alan rusbridger

A devastating indictment of Ofcom, the media regulator, which has let GB News to pump out Reform party propaganda and drive a coach and horses through the UK broadcasting laws. @arusbridger and I will be discussing this on @mediaconfpod shortly !

Here's the programme-by-programme dossier in which the @TheNewWorldmag reviewers tracked the breaches of broadcasting codes which @Ofcom seems happy to ignore thenewworld.co.uk/the-gb-news-sc…

@montie Hi Tim. We’ve listed the publications they work or have worked for. Some work for places that discourage freelance activity hence the anonymity.

@arusbridger Hi Alan. Could you provide a list of these twenty journalists please? Sorry if I've missed it.

Since @Ofcom seems to have given up, we asked 20 experienced journalist from a wide range of backgrounds to watch multiple hours of @GBNEWS . Their conclusion: the supposedly regulated channel has, in effect, become Reform TV. How did it happen? thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbridge…

A massively consequential investigation by Alan Rusbridger into GB News: how "one political party in Britain has effectively ended up with its own television station". Raises deep questions about hi-jacking of British media/political culture: thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbridge…

You want the NATO allies to join you in a war you started without ever consulting these allies about the war or explaining your war aims. We’re meant just to meekly fall in line. You recently supported a US invasion of a NATO ally (Denmark/Greenland) but now you want these same allies to join your war. Your president disparaged and misrepresented the role of NATO allies in Afghanistan. But now you want them to join with you again in a war of your making. You went to war with Iran without a thought of how to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and without involving your allies in the matter. But now you want the NATO allies to bail you out, even though there’s still no plan for Hormuz. You want the NATO allies to join you in a war in which you still cannot articulate the endgame. Or what victory would look like. You went to war thinking the Iranian regime would quickly topple, that Tehran would not attack the Gulf States or close Hormuz. Why would we align with such Epic Stupidity? You and other know-nothing blowhards started this war all on your own. You can finish it on your own. If you’re able to …

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The latest decision from the @OversightBoard looks at fake AI-generated content in the context of the Israel-Iran conflict. We are calling on Meta to do more to allow users to identify AI-generated content during conflict situations. oversightboard.com/news/board-cal…

What gets lost when war hits the headlines? @arusbridger and @lionelbarber discuss with former public editor of the New York Times @Sulliview on the latest episode of the Media Confidential podcast prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/media…

The new Telegraph owner has a reputation for editorial interference and reportedly encouraged Elon Musk to support Germany’s far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD). @arusbridger explains more... prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/ne…

The new owner of the Telegraph, Mathias Döpfner, was once compared with the publishers who enabled the rise of fascism in the 30s. In an article in... the Telegraph (by @hoyer_kat). One to watch prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/ne…

How will the Telegraph cope with its new German owner? (Also on this week’s Media Confidential, where @lionelbarber and I disagree) independent.co.uk/voices/telegra…

This piece by @arusbridger for @prospect_uk is worth a few minutes of your time How the right-wing British press became Trump’s trumpet prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/labou…

In this Monday’s Media Confidential interview, Alan and Lionel talk to Murdoch expert Gabriel Sherman prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/72663…

Suez, Vietnam, the Falklands, Grenada: the "special relationship" survived them all. But maybe you have to have a smattering of history to write its first draft prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/labou…

Rather than concentrate on the wildfire war he's just started, Trump is spending his time on the phone with British journalists slagging off Keir Starmer. Their dictation skills turn out to be excellent prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/labou…

Churchill would have been appalled by a figure like Trump. But some journalists have convinced themselves that Starmer is to blame for this hiccup in the “special relationship” independent.co.uk/voices/trump-s…

Press regulator IPSO to the Daily Telegraph: “Tell us how you came to publish an apparently fictional story.” Telegraph; “No, it’s confidential!” IPSO: “Oh, ok. Sorry to bother you”. All in this week’s Media Confidential prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/media…

With enormous influence over political narratives, the Lobby shapes how the country understands its government. @arusbridger and @lionelbarber discuss the Lobby at its best and worst with @PronouncedAlva and George Parker prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/72585…

Twenty years ago we invaded Iraq. The war killed many innocent Iraqis and Americans. It destroyed the oldest Christian populations in the world. It cost over $1 trillion, and turned Iraq into a satellite of Iran. It was an unforced disaster, and I pray that we learn its lessons.