This morning’s Brussels attacks are a terrible tragedy not something on which...
How a Telegraph columnist responded to the Brussels attacks. pic.twitter.com/akuhYcObTu — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) March 22, 2016 Clearly the news today has been totally dominated by the attacks in...
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Read all about it. The news sources that matter nowadays
Alastair Meeks on the media influence on the EU referendum The EU referendum has turned into a battle between the Prime Minister and the right-leaning newspapers. In 1992 the Sun hubristically...
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If Zac loses London and the Brexiters fail it will say a lot about the...
If the London mayoral race and the BREXIT referendum go according to the betting then it will be very much against what most of the press has been promoting. The Sadiq Khan campaign for the Mayoralty...
View ArticleDavid Herdson on tonight’s big European election
Who is on for douze points? Hello and welcome once again to this European extravaganza; this celebration of all that is best and brightest about this continent; this joyous coming together of nations...
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Leave’s major advantage in the last three weeks of the campaign. The Tory...
The Sun front page from last Friday, after another poor set of net immigration figures for Cameron This referendum could boil down to Cameron v The Tory Press. If Cameron prevails, it could be good...
View ArticleCorbyn found his voice on Thursday. Unfortunately, it was echoed by his...
One of the most remarkable aspects of Corbyn’s Labour is its attitude to the media Alistair Campbell would be turning in his grave were it not for the fact that he’s not dead. Not only did the Labour...
View ArticleMemo to Seamus Milne: Your boss, Mr. Corbyn, needs to have a ready answer in...
Jeremy Corbyn ducks question on general election; accuses @LibbyWienerITV of 'harrassment'https://t.co/6IPEIahDbj pic.twitter.com/ZUsiTrBbRX — ITV News (@itvnews) November 5, 2016 The LAB media...
View ArticleIn the week the Article 50 case is heard before the Supreme Court, the public...
81% of the public have trust in the enemies of the people, just 24% have trust in journalists @IpsosMORI finds https://t.co/RhdrJI6BYj pic.twitter.com/THZUzyOJ50 — TSE (@TSEofPB) December 4, 2016...
View ArticleThe Sun re-does its classic front page on the day of the 1992 general election
This was from election day in April 1992 Tomorrow's Sun front page is a straight lift of its paper on the day of the 1992 General Election pic.twitter.com/jpKmFRH3ty — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB)...
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Remember when the BBC’s Woman’s Hour asked David Cameron and David Davis what...
With all the fuss today about the Daily Mail’s “legs” front page let us not forget that the BBC can sometimes stray into what could be described as sexist. In November 2005 when David Cameron and...
View ArticleMaybe a reason why LAB gets poor media coverage is that the Corbyn-appointed...
This. Every Lab MP should read this & be embarrassed. The Lib Dems do vg rebuttal, quotes and opposition research… pic.twitter.com/Ts9OiXewPY — Sam Coates Times (@SamCoatesTimes) March 30, 2017 It...
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New “media trust” polling finds the BBC top and the Sun bottom
I’m sure people will correct meif I’m wrong but I think this polling is a first. We see from time to time several different forms of “trust” polling but as far as I can recall these latest findings...
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Brexit-backing Sun & Mail seen as having the most negative impact on society...
New YouGov poll ranks the main national papers I can’t recall any similar polling – looking at how the main national papers are perceived in terms of the impact they are having on society. At a time...
View ArticleFake news and how to deal with it
Russian propaganda—whether on chemical weapons in Syria, the nerve-agent attack in the UK, or the downing of the Malaysian Air flight over Ukraine—rarely attempts to explain the evidence but only to...
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Theresa May’s staunchest supporter in the media announces his departure but...
Picture: Depending on your view the (in)famous Daily Mail front page the day after Theresa May called a snap election. Last night it was announced that the editor of The Daily Mail, Paul Dacre, would...
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The places where people would most like to live mostly voted Remain
Away from Brexit for moment with some polling on what are seen as Britain’s desirable locations to live. With Channel 4 going through a process of choosing a location outside London for a new creative...
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The end of an era. Sir Paul Dacre is said to have edited his last Daily Mail
We can expect fewer powerful pro-Brexit front pages like these? The biggest political development over the weekend, I’d suggest, was the report in the Observer about the replacement of Paul Dacre as...
View ArticleThe Daily Mail’s change of tone Brexit should help Mrs May sell her Brexit deal
Something feels different about the headlines in today's Daily Mail pic.twitter.com/LCFgwnOrlu — Jack Blanchard (@Jack_Blanchard_) September 12, 2018 At this rate the Daily Mail will soon be backing...
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After 30 years the curtains close on regular Guardian/ICM polls
The longest lasting poll series in British politics comes to an end. This is something of a sad moment in British politics. The longest lasting polling series, ICM for the Guardian, has come to an end...
View ArticleComing up at 2100 GMT on Channel 4 – Brexit the movie
PBers in the UK, no doubt, will be glued to their TVs Join the discussion while it happens here. I’ve little doubt it will cause controversy and maybe shape perceptions of what happened. It, of...
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