GB News will launch ‘in weeks’: Andrew Neil’s news channel to go to air after recruiting raft of seasoned journalists including Alastair Stewart and Simon McCoy The news channel, which will challenge the BBC, will be headed by Andrew Neil A range of news-industry heavy-weights such as McCoy and Stewart have joined Insiders have said … Read more
GB News will launch ‘in weeks’: Andrew Neil’s news channel to go to air after recruiting raft of seasoned journalists including Alastair Stewart and Simon McCoy The news channel, which will challenge the BBC, will be headed by Andrew Neil A range of news-industry heavy-weights such as McCoy and Stewart have joined Insiders have said … Read more
BBC chief’s warning over ‘growing assault on truth’ as he calls for solidarity with journalists facing ‘intimidation and harassment’ across the globe BBC director-general Tim Davie said journalists face ‘intimidation and hostility’ He said some, including BBC journalists, ‘face threats to their lives and liberty’ Mr Davie took over from Lord Hall as BBC director-general … Read more
BBC chief’s warning over ‘growing assault on truth’ as he calls for solidarity with journalists facing ‘intimidation and harassment’ across the globe BBC director-general Tim Davie said journalists face ‘intimidation and hostility’ He said some, including BBC journalists, ‘face threats to their lives and liberty’ Mr Davie took over from Lord Hall as BBC director-general … Read more
Myanmar’s junta on Saturday suspended laws constraining security forces from detaining suspects or searching private property without court approval and ordered the arrest of well-known backers of mass protests against this month’s coup. A series of announcements came on the eighth day of country-wide demonstrations against the February 1 takeover and detention of elected leader … Read more
Meryl Streep headlines International Press Freedom Awards that will honor Amal Clooney for defending journalists By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 00:57 GMT, 5 November 2020 | Updated: 00:57 GMT, 5 November 2020 She played legendary Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham in Steven Spielberg’s 2017 film The Post. And Meryl Streep will headline the CPJ … Read more
Machine Gun Kelly is stumped when asked by a TV journalist whether he had to pay girlfriend Megan Fox to star in his music video By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 13:05 BST, 27 September 2020 | Updated: 13:12 BST, 27 September 2020 Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox went public with their … Read more
The chief suspect in a double stabbing in Paris told investigators he carried out the attack in anger over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad recently republished by Charlie Hebdo, a judicial official has said. Two people were wounded after Friday’s attack with a meat cleaver outside the newspaper’s former offices in eastern Paris. Counter-terrorism authorities … Read more
The UK Government has today been accused of ‘taking a leaf out of Donald Trump’s playbook’ after using social media to publicly denounce journalists. Ministers have come under increasing scrutiny from the press during the pandemic for a series of failings which have led to the UK suffering the worst death toll in Europe. The … Read more
BBC journalists are becoming addicted to Twitter amid fears their desire to ‘go viral’ is undermining impartiality rules, the corporations head of standards said yesterday. David Jordan said journalists have sometimes failed to uphold BBC guidelines on social media which has become ‘toxic’. Some journalists have been disciplined by senior staff over their use of social … Read more