by Gary Merrill Every afternoon, Downing Street hosts a briefing for journalists to update them - and their audiences - on latest developments concerning the Covid-19 crisis. In this special post for MRC, Gary Merrill of the University of Roehampton, argues that the briefings are generating very little heat and certainly no light, mostly because of the reluctance of … [Read more...]
Behind Closed Doors: News Corp bosses met with the government 10 times in the year to March 2015
The Media Reform Coalition has conducted analysis of the most recent lists of external meetings published by key government departments. The data show that the special access afforded to News Corporation executives has shown no signs of abatement in the aftermath of the phone hacking scandal and subsequent Leveson Inquiry. Far more than any other media group, News Corporation … [Read more...]