Brian Cathcart
Articles by brian cathcart
Results 61 to 70 of 109
Africa
When journalism is powerless
- 02 April 2007
- 3 comments
Despite years of fine reporting and many furious editorials, the bloodshed continues in Darfur and Mugabe hangs on in Zimbabwe.
Media
Still losing money after all these years
- 26 March 2007
Profit is everything to Rupert Murdoch, and yet, after more than a quarter of a century, he still can't get the Times into the black. The man has just turned 76; what is he waiting for?
Media
We should all be so persecuted
- 19 March 2007
A tale of David and Goliath, in which the part of Goliath - representing the ruthless left-wing intelligentsia and media - is taken by Lorraine Kelly
Media
A white filter for your news
- 12 March 2007
You will see very few black faces in the newsrooms of our national papers, and only someone who has had his head in the ground for 20 years would think that wasn't a problem
Media
The wicked pleasure of Simon Heffer
- 05 March 2007
It is a shame such gifts of expression have fallen to such a right-wing man, but if you dislike the present government his words have the power to make you say "Yes!" out loud
Media
The newspapers on Mars
- 26 February 2007
A daft, wonderful BBC cop show leaves no doubt that the Britain of 1973 was a strange, ugly place, but it turns out that the daily papers of that time have things to recommend them
Media
NHS is becoming a four-letter word
- 19 February 2007
- 2 comments
The health service under attack plus modesty and Andrew Neil
Media
A bit of a flap
- 12 February 2007
Don't panic, we are told. There is no imminent danger to humans. Well, if that is the case, why all the fuss, why the acres of coverage?
Media
Trust us. We're journalists
- 05 February 2007
- 1 comment
This is a world where ethical lines are neither defined nor observed, yet we keep telling people that there is nothing to be done about it
Media
Forgotten friends in the north
- 29 January 2007
As far as political news value goes, Scotland has a standing roughly on a par with a middle-sized English local authority
