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Sky News told 'no mainstream journalists' at Labour event, but later...
A senior news editor at Sky News claims to have been told that “no mainstream journalists” were allowed into a Labour Party event today. Paul Harrison said the remark had been made at the launch of the...
View ArticleBBC ordered by judge to reveal more details about Cliff Richard sexual...
A judge has ordered the BBC to provide lawyers for Sir Cliff Richard with more information about the police source which tipped the broadcaster off about a sexual assault investigation. The 76-year-old...
View ArticleBBC's Emma Barnett called a Zionist on Twitter after cornering Corbyn over...
BBC journalist Emma Barnett was accused by apparent Jeremy Corbyn supporters on Twitter of being a “Zionist” after she asked him about the cost of providing free pre-school childcare on Radio 4....
View ArticleBBC driver killed taking journalist colleagues to work as explosion rocks Kabul
Four BBC journalists were injured and their driver killed after a vehicle bomb exploded in Afghan capital Kabul’s diplomatic quarter today. The explosion killed at least 80 people and injured 350 when...
View ArticleGeorge Osborne and Ed Balls signed up by ITV as election night pundits
Evening Standard editor George Osborne and former Labour MP Ed Balls will join Tom Bradby in the studio for ITV’s election night special on 8 June. ITV claims to be the only UK broadcaster at every...
View ArticleTory candidate charged over election expenses issues first raised by Channel...
Allegations about election campaign spending first raised by Channel 4 News resulted today in the Tory Party candidate for South Thanet being charged with offences under the Representation of the...
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ITV News decision to cancel election debate in wake of London Bridge attack...
ITV News London has been criticised for cancelling tonight’s general election debate following the London Bridge attack on Saturday night. The debate, which was scheduled to take place for half-an-hour...
View ArticleDiane Abbott pulls out of BBC debate and Evening Standard hustings 'due to...
Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott has pulled out of two planned media appearances today “due to illness”, including a BBC radio debate and the Evening Standard’s election hustings. Abbott was replaced...
View ArticleJon Snow bags six-minute eve of election interview with May for Channel 4...
Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow scored an interview with Theresa May last night after her team agreed to a last-minute appearance on the eve of polling day following “weeks of requests” by the...
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Hoax Twitter account poses as BBC journalist and posts fake news about...
A bogus Twitter account posing as a BBC journalist posted fake news about people being turned away and intimidated at UK polling stations today. The hoax account, using the name Elliot Mecklenburg, had...
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VIDEO: Photographer and cameraman scrap outside polling station in media scrum
Footage has captured the moment a fight broke out between a news photographer and a cameraman as the media men jostled for position to get images of Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron at a polling...
View ArticleITV and Osborne praised for election night coverage but BBC wins the ratings...
ITV has won plaudits for its election night coverage, which included analysis from Evening Standard editor George Osborne, despite losing the battle for viewers to the BBC. The BBC claimed the most...
View ArticleMemorial fund set up in honour of Steve Hewlett will help pay way for student...
A memorial fund has been set up in memory of BBC broadcaster Steve Hewlett that will help cover costs for student journalists from lower income families. BBC Media Show presenter Hewlett died of cancer...
View ArticleGeneral election: Only five out of top 100 most-shared stories on social...
Final figures for the most-shared stories on social media during the general election campaign show that anti-Tory articles dominated. Although satirical stories feature, there are no fake news stories...
View ArticlePolitical journalists reflect on failure to accurately call general election...
The election result reducing the Conservative’s majority to a minority took many by surprise, including a number of Britain’s political journalists who had been predicting a heavy Labour defeat. As...
View ArticleEd Miliband and Iain Duncan Smith set to guest present BBC radio's Jeremy...
Former political party leaders Ed Miliband and Iain Duncan Smith will guest present BBC Radio Two’s Jeremy Vine show later this month. Miliband and Duncan Smith will be presenting the flagship current...
View ArticleBBC acknowledges complaint against booking of ‘Islamophobic’ guest on Today...
The BBC has acknowledged a complaint that it failed to properly introduce a guest on the Today programme who has previously been described as “one of America’s most notorious Islamophobes”. The Radio 4...
View ArticleGrenfell disaster: BBC Panorama reveals ministers were repeatedly warned...
BBC Panorama revealed last night how ministers were repeatedly warned that fire regulations were not keeping people safe in a programme about the Grenfell Tower fire. It also revealed that firefighters...
View ArticleIFJ hits out at attempts by Gulf states to 'force the closure of Al Jazeera'
Amid tension between other Gulf states and Qatar, the International Federation of Journalists has demanded that journalists are not used as “political footballs”. Last week, authorities in Saudi Arabia...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia and other Gulf states say Qatar must close down Al Jazeera as...
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states has said Qatar must close international satellite news channel Al Jazeera as a condition of lifting a two-week trade and diplomatic embargo. The countries also insist...
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