By Nicholas Jones Almost lost amid the United Kingdom’s minimal news coverage of the election campaign for the European Parliament and the English county councils were some significant developments within the British media landscape. Newspaper websites broke new...
By Bob Bennett The elected Mayor of Doncaster, facing serious criticism of the child protection for which he is finally responsible, told a BBC reporter to stop playing silly games - and refused to be interviewed about the situation. Government departments are...
By William Horsley Twenty years after the end of the Cold War, Russia seems intent on re-writing the rules on media freedom, democracy and security on which a new, more cooperative relationship with the west wasto be built. Moscow’s crackdownon freedom of expression...
By Masha Lipman Constraints on freedom of the Russian media and impact on Russia's chances of developing a plural democracy. Read the full article Posted: 6 January 2009
By Nicholas Jones Political journalism provides an ideal illustration of the contradictions and extremes of the British news media. No other group of correspondents are so open to manipulation yet so determined to prove their independence by influencing and, whenever...