ARCHIVE ▸ RAYMOND SNODDY
14 May 2025
Apart from being a bulwark against fake news and lies, the BBC World Service is a valuable arm of British culture and influence around the world. Cutting funding will bring irreparable damage.
News outlets must properly interrogate Farage and Reform on how effectively they run things, not report uncritically on the social division they stir.
30 Apr 2025
From the new Observer to Ofcom's new code to the BBC review, the UK's biggest media names have a chance to prove their worth right now.
23 Apr 2025
Cardinals would do well to watch Conclave on their trip to the Vatican, argues Ray Snoddy. It is important someone of Francis' moral worth is chosen to counterbalance growing populism in society and the media.
16 Apr 2025
Judging by the numbers from Trump's podcast interviews, there is a risk that politicians could increasingly bypass the tough accountability in broadcast interviews in favour of softball sessions with sympathetic podcasters.
09 Apr 2025
From trust to news avoidance, from ‘jokes’ of death to actual deaths, there are serious problems facing journalists and journalism, and solutions are as yet unclear.
While the Beeb trumpets its role in delivering trusted, impartial news around the world, it's difficult to see the way it handled the axing of HardTalk as anything other than an act of vandalism.
26 Mar 2025
Thirty-five years after inventing the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is still trying to create an internet that maximises social good. His core mission is to decentralise the web by liberating data from tech platforms.
19 Mar 2025
From the high court overturning its rulings on two GB News shows to the start of its enforcement of the Online Safety Act, Ofcom finds itself defining or refining where media balance should lie in an increasing contentious age.
12 Mar 2025
Whatever you think of Neil's past commentary, he deserves praise for admitting he was wrong. Unlike our former prime minister…
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