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People's responses to Trump are more nuanced and shifting. I can't believe there isn't increased push back against the madness. But this comment on the UK Telegraph is interesting. His rhetoric makes sense as style as much as ideology

The best opponents of misinformation are not political journalists because they see it as part of a power game. It takes expert journalists to expose the lies and also how dangerous they are.

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There's a wrong way and a right way to report this

I've tried to flesh this thought out a bit more on Substack open.substack.com/pub/mattwals...

Lawyers please advise. How can you sue for defamation over 'politically-motivated' attacks? Especially, if you are, er, a politician? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A bright spot in the turgid local news debate. A business model that combines the best of traditional journalism with a modish format. I've read more interesting stories from Jim in one year than a decade of the dreadful Standard.

Interesting investigation idea: how many western institutions, from opera to football, are now in effect dependent on Saudi funding? Only the Chinese appear to rival this exercise in soft power

In conversations with senior broadcast people it's clear to me that the real problem with public service broadcasting (in the UK but also elsewhere) is not 'bias' or even resources - it's the dilution of editorial management input. No one is monitoring standards or urging improvement. Thoughts?

Listen to this and weep for who we have lost. Just before he died the great Conor Gearty spoke with learning & passion about what his friend K Starmer must do to defend democracy. Try from about 35’ in if you’re pressed for time - but the whole episode is worth it open.spotify.com/episode/27xX...

Will any journalist at the press conference have the guts to raise this and the wider hypocrisy of the MAGA claims about free speech in the UK? Where's Tony Young's Free Speech Union when you need it?

Uk TV news is so weird. Why bring your 'North America' correspondents to London to report on Trump's visit to UK? Surely they should report on US reax?

Incredible life spent inspiring others.

Why call Charlie Kirk, 'Charlie'? Nick Robinson? BBC

BBC doing more child suffering porn: they would never show western children on the verge of death like this - close up, lingering filming. Clearly it's a humanitarian crisis and the Taliban could solve it tomorrow but that's barely mentioned @yogital.bsky.social #afghanistan

I'm not picking on the BBC here but why do farmers - even when they are stupid and self-harming by voting for Trump or Brexit - get so much sympathetic coverage? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Worth reading this in detail. I don't think it's the usual outspoken 'hack falls out with bosses' story at all. Seems that the @washingtonpost.com wants to send a message about how Trumpian it's become

So shocked to lose Conor. He was a neighbour and a wonderful help when I joined the LSE. What an incredible life he led pioneering human rights and inspiring so many people. And all the time ebullient, charming and critical. So much sympathy to his closest. www.lse.ac.uk/law/news/202...

Why is Emma Barnett on BBC Radio 4 calling Kirk 'Charlie'?

I confess I'd never heard of her - what a great story (one of my first BBC documentaries involved benzene...)

Another example of Trumpian self-harm, but also of how US mainstream media still struggles to report on these stories without resorting to the MAGA framing

Great to see @telegraphnews.bsky.social include a detailed article by their own tax correspondent putting the Angela Rayner story in a sympathetic light alongside their own revelations - a welcome break from partisan coverage www.telegraph.co.uk/money/proper...

The fashion industry is probably the most conservative business sector in the world. Always pretending change (hemlines, recycling) but never changing its privileged, incestuous structures. And we (mainstream media) love it www.thetimes.com/article/0aa9...

How do you deal with politicians that are not just extreme but are mad? They can't give an elementary school level response to something they said?

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I am so bored of arts reporters getting quotes from millionaire artists who live in totally false privileged bubbles commenting on social issues: I wonder when Julia Roberts last talked to anyone real? www.bbc.com/news/article...

This was two weeks ago

Where is @ipso.co.uk on this? It's a straight forward case of discrimination by the @telegraphnews.bsky.social Utterly vile. The Telegraph editor Chris Evans is chair of IPSO's Code of Practice Committee. Someone please submit a complaint

How can someone be so brazenly wrong? Why bother citing a false case? Or am I wrong? Did we agree to allow the Germans to keep Poland?

The @telegraph is so pissed off. The anti-asylum riots haven't taken off. I can't recall when a mainstream media outlet was so excited about public disorder. I guess the Mail and the Nazis was the last time www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...

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Which AI tools were for journalism? This is good on how to test particular tools for your needs and how to evaluate the results. GenAI tools at the moment have narrow safe use cases and you should not judge on first impressions or 'vibes' www.cjr.org/analysis/i-t...

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Trump is about to give Putin what he wants: subjugation of Ukraine. So why is western media so thrilled by 'diplomatic progress' at White House? The 'security guarantees' are worthless, probably a future risk www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Now a regular thing. Young people queuing in London Fields.

I agree with the @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025...

Ok. Dreadful performance and result but always good to meet lovely people from outside London. Mackems were all very friendly. And England can be beautiful when you ignore the football ⚒️

Authoritarian oil state sports washing but no one cares. But #gaza

Avice Caro at old St Pancras church was lovely tonight. She has an amazingly clear and strong voice. The band and songs pretty good, too. Gothic in a gentle way

You might be tiring of Hiroshima anniversary coverage but this documentary is a fascinating account of Wilfred Burchett, the first western journalist to report from the scene and the way the US military sought to repress his revelations. thhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002gqjy

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This is really clever: don't say 'AI is biased'

We walked here today. No, we did. Really. #SaltPath

Well done Guardian Money. I'm curious though, why not name the host? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The Lionesses triumph is one of those moments when you can see the gulf between mainstream media and social. The bulletins and newspapers are pulling together laborious 'takes' and summaries while on all the other platforms it is a riot of celebration, memes, and vibrant multi-format content.

Wonderful writing from Suzanne Wrack about an extraordinary sports event www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia - www.reuters.com/investigatio...