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Labour’s against-the-odds performance has defied conventional wisdom.
As soon as broadcasters began to focus on policy the gap between the two parties began to close.
John McDonnell’s claim that the BBC was uncritically repeating ‘Tory lies’ this week once more raises the question of bias in the media’s political reporting. But is he right?
Fleet Street’s reaction to Theresa May’s election announcement was just as expected: aggressive and partisan.
MPs attacking the public broadcaster’s coverage need to get their facts straight.
On Q&A, government minister Zed Seselja remarked that surveys showed confidence in media has fallen globally. In Australia, he said, it has dropped lower than in the US. Is he right?
Repeated surveys show that most people think the media is biased against the Labour leader. And that’s a problem for democracy.
Studies show that biased coverage — from jabs at the German chancellor’s low-cut dress to insinuations that Argentina’s president has a ‘mood disorder’ — undermines women in public office.
How about a black Santa story, for a change?
In a ‘post-truth’ world, presenting both points of view can often be misleading.
Changes in news media distribution and the impartiality of news sources provide good reason to be concerned. However, digital inequality is not the way to understand or measure it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating has not dropped below 80 percent since March 2014. Russians overwhelmingly support their president’s aggression in Georgia and Crimea. Here’s why.
Most of Fleet Street had worked hard for a Leave vote, but it still took even eurosceptic papers by surprise.
When you take into account the weight of circulation, most readers are getting the Brexit message.
If you only read the Western press you may not realise the worst atrocities are committed in the Middle East and Africa.
Doing ads for Chicken Tikka subs. Being told you ‘scream SBS’. When you’ve experienced the white bias of our cultural industries, watching Waleed Aly and Lee Lin Chin vie for the Gold Logie is a delicious prospect.
A partisan media landscape has made it almost impossible for journalists to avoid charges of bias when calling out a candidate’s dishonesty.
With the collapse of Al Jazeera America, there may be a case for RT America as a purveyor of progressive, alternative journalism.
Donald Trump is the perfect candidate for an unregulated, competition-driven political news media.
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Professor of Communication, Cardiff University
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Professor of Communication and Media Analysis, Loughborough University
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Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University
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Lecturer in Sociology, Aston University
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Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Indiana University
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Professor of Journalism in the Department of Journalism, Film and Television, University of Johannesburg
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Chair Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Honorary Professor in Media Policy, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in Media, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor of American Studies, University of Maine at Augusta
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Professor of Journalism, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Program Manager, Journalism, RMIT University
