As Twitter’s executives wring their hands about the meaning of ‘dehumanising speech’ and insist they want to be good citizens, the patience of governments and regulators seems to be running out, writes Raymond Snoddy.
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The “enemies of the people” slur against journalists is growing dangerous, writes Raymond Snoddy – what’s the endgame?
From inviting neo-Nazis on to news shows to the BBC’s problem of achieving balance, there is a worrying trend of extreme views being elevated by broadcast media, writes Raymond Snoddy.
As Facebook takes a multi-billion dollar kicking, print ad revenue for newsbrands has increased for the first time in seven years. Is this the start of something new, wonders Raymond Snoddy.
Following an attack by the Daily Mail this week, Raymond Snoddy looks at how the newspaper likes to scatter its own brand of malevolent fairy dust over facts.
It’s sad that Sam Chisholm, the man who helped create the modern Sky, never got to hear the outcome of the great corporate media battle over what was once his baby, writes Raymond Snoddy. Plus: a dip in fortunes for Netflix.
Sometimes there’s too much news. There’s the football, Brexiteers spinning out of the Cabinet, daring cave rescues, the Murdoch-Comcast penalty shoot-out, a heat wave, novichok and Wimbledon. And then Trump turns up…
Back from the Newsworks Effectiveness Summit, Raymond Snoddy digests the key take-outs – for both average humans and colourful cyprinidae.
Bosses from the likes of ITV and the New York Times want the big tech firms held accountable for the problems they cause around the world. Governments must listen, writes Raymond Snoddy.
The unheralded World Cup winner is already clear, writes Raymond Snoddy – the alphabet soup of UHD TV, HDR and 4K