Michael Gove has had a 19-year sabbatical from journalism. He could be a rather good editor of the @spectator - but only if he doesn’t keep one foot in politics and can resist scheming. My column www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

“We have to look at those algorithms … That's making us stupider than we were before. Much more governable by authoritarian regimes and much less capable of democracy.” Timothy Snyder talks to Lionel barber and me @mediaconfpod mediaconfidential.lnk.to/podcastAh

Media Confidential

Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber dive into the hugely important world of media. What—and who—drives it? What do they get right... And what do they get wrong? Lionel, former editor of the Financi...

The latest @prospect_uk hits the streets today, leading with magnificent pieces by Samir El-Youssef and Ayelet Gundar—Goshen on a year of trauma in Gaza and Israel. Plus an American culture special

The turmoil at the Jewish Chronicle goes to the heart of the BBC (the role of Robbie Gibb) and the press regulator, IPSO. Samir Shah and Lord Faulks can't look away. My column www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

Why a scandal at the Jewish Chronicle also goes to the top of the BBC

The Jewish Chronicle has been forced to apologise for publishing fabricated stories. But its refusal to say who owns it—despite the involvement of one of the most senior figures at the BBC—highlights ...

How Elon Musk destroyed Twitter. @mediaconf pod talks to @kateconger & Ryan Mac about their new book. Plus @lionelbarber and I ask what’s going on at the @JewishChron and the Observer mediaconfidential.lnk.to/podcastAh

Media Confidential

Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber dive into the hugely important world of media. What—and who—drives it? What do they get right... And what do they get wrong? Lionel, former editor of the Financi...

Yup. It’s in the column

Is this a dream? @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social@arusbridger.bsky.social and Lionel this week on Media Confidential

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🎧: @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on Trump: “His incapacity to be coherent is pretty much hidden from the public, unless they’re listening directly or reading alternative media.” Listen to her discussion with @arusbridger.bsky.social and Lionel Barber: mediaconfidential.lnk.to/podcastto

Media Confidential

Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber dive into the hugely important world of media. What—and who—drives it? What do they get right... And what do they get wrong? Lionel, former editor of the Financi...

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Baron Ross Kempsell, ennobled by Johnson (what for?) at the same time as Charlotte Owen, now has a further five jobs. Both peers can make laws for nearly 50 years. The House of Lords is broken. My column www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/678...

Boris Johnson’s young peer—and his lucrative contracts—show it’s time to reform the Lords

Ross Kempsell was just 31 when he was appointed to the Lords by Boris Johnson. He has since set up a wide array of business interests, which include being a paid adviser to one Boris Johnson

Happy publication day to Bella Mackie on another extraordinary book in which a father comes to a gory and violent end.