Why Politicians and Bureaucrats Always Double-Down and Cover-Up
18 November 2024
by David Craig
News Round-Up
18 November 2024
by Toby Young
The BBC is a hulking anachronism, says J. Sorel. The last of the great Departments of Information, a relic of an age of siege and conscription, sprawled across the national psyche like a huge rusting battleship.
The relentless, social media-driven 24 hour news cycle is not conducive to the calm acquisition of knowledge about the world, says Professor James Alexander. How can we escape from it?
Sadly the coming climate apocalypse will have to take place without any specialist commentary from CNBC as the American cable channel's climate desk has been quietly disbanded.
We know that younger people are less likely to be seriously ill, less likely to need prolonged admission and far less likely to die. So why the panic?
As Cummings lobbed his grenades yesterday, I kept asking: How come we haven’t heard about these scandals before? Why haven't BBC News, ITN, Channel 4 News and Sky News exposed these scandals? Could Ofcom be to blame?
The broadcast media is wrong to focus only on holidays abroad when considering travel restrictions, Lord David Blunkett says. Just as important is the impact on trade.
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