Brian Cathcart
Articles by brian cathcart
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Media
The Sun holds the flame aloft
- 10 April 2008
- 1 comment
Most papers were disgusted by the Olympic flame's visit to London. Murdoch's Sun, however, judged the day a triumph. Now why would it think that?
Media
Welcome to the national metaphor
- 03 April 2008
- 1 comment
There was hubris, there was bathos, there was a moral for every taste, and it all happened right on the doorstep
UK Politics
Is Boris faking it?
- 27 March 2008
- 46 comments
A new, serious Boris Johnson is now being offered to the voters of London - thanks to the heavy stage-direction of Tory party minders.
Media
Time for some forceful self-regulation
- 19 March 2008
- 1 comment
As the Express and Star apologise to the McCanns, newspaper editors should be calling for a full public inquiry into their coverage of the Madeleine story
Media
You just can't rely on Tory papers, Gordon
- 19 March 2008
The third Heathrow runway will supposedly be great for business and will mean more cheap flights for all. You'd think the right-wing press would be all for it. But no
Media
Jersey child abuse case
- 06 March 2008
- 15 comments
On the surface, coverage of the child abuse investigation in Jersey appeared predictably lurid and excitable so why were the island's police congratulating the media?
Media
Farewell then, Fidel. You used to matter to us
- 28 February 2008
- 1 comment
So long in coming, the Cuban leader's departure did not even have the power to divide opinion here
Media
Some stories need to be told
- 21 February 2008
- 1 comment
Press coverage of the Bridgend suicides has caused offence and alarm, but a news blackout is not the answer
Media
Omigod! They'll come and chop our heads off!
- 14 February 2008
- 6 comments
In the hysterical rush to be horrified by the archbishop's speech, did anyone expalain what he actually said?
Media
Dirty, appealing game
- 07 February 2008
- 3 comments
British journalism, we are told, is in a terrible state so it seems odd that so many people want to join in
