Discussing the DCMS committee’s fake news report on Sky News

29th July 2018 charlotteahenry Posts in other places 0

Following the leaking of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee’s interim report into fake news, I was on Sky News discussing whether we are really suffering a democratic crisis.

I was also on Stephen Nolan’s programme on BBC Radio 5Live, discussing the same issue with paper reviewers Edwina Currie and Mohammed Shafiq. You can listen to it here from 2 hours five minutes in.

My first book "Not Buying It", looking at post-truth in media and politics, is being published by Unbound

If you enjoy this blog please pledge here, to help make it happen and order your copy.

Nazi phrase on the streets of London

Today the so-called ‘Brexit Betrayal’ march is taking place in London. The FT’s Sebastian Payne followed the protest. He found some deeply disturbing, but perhaps […]
Reconsidering a second referendum

A few weeks ago I was rather dismissive of a second referendum on Brexit, a so-called “people’s vote”. I argued that the question had largely […]
Nadhim Zahawi repeated criticised schools stat on BBCQT

On Question Time this evening, Nadhim Zahawi asserted that 1.9 million more children are now attending good or outstanding schools Last month, Sir David Norgrove, the […]
Has anyone seen Stephen Barclay?

Today is a rather big day in the Brexit process, but newly appointed Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay is nowhere to be seen.
If Conservative MPs let in Corbyn I’ll never forgive them

The Conservative party is, shock horror, engulfed in infighting over Europe. But, unlike in the past, the famously ruthless Tory backbenches have not managed to take […]