http://www.newstatesman.com/columns/media en http://images.newstatesman.com/users/avatars/.jpg http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/ http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/12/independent-saturday-pages http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/12/independent-saturday-pages Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:44:31 GMT Brian Cathcart Since the Independent offered its readers more on Saturday, bulk has been the weapon of choice in the circulation war

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/11/dacre-eady-sees-privacy-mass http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/11/dacre-eady-sees-privacy-mass Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:32:47 GMT Brian Cathcart The editor of the Daily Mail sees himself as a victim, desperately leading the defence of the values of the mass of decent people

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/law-and-reform/2008/10/madeleine-mccann-daily-british http://www.newstatesman.com/law-and-reform/2008/10/madeleine-mccann-daily-british Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:17:15 GMT Brian Cathcart Brian Cathcart details how the British press set out to systematically destroy the parents of Madeleine McCann.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/10/sir-ian-white-diversity-met http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/10/sir-ian-white-diversity-met Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:29:41 GMT Brian Cathcart The press is still in panicky denial over diversity and racism, as the coverage of Sir Ian Blair's departure shows

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/10/regional-news-itv-market-grade http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/10/regional-news-itv-market-grade Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:48:16 GMT Brian Cathcart If Grade's shareholders had their way, ITV would probably broadcast no regional news programmes at all

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/09/journalists-news-technology http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/09/journalists-news-technology Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:22:58 GMT Brian Cathcart Amid all the changes delivered by communications technology, no one has yet found another way of generating news content. It's just a pity they show so little interest in making that content better

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/09/editors-express-subs-reporters http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/09/editors-express-subs-reporters Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:23:36 GMT Brian Cathcart In sacking most of its sub-editors, Express Newspapers is making a classic error. The job these people do is not an optional extra or an anachronism; it is integral

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/09/editors-crisis-weather-summer http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/09/editors-crisis-weather-summer Thu, 11 Sep 2008 09:52:02 GMT Brian Cathcart Rain and floods mean a crisis for editors, a crisis of waffle. People are upset, but what can you say? Who can you blame? What does it mean?

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/09/ghaffur-blair-police http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/09/ghaffur-blair-police Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:11:59 GMT Brian Cathcart Tarique Ghaffur is claiming that he was discriminated against in the police service, and some in the right-wing press are not taking it well

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/08/johnson-codes-david http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2008/08/johnson-codes-david Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:22:49 GMT Brian Cathcart How is it possible to find meaning in something a politician doesn't say? For the political correspondent, it is all in a day's work

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