net Neutrality Battle

by Candace Clement and Matt Wood FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has confirmed that he will base new Net Neutrality rules on Title…..