Defend Academic Freedom, Defend David MillerThis is thetranscript of a speech I gave to the above online meeting with Tom Mills, Tariq Modood, Lindsey German and Harriet Bradley.Mar 15, 202147Mar 15, 202147
End of the road?A controversial decision by OFCOM over BBC standards has been tested in the High Court, and failedJul 21, 20201133Jul 21, 20201133
Corbyn and antisemitism:Will any brave journalist souls admit they got the story wrong?Apr 24, 20204032Apr 24, 20204032
Dear JeremyAs your remarkable leadership of the Labour Party draws to a close, few things seem certain about the perilous future that awaits us all…Mar 30, 20201395Mar 30, 20201395
The magic of BrexitIt’s a historical truism that seemingly momentous political, social and technological shifts are always greeted with a mix of hysteria and…Jan 31, 2020731Jan 31, 2020731
Labour and antisemitism: a final wordThe first casualty of a polarised society is tolerance. Brexiteers lambast remainers for being stooges of a Brussels-Westminster elite…Feb 22, 201978712Feb 22, 201978712
Statement by academics on research published by Media Reform Coalition on media coverage of…We have reviewed the Media Reform Coalition’s analysis of the mainstream reporting of antisemitism in the Labour Party. We are writing as…Oct 15, 201884Oct 15, 201884
Labour, antisemitism and the news: A response to criticsLast week the Media Reform Coalition published research which found systematic patterns of inaccurate and misleading coverage in relation…Oct 5, 2018167Oct 5, 2018167
It’s not racist to call the Israeli state a racist endeavour — it’s just not quite accurate.We are consumed by the politics of outrage. Anti-racists are called the new racists, feminists the new oppressors, and transgender females…Aug 31, 2018581Aug 31, 2018581
Anti-Jewish hatred is becoming normalised on the right, and Corbyn’s critics are turning a blind…For some time now — and before the emergence of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party — right wing forces in British politics and…Aug 10, 2018148Aug 10, 2018148
Anti-semitism among Corbyn supporters is not rife and the BBC must broadcast an urgent correctionThere are few more egregious examples of the mainstream media’s on-going war on truth when it comes to anti-semitism and the Labour Party…May 21, 20185May 21, 20185
The Tories’ links to anti-semitism can no longer be ignored by Labour, in spite of deafening…Last week, I cordially invited the Jewish Board of Deputies, the Jewish Leadership Council and the Campaign Against Antisemitism to endorse…Apr 24, 20185Apr 24, 20185
Enough is enough: Time for left-wing Jewish voices to be counted and heardSuch is the highly charged nature of debate over this issue that I’m compelled to start this piece with three declarations. First, I am a…Mar 30, 20181Mar 30, 20181
Why the Leveson Inquiry must be allowed to finish its workBy Justin SchlosbergOct 16, 2017Oct 16, 2017
It’s happening all over again: the mainstream media are ignoring the voice of ‘the many’Last week’s election produced yet another national poll result that confounded predictions by professional pollsters, journalists and…Jun 16, 2017Jun 16, 2017
The real reason why BBC journalists are trying to trip up Labour on the figuresYesterday, Labour unveiled its manifesto promising to reverse an austerity agenda that has persisted for more than three decades…May 17, 2017May 17, 2017
Misunderstanding Labour’s polling problem: A response to Owen JonesLabour’s communication problem is a failure of the fourth estate above all, and a burgeoning media democracy movement CAN make a…Nov 2, 20161Nov 2, 20161
What’s the Story? Sorting fact from fiction in the Jeremy Corbyn media sagaEarlier this week, BBC2’s Newsnight ran a lead story on the ever burning question of mainstream media bias against Jeremy Corbyn. As if in…Aug 25, 2016Aug 25, 2016
