ARCHIVE ▸ RAYMOND SNODDY
07 Feb 2024
Media organisations should spend more time listening to their journalists rather than trying to influence what they do.
31 Jan 2024
A new proposed structure, another Ofcom probe, a change in leadership… the ownership of The Daily Telegraph is a soap opera – and all in an election year.
The culture secretary should be reminded that perception of bias is not the same as the real thing.
17 Jan 2024
The scandal is set to run and run, with more subplots to come, from the long-running public inquiry to the fate of some politicians — and the media needs to ensure coverage continues.
10 Jan 2024
An ITV drama has now propelled one of the country's biggest miscarriages of justice back into the spotlight.
The press must test the record of incumbent political parties for competence, achievement, and decency in 2024. Will there be Damascene conversions on the Right?
20 Dec 2023
Raymond Snoddy reviews great and intolerable examples of journalistic practice over the past year, from heroism in Gaza, Ukraine, and Hong Kong, to insolence at Fox News, Twitter, and GB News.
13 Dec 2023
The appointment of Samir Shah as BBC chairman should be welcomed. But wouldn't he and director-general Tim Davie be even more effective if they swapped roles?
06 Dec 2023
Coverage of the Covid Inquiry has been less than adequate thanks to Johnson-friendly outlets doing his PR for him.
29 Nov 2023
Between a rise in anti-Semitism on TikTok and X and a pledge for more of the same from News Corp, brands should vote with their feet in pursuit of more positive contexts for their ads.
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