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Tag: The Times

  • Ever wondered why the news doesn’t makes sense?

    Because it doesn’t have to, that’s why. And if you don’t believe me – here is the Saturday Review from 1861: What does it matter if the Times, which is the organ of so many of us, contradicts itself and changes sides from day to day? Do not most people contradict themselves? Is the opinion…

  • Rupert Murdoch: a lesson from history?

    Press Gazette picks up on the media side of Tony Blair’s former comms chief, Alastair Campbell’s diaries. One of the more interesting revelations concerns the impact of Rupert Murdoch on his editors. July 1995 [Meeting Rupert Murdoch and addressing News Corp editors in Sydney] “I got a fascinating glimpse of the way editors work around…

  • Oh dear…

  • The unintended influence of Rupert Murdoch

    The influence of Rupert Murdoch is a subject of much discussion online. Personally, I’m in agreement with Felix Salmon of Market Movers, who wrote: [W]here editorial independence is valuable, Murdoch values it. Where it isn’t, he doesn’t. So even if he’s interfered in editorial decisions in China in the past, that doesn’t mean he’ll do…