Matt Walsh

The new season of agents of shield sounds a bit duff

Why isn’t the Greens’ growing success reflected in media coverage? Greens have not received more airtime in recognition of their growing popularity.

New research by the Impartiality project team (@stephencushion.bsky.social, @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social, @maxwellmodell.bsky.social & myself) tracked coverage of the Greens on BBC & ITV News at 10.

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: I fear for Iran and my family She dreamt of a free Iran during her six-year incarceration. Then when Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe heard America had attacked she was worried for her relatives. She reveals why sitting for a portrait wa...

This is a very nice piece about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. But do not under any circumstances look below the line.

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Maybe. But no one appears to want this one. I thought Brittin was kite flying but he is apparently being taken seriously

Do they not have digital operations James? How many people read the Guardian front page via their phone vs buying the print copy? I agree a bit more with TV but that’s mainly coz PSBs are still rubbish at digital

Paul Conroy’s Last Photo Essay: Cuba’s Moment of Reckoning Veteran war photographer and correspondent Paul Conroy died of natural causes a day after returning from Cuba with this report of another city under siege. He never stopped bearing witness

Very sorry to hear that Paul Conroy has died. Here’s his most recent piece from an assignment in Cuba

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The search for someone to do the worst job in media continues…

Here's the full note from Walsh.

Why isn’t the Greens’ growing success reflected in media coverage? Greens have not received more airtime in recognition of their growing popularity.

Write up of our latest research on impartiality, and why the Greens are still struggling for a broadcast breakthrough

The murky truth about Britain’s forgotten hostage John Cantlie A BBC documentary tells the story of the war photographer who was captured and turned by jihadists. Was he hero or traitor, asks war correspondent Martin Fletcher

The murky truth about Britain’s forgotten hostage John Cantlie

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This graphic pretty incredible.

After winning the by-election, should the Greens be given more airtime? — Researching the impartiality of political news News programmes are leading their coverage this morning with the Greens’ historic victory in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election – the first the party has ever achieved. But our new resear...

New blog!

The @greenparty.org.uk striking victory brings into focus how the broadcasters treat the party.

Despite sustained improvements in opinion ratings, our new research suggests broadcasters still treat them as a minor party of little electoral significance.

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After winning the by-election, should the Greens be given more airtime? — Researching the impartiality of political news News programmes are leading their coverage this morning with the Greens’ historic victory in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by-election – the first the party has ever achieved. But our new resear...

As the Greens celebrate victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election, TV news bosses might want to reflect on why the party's improving election and opinion poll results are not matched by more frequent appearances on bulletins.

A trend that's the mirror image of Reform UK.

My friend was killed for telling you the truth. Now the powerful are even more desperate to silence us | Janine di Giovanni Murderous governments and armed groups always considered reporters like Marie Colvin a nuisance – now they see them as legitimate targets, says war correspondent Janine di Giovanni

"Marie Colvin died because she was in the heart of the battle acting as a witness. All of us in this space should look back at her death as a reminder of how urgent it is to preserve the truth. When borders are closed, disinformation thrives. Narratives are manufactured and twisted."

Police and MI5 waged campaign of illegal interference against BBC journalist, tribunal told Former Northern Ireland correspondent Vincent Kearney subjected to ‘unprecedented’ surveillance, says lawyer

Really shocking case. Important to understand whether this is an isolated instance or part of wider intrusion - the more information comes out, the less it looks like a one-off.
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great piece that makes me almost nostalgic for years of hanging around on (non-royal) doorsteps in the rain with journalism's most world weary people, snappers

How do you solve a problem like a Director General? Newspaper reports suggest the BBC’s efforts to replace outgoing DG Tim Davie are in trouble

A good scoop in The Times today about the search for the next BBC DG - but what does the latest name that's being suggested tell us about how it's going?
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This post is the single best advert for the fact that proper local journalism matters.
If Jim’s team hadn’t put the pieces together quickly, this wouldn’t have been stopped.

Adding to the gaiety of the nation

There ought to be a support group

Speaking as one of the many Matt Walsh, it sounds like an essential public service

Well I for one find it easy to trust the words of a man whose lectern is lying

Hard to think of a more basic media training rule than do not get into arguments over matters of personal finance fact with Martin Lewis

Quite the scenes on Good Morning Britain as Ed Balls tells Kemi Badenoch her student loan interest plan will only help the richest ex-students. After she insists he's wrong, GMB bring on Martin Lewis to back up Balls' argument and tell her the plan makes no sense.

The front pages of the Daily Mail, Sun, Independent, Daily Star, Daily Record, Daily Mirror, Times, Daily Express and Daily Telegraph. All show the photo of the pedo Prince looking like he’s seen the devil himself - hiding in the back seat of his car as he’s driven away from the police station yesterday. A truly beautiful collage of consequence.

I can’t remember the last time a single photo dominated the front page of every major newspaper in the UK.

Phil Noble of Reuters, take a bow.

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This is terrific. And nicely explains why Andrew has been named before charge

This great. All the elements of news gathering success - contacts, preparation, talent and luck.

Terrific column

How Robert Capa invented a style of photography — and his own legend An exhibition in Paris explores the war photographer’s life story, from drinking bouts with Ernest Hemingway to a torrid affair with Ingrid Bergman

How Robert Capa invented a style of photography — and his own legend

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Yes there is a right way to stack the dishwasher. Here are the 5 rules BBC One's Inside the Factory attempted to settle the heated debate in many households.

Hard-hitting public service journalism

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