Brian Cathcart

Brian Cathcart

Articles by Brian Cathcart

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But hey, it's what the readers want

  • 05 July 2007

The "most read" lists on news websites seem to tell us some bracing things about what really interests people. Could this become a substitute for the editor's judgement?

Prejudice? What prejudice?

  • 28 June 2007
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When Barry George was arrested, newspapers branded him a weirdo and a loner - and we are asked to believe this did not contribute to his dubious conviction for murder

Baiting the goody-goody

  • 21 June 2007
  • 1 comment

When it comes to ethical standards in journalism, the BBC is in a league of its own

Trapped in a parallel universe

  • 14 June 2007
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There has surely never been a time when our papers have devoted more space to what's happening on television.

The limits of Jeremy Clarkson

  • 07 June 2007

As a columnist he is as coarse and intolerant as can be, but the bluster might just be hiding a real human being, for it seems that, when he wants to, he can be quite thoughtful

A law the government is subverting

  • 04 June 2007
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Instead of enforcing the Contempt of Court Act and protecting defendants from trial by headline, ministers want to dilute and weaken it

Keeping Madeleine's profile high

  • 28 May 2007

Alastair Campbell may not be involved, but the news management in Praia da Luz has been as sophisticated as any we have seen

The price of cast iron

  • 21 May 2007

Few people notice Reuters, but it is a very big player in global news and its independence matters. Now the guarantees that were once presented as cast-iron seem certain to vanish in a takeover worth more than £8bn

Friends in unexpected places

  • 14 May 2007

Which newspaper declared that "whatever happens, Gordon Brown will be one day remembered as a great chancellor"? Wrong. The answer is the Daily Mail. Surely this love affair can't last

Sources, smears and coded messages

  • 07 May 2007

The Met's most senior anti-terrorist detective says irresponsible leaks are putting lives at risk. So how can we find out who these leakers are? I know, let's ask a detective

Tiananmen Square

20 years on

Desperately seeking democracy

Nina Power

Newspeak's legacy

Bamboozle, baffle and blindside

Television

Simon Schama

Simplistic Simon says: “Look at me, everyone!”

Theatre

Liberal guilt

Watch out for the bleeding-heart liberal

Vernon Bogdanor

Worse than Profumo

End of the party

Nicky Wire

The way I see it

Nicky Wire: The way I see it

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Will China rule the world?

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