Richard Sambrook
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Emeritus Prof, Co-Chair @TBIJ, previously Director BBC News. Also photography and LFC
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Sam Freedman
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Some astonishing bollocks here. The fairness doctrine was abolished in 1987, and by the end of the decade Rush Limbaugh was already the biggest name in American news media. Roger Ailes who set up Fox (and worked for Reagan and Bush) was made President of CNBC in 1993.
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Geoff Mulgan excellent in The Observer on the “right to truth”
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Why is LinkedIn suddenly full of trash videos? Do they honestly think this is what a professional user base wants? If they persist they will destroy their brand and the platform.
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George Eaton
3 days ago
Why is the universities crisis being ignored? Essential piece by
@gsoh31.bsky.social
for Arguably on the “grim dribbling away of one of Britain's great triumphs and economic advantages” – and why so few politicians seem to care.
www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...
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The quiet collapse of British universities
One of our great triumphs and economic advantages is fading away
https://www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-collapse-of-british-universities
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Democracy Now!
4 days ago
"We are in extreme danger," says climate scientist Peter Kalmus
@climatehuman.bsky.social
. He warns that this summer "could be the hottest summer we've ever experienced in our lives, but it could also be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives."
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Katie Martin
4 days ago
This thing that seems to be happening where people are selling bitcoin so they can buy SpaceX should be known as The BS Trade Thank you for your attention to this matter
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Theo
6 days ago
We live in the stupidest timeline.
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Amazing New Yorker investigation into the Tate brothers
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Alan Jagolinzer
6 days ago
Former Director of BBC Global News, Prof
@sambrook.eurosky.social
, discussed problems with journalistic false equivalency and opinion-based journalism. From the Cambridge Disinformation Summit webinar series. Full video available at:
youtu.be/MrAnVd35bcE
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Nick Harkaway
9 days ago
While I fully appreciate that it’s possible to worry about more than one thing, the idea that we should, in a global climate of rising Fascism, panic about the illiberal left, just seems a bit like Indiana Jones in sitting a snake pit fretting about nettles.
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Alan Jagolinzer
9 days ago
The fundamental incentives for disinformation campaigns.
youtu.be/QvajMTD8yBo?...
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Disinformation Definition and Four Fundamental Incentives
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
https://youtu.be/QvajMTD8yBo?si=tr5my68XyKvFLKps
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JD Vance's Britain doesn't exist
The problem is not just the exploitation of a tragedy — it is the fictional picture of Britain that American populists increasingly rely upon.
https://open.substack.com/pub/frasernelson/p/jd-vance-and-the-libelling-of-britain?r=2lcdp&utm_medium=ios
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Race to the bottom
Falling immigration is pushing the right to further extremes - will it work?
https://open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/race-to-the-bottom?r=2lcdp&utm_medium=ios
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Steve Yates
10 days ago
Sky News' post has highlighted the debate on whether Sky News is actively racist or just run by fuckwits.
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Sam Freedman
11 days ago
Don't think people realise quite how deeply split by age current voting intention is. This is the latest YouGov for under-50s: Green: 26% Lab: 18% Reform: 14% Tories: 12% LD: 11% And over 50s: Reform: 36% Tory: 22% Lab: 16% LD: 12% Greens: 9%
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Neither Democracy Nor Dictatorship
Weimar Republic 2.0
https://open.substack.com/pub/thebattleground/p/neither-democracy-nor-dictatorship?r=2lcdp&utm_medium=ios
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James Ball
20 days ago
Facebook is still more important than X. And it's been a sewer for a lot longer.
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As influencers rise in politics, some call for tighter regulations on payments
Some campaign finance advocates are concerned that voters could increasingly be influenced by social media posts that they don’t know are sponsored.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-05-24/as-influencers-rise-in-politics-some-call-for-tighter-regulations-on-payments
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Meanwhile What’s Up Doc on TV - among my favourite ever movies!
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Times Journalist Reveals Westminster Fake News Scam
Stories quoting three sources can be nothing of the sort, according to the Times parliamentary sketch writer: they are all from the same person – a single Labour spin doctor
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/05/22/times-journalist-reveals-westminster-fake-news-scam/
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Gareth Davies
23 days ago
Net migration is at its lowest in more than a decade - so why is the UK fixated on it? Some thoughts why yesterday’s ONS data is unlikely to change the nation’s obsession with immigration
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UK net migration fell – so why is the country obssessed with it?
Hostile political rhetoric and harmful media coverage overshadows statistics that show net migration is falling
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-05-22/uk-net-migration-is-at-its-lowest-in-ten-years-so-why-is-the-country-fixated-on-it
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An American business claiming to know more about U.K. public interest than elected representatives is a clear illustration of tech overreach
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23 days ago
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Media historians and those who care about public media - worth a read!
www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/as-g...
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As goes CBS Radio News, so goes the idea that news media should serve the public interest
That the airwaves should be defined by more than a quest for profit was once a bipartisan view.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/as-goes-cbs-radio-news-so-goes-the-idea-that-news-media-should-serve-the-public-interest/
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Ben Fenton
26 days ago
Must watch masterclass in the future of the BBC and public-service broadcasting. Brilliant performances, lessons & ideas for UK MPs from panel of Alex Mahon, Sir Peter "Baz" Bazalgette and
@tcmbigcheese.bsky.social
AKA Pat Younge. From 11.29.00 onwards.
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
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Parliamentlive.tv
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/04e9104d-4b75-43c0-8971-109bd3c1d872
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How lawyers to the super-rich strangled Labour's Slapp bill
Exclusive: A discreet lobbying campaign by lawyers who have acted for oligarchs and the super-rich told government that reforming England's libel laws was too difficult.
https://open.substack.com/pub/democracyforsale/p/how-lawyers-to-the-super-rich-strangled?utm_campaign=post
about 1 month ago
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I see the BBC has caught up with stories
@tbij.bsky.social
did weeks ago …
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Overseas fakers using AI videos to push a narrative of UK decline, BBC finds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgpyn30dp3o
about 1 month ago
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Prolific finance journalists facing questions over identities
Authors behind more than 1,000 articles decline to share evidence they are real.
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/prolific-finance-journalists-facing-questions-over-identities/
about 1 month ago
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General Boles
about 1 month ago
Let nobody say there isn't a plan in place
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Grok Chose Reform
Nobody typed it in
https://open.substack.com/pub/endhitz/p/grok-chose-reform?r=2lcdp&utm_medium=ios
about 1 month ago
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Shooting the Messenger: the Case for Press Freedom. Episode 2 - a conversation with Diane Foley, mother of American journalist Jim Foley
In this episode, join Hannah Storm as she speaks with Diane Foley, who shares the inspiring story of how she turned personal tragedy into a global call for press freedom, moral courage, and understand...
https://audioboom.com/posts/8897032-shooting-the-messenger-the-case-for-press-freedom-episode-2-a-conversation-with-diane-foley
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
"Freedom of expression is absolutely essential. What I don't want is a pretence of regulating for due impartiality when it's not actually happening." Former Ofcom Director of Standards Chris Banatvala on Ofcom, GB News and due impartiality. 🎧 Full episode:
podfollow.com/beebwatch
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"All my fundees have blue eyes." Epstein and the tech world's dark ideology - Coda Story
The Epstein files reveal beliefs about race, eugenics, and engineering humans that run to the heart of Silicon Valley.
https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/blue-eyes-epstein-artificial-intelligence-eugenics-silicon-valley/
about 1 month ago
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The devout Muslim making a living from Islamophobic AI slop
A content creator in Pakistan is earning money from viral videos that stir up hate in UK
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-05-05/a-devout-muslim-in-pakistan-is-making-a-living-from-islamophobic-ai-slop
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Voices For Transparency
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-05-05/voices-for-transparency
about 1 month ago
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Alan Jagolinzer
about 1 month ago
Disinformation is often a preparatory act to enable some of the darkest acts of corruption like corporate fraud, crypto rug pulls, sexual assault, and terrorism. Research about disinformation is anti-corruption, not anti-speech work.
itbrief.co.uk/story/cambri...
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Cambridge summit links disinformation to corruption risks
Cambridge summit warns false narratives can fuel corruption, with Professor Alan Jagolinzer urging scrutiny of tech platforms and media ownership.
https://itbrief.co.uk/story/cambridge-summit-links-disinformation-to-corruption-risks
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Alan Jagolinzer
about 1 month ago
Prof
@michaelemann.bsky.social
opened the 2026 Cambridge Disinformation Summit with a discussion of systemic climate and science risks from malign influence campaigns.
youtu.be/s8u-_Vx1yKA?...
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Univ of Pennsylvania Prof Michael Mann discusses systemic disinformation climate and science risks
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
https://youtu.be/s8u-_Vx1yKA?si=gVHd24oeuprb44ix
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Sam Freedman
about 1 month ago
Apart from anything else the rise of prediction markets is another spectacular example of Trumpian corruption...
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Tom Booker
about 1 month ago
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Alan Jagolinzer
about 1 month ago
The 2027 Cambridge Disinformation Summit will focus on fundamental & interlinked incentives for disinformation & malign cognitive influence: 1) Power 2) Wealth accumulation 3) Social-psychological 4) Physical gratification or control Follow on LI for more info
www.linkedin.com/company/camb...
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Cambridge Disinformation Summit | LinkedIn
Cambridge Disinformation Summit | 22,202 followers on LinkedIn. Anti-corruption, not anti-speech. Research to understand malign narrative and cognitive influence fueled corruption. | The Cambridge Di...
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cambridge-disinformation-summit/
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Bookish in Crickhowell. Possibly the nicest bookshop in the country. (Happy to undertake a national audit to check )
about 1 month ago
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I’m reluctantly coming to the conclusion we simply have too much news. We’d be better off with less …
about 2 months ago
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Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕
about 2 months ago
This is an excellent idea....
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Sam Freedman
about 2 months ago
New post just out: "Where's the centre?" I have an exclusive new poll which challenges conventional wisdom on one of the biggest questions in British politics. It turns out median voters aren't actually in the centre. (£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...
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Where's the centre?
An exclusive new poll challenges conventional wisdom on one of the biggest questions in British politics
https://open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/wheres-the-centre?r=72szy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Investigative Simulations Lab
about 2 months ago
🚨 The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (
@tbij.bsky.social
) and Investigative Simulations Lab are running a two-day simulation game on crime, corruption and corporate enablers from 26-27 May in London. Test your investigative skills! For more information, contact:
[email protected]
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Robert Shrimsley
about 2 months ago
A small point from the Mandelson/Robbins saga. Refom and many Tories argue for a civil service than can be more easily bent to the will and whims of their elected political masters. This is precisely what happened here.
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Alan Jagolinzer
about 2 months ago
Lots of discussion today about the White House Correspondents Dinner reminds me of this webinar on Journalism & Democratic Backsliding with
@jayrosen.bsky.social
,
@panievsky.bsky.social
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@sambrook.eurosky.social
.
youtu.be/MrAnVd35bcE?...
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Journalism & Democratic Backsliding: thoughts on responsible journalism
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
https://youtu.be/MrAnVd35bcE?si=rz1YOmOEfRWpbqte
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Alan Jagolinzer
about 2 months ago
The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull, 29th Prime Minister of Australia, on the risks to democracy of concentrated media ownership. Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
youtu.be/BtXUcFBaErc
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Malcolm Turnbull, 29th PM of Australia, on risks to democracy from concentrated media ownership
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
https://youtu.be/BtXUcFBaErc
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David Clark
about 2 months ago
I now see what happened with the Mandelson vetting. Ollie Robbins treated it as a normal ambassadorial appointment, where he had sole discretion on vetting. In fact, he should have treated it as the equivalent of a Ministerial appointment, where the PM would expect to be told of any issues. 1/
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How the Internet Broke Everyone’s Bullshit Detectors
From AI-generated images to restricted satellite data, the systems used to verify what’s real online are struggling to keep up.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-internet-broke-everyones-bullshit-detectors/
2 months ago
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