ARCHIVE ▸ RAYMOND SNODDY
The only possible way to tackle the problem of fake news stories circulating around the world is for Google and Facebook to recognise finally what they are: media organisations.
The words of Trump were checked and analysed, the daily lie count was tabulated, and serious stories were published that undermined his credibility. And yet it didn't make a blind bit of difference. Why?
02 Nov 2016
The Culture Secretary consultation suggests the end of Leveson 2 and punitive costs on newspapers. Are we finally seeing a chance to return to media normality under the law? By Raymond Snoddy.
26 Oct 2016
The compelling question for the UK is whether the current enthusiasm for uniting distribution and content will continue to wash up on our shores, writes Raymond Snoddy.
At the Society of Editors conference this week the chairman of the independent press regulator, IPSO, warned editors to be "very wary indeed" of anything that looks like an attempt to corral them into submission
12 Oct 2016
In too many cases name-calling and propaganda in our media have replaced attempts to analyse and understand, writes Raymond Snoddy
05 Oct 2016
Away from the Bake Off bun fight, there are still two serious issues hanging over the broadcaster, writes Raymond Snoddy.
28 Sep 2016
The case of Big Sam is the latest example of the power of an original, painstaking piece of journalism, writes Raymond Snoddy.
21 Sep 2016
The likes of Google, Facebook and Twitter need to voluntarily take on the responsibilities of publishers, both commercial and editorial, or risk having it imposed upon them, writes Raymond Snoddy
Channel 4's £75 million "victory" in prising The Great British Bake Off from the BBC is one of the great disasters in the channel's recent history, in ways that they probably haven't even yet begun to realise.
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