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
Reporters and news photographers across the country have described being roughed up, arrested and having projectiles shot at them by police while covering demonstrations sparked by the death of George Floyd over the last week, as tensions rise and trust erodes. The US Press Freedom Tracker said that as of Tuesday afternoon, 211 press freedom … Read more
President Trump removed a trio of tweets from his feed that complained about journalists winning the ‘noble’ prize. The president went on a rant Sunday afternoon after reading a story in The New York Times that detailed some of his work and eating habits. He first tried to prop up the ‘noble’ prize tweets by saying … Read more
The celebrity writers chosen by Meghan to tell her ‘real’ story: Omid Scobie has been dubbed Meghan’s ‘mouthpiece’ and Carolyn Durand writes about the Royals for Elle Scobie and Durand’s biography promises to tell the Sussexes ‘real’ story Biographer and journalist Omid Scobie planted his flag firmly in Meghan’s camp He was one of the … Read more