A culture of rebuttal coming up from the crowd – which is then magnified by the mainstream media – is doing more than just keeping Trump and his cronies in check, writes Raymond Snoddy.

The row between Sky and Discovery is unlikely to be the last content negotiation where teeth are bared and insults fly, writes Raymond Snoddy.

With the help of social media it could easily be possible to assemble an American majority who accept the “alternative facts”, writes Raymond Snoddy. So what can be done?

Following the appointment of Sir David Clementi as the new chairman of the BBC, Raymond Snoddy wonders whether the former banker needs to do a bit of extra homework before sinking his teeth into the job.

There are plenty of press scandals in need of urgent attention – but none of them involve increased regulation backed by the sort of legislation that would please dictators everywhere.

A new journalistic (and psychiatric) specialism is being created before our eyes: analysing the tweets of Donald Trump.

While many commentators have lamented the year gone by, Raymond Snoddy argues it wasn’t all doom and gloom for media in 2016. Here’s why.

Rupert Murdoch never forgets, never gives up and is not in the least put off by the inevitable furore that will result from a renewed bid for Sky, writes Raymond Snoddy.

They are produced in the same building and share the same owner – but the difference between the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday is remarkably different, as Brexit has shown.

ITV just can’t help itself, writes Raymond Snoddy – entertainment always takes priority over serious peak-time news programmes.