ARCHIVE ▸ RAYMOND SNODDY
Raymond Snoddy explores a scandal around alleged lobbying for the chair of regulator Ofcom, and why it raises serious questions.
15 Nov 2023
News media was as shocked as the rest of the world to see the return of David Cameron. But who is in the cabinet matters less to readers than the fundamental problems facing the country.
08 Nov 2023
A Jeff Bezos-backed bid for The Daily Telegraph? It’s a stretch, but not impossible now that Telegraph bidder Sir William Lewis is CEO of The Washington Post.
01 Nov 2023
The BBC is encumbered by scandals over Israel-Gaza war coverage and scathing criticism from Conservatives. Can it endure another 15 months?
The Covid Inquiry has been lost in the news cycle as news media, and especially Conservative-friendly outlets, are ignoring the scandal.
18 Oct 2023
There are valid arguments on both sides of the debate over the BBC's failure to call Hamas terrorists. But there appears to be more flexibility in the BBC's impartiality rules than is being exercised.
11 Oct 2023
As DMGT Media and News UK look to pool their printing operations, Raymond Snoddy asks whether we should expect more consolidation among publishers, and what it might look like in the digital age.
04 Oct 2023
GB News needs to decide if it wants to play by the rules and actually be a regulated, licensed broadcaster. And Ofcom needs to expedite its investigations, lest it continue to look timid.
27 Sep 2023
Yesterday's Mail lays out the Conservative strategy against Labour in the upcoming election: appealing to xenophobia, anti-European sentiment, and framing climate change as an economic rather than humanitarian issue.
20 Sep 2023
The media industries now condemning Russell Brand should examine their role in the scandal, and ensure staff can independently report "The Talent" when they see similar behaviour.
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