Stephen Barnett recently spoke to French online newspaper Mediapart about Paul Marshall, who has just bought the Spectator, and his burgeoning right-wing media empire, including GB News. The […]
Steven Barnett recently spoke to The Times about potential breaches of the broadcasting code by the news channel GB News. The article, by Alex Faber, reports that the UK […]
Prof. Steven Barnett recently spoke to Politico about Why Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage are obsessed with ‘Britain’s Fox News’. The article, by Annabelle Dickson and Aggie Chambre, discusses […]
With former prime minister Boris Johnson soon joining Jacob Rees-Mogg, Lee Anderson and Nigel Farage as presenters on GB News, there appears to be little attempt by the channel […]
Prof. Steven Barnett recently joined Mandy Johnston on NewsTalk’s Taking Stock. Barnett and Johnston discussed at length the controversial opinion-led GBNews station. The interview, which begins about 30mins into […]
Steven Barnett recently joined a VLV Spring conference panel which debated whether impartiality regulation was still fit for purpose. There has been some recent debate about whether impartiality regulation […]
Steven Barnett has criticised Ofcom for misrepresenting its own data in a report into youth news consumption. The report from Ofcom claimed that the BBC, long the UK’s […]
Speaking at the Hay festival, and reported in The Guardian, Prof. Jean Seaton has said that the new head of Ofcom, Michael Grade, “is too old, too lazy, and […]
The appointment of the new chair of Ofcom has been making headlines for months, with numerous concerns being raised about the process and government interference. This week the Financial […]
Prof. Steven Barnett and Prof. Jean Seaton, along with CAMRI Doctoral Researcher, Chris Day, have joined other media campaigners in writing to the Financial Times about the process of […]