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When enough is enough for the US media: The murder of a poet and a veteran’s nurse

When enough is enough for the US media: The murder of a poet and a veteran’s nurse

28 Jan 2026 | Raymond Snoddy

Could the murder of a veteran’s nurse be the turning point for the US media in the presidency of Donald Trump?

Playing unhappy families with the Beckhams and the Windsors
Playing unhappy families with the Beckhams and the Windsors
21 Jan 2026 | Raymond Snoddy
Why has the news media still not learned how to handle a regime that lies blatantly?
Why has the news media still not learned how to handle a regime that lies blatantly?
14 Jan 2026 | Raymond Snoddy
What’s that coming over the hill?
What’s that coming over the hill?
07 Jan 2026 | Raymond Snoddy
That was the year that was for media
That was the year that was for media
17 Dec 2025 | Raymond Snoddy
New voters and changed minds: The road to rejoining Europe
New voters and changed minds: The road to rejoining Europe
10 Dec 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

Can legislation match the pace of media mergers?

03 Dec 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

A modernisation of the merger rules is long overdue, but change in the public interest is afoot, explains Ray Snoddy. 

Lisa Nandy, are you sure you’ve thought this through?

26 Nov 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

According to the Daily Mail, culture secretary Lisa Nandy is paving the way for a ‘timely’ sale of The Daily Telegraph to DMGT. Not so fast, says Ray Snoddy. Is this really a good idea? 

How a butterfly flapping its wings led to a tornado at the BBC

12 Nov 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

Who should be the next director-general of the BBC? How about someone with proven experience of successfully fighting for a channel’s survival, suggests Ray Snoddy.

Would the real Nigel Farage stand-up to media scrutiny?

05 Nov 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

Is the media finally beginning to scrutinise Reform UK and Nigel Farage properly? Not before time says Ray Snoddy.

Budget guessing games

29 Oct 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

It’s a fool’s errand trying to predict the contents of the UK budget, but it doesn’t stop the newspapers trying, says Ray Snoddy. 

What will be the long-term impact of Farage, the TV presenter?

22 Oct 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

It’s a big win for Farage as Ofcom’s ruling on what serving politicians can or cannot do on TV allows his presenter career to continue. But is impartiality at risk? 

Woke over-representation or a complex reflection of British culture?

08 Oct 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

The Daily Mail’s ire turned on the advertising industry recently, claiming that black people are over-represented in British ads. What lies behind “the woke fantasies of ad-land?”

ITV deserves praise for spotlighting the injustices of the phone-hacking scandal

01 Oct 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

There may be varying reviews, but ITV’s lawyers would have slept more easily without this challenge and many must have questioned the wisdom of poking a stick into this hornet’s nest.

A week is a long time in TV, let alone Donald Trump’s America

24 Sep 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

From Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension to reinstatement, the US’s first amendment is under fire as business interests appear to take precedence.

Could Lisa Nandy turn out to be the media heroine that we need?

17 Sep 2025 | Raymond Snoddy

Having escaped the latest Cabinet cull, the culture secretary has sprung to life with concerns over Nigel Farage’s GB News gig. It’s time for Nandy to intervene urgently. 

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