Jun 29, 2026 · not_requested
Vicious media: How the Murdoch press attacks its targets
- Duration seconds
- 2136
Podcast
Media Confidential
- Author
- Prospect Magazine
- Feed episode count
- 226
- Official site
- https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts
Summary
Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber—two of the world’s greatest editors—dive into the hugely important world of media. What—and who—drives it? What do they get right... And what do they get wrong? Lionel, former editor of the Financial Times , and Alan, editor of Prospect and former editor of the Guardian, will bring you revealing, high profile interviews and in-depth discussion. Media Confidential is produced by Prospect Magazine. Subscribe to Prospect and enjoy our rigorously fact-checked, truly independent analysis and perspectives. Get one free issue of Prospect when you sign up today: https://subscription.prospectmagazine.co.uk/OCT1MFBG/prospect-magazine/OCT1MFG Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Jun 25, 2026 · not_requested
Starmer’s downfall: Is the media to blame?
- Duration seconds
- 1684
Jun 22, 2026 · not_requested
Beeban Kidron: What the Online Safety Act gets right (and wrong)
- Duration seconds
- 2149
Jun 18, 2026 · not_requested
Murdoch’s biggest deal yet
- Duration seconds
- 1729
Jun 15, 2026 · not_requested
The 60 Minutes meltdown: inside the power struggles reshaping America’s iconic news show
- Duration seconds
- 1890
Jun 11, 2026 · not_requested
Henry Nowak and how the media fuels racism
- Duration seconds
- 2102
Jun 8, 2026 · not_requested
Joshi Herrmann ‘If we're going to devolve more power to places like Greater Manchester we’re going to need to bulk up the quality of the local media.’
- Duration seconds
- 2265
Jun 4, 2026 · not_requested
Ofcom’s Michael Grade doesn't understand impartiality
- Duration seconds
- 2177
Jun 1, 2026 · not_requested
Why are Britain’s politicians so weak on freedom of speech?
- Duration seconds
- 2663
May 28, 2026 · not_requested
Peter Geoghegan on getting SLAPP’d: ‘It had a huge chilling effect’
- Duration seconds
- 2447
May 21, 2026 · not_requested
Hiring on the cheap: Are news organisations exploiting young journalists?
- Duration seconds
- 1650
May 18, 2026 · not_requested
Investigative journalist Gabriel Pogrund: ‘Go after big targets because they deserve to be pursued, not because you want to take them down’
- Duration seconds
- 2398
May 14, 2026 · not_requested
Will Ofcom finally sanction GB News?
- Duration seconds
- 1712
May 11, 2026 · not_requested
Liam Byrne: What happens when populists win?
- Duration seconds
- 1935
May 7, 2026 · not_requested
Slapped: Why can’t we talk about Nigel Farage’s crypto donations?
- Duration seconds
- 2109
May 4, 2026 · not_requested
Killing with impunity: the death of Amal Khalil in Lebanon
- Duration seconds
- 2036
Apr 30, 2026 · not_requested
Trump: AI accusations and assassination attempts
- Duration seconds
- 1702
Apr 27, 2026 · not_requested
Press Gazette and the end of ‘Barbara Santini’
- Duration seconds
- 1917
Apr 23, 2026 · not_requested
Mandygate: The megaton bomb that shook Westminster
- Duration seconds
- 1708
Apr 20, 2026 · not_requested
Sidney Blumenthal: ‘There’s about to be a real, severe change in American politics’
- Duration seconds
- 2124
Apr 16, 2026 · not_requested
How the media brought down Viktor Orbán
- Duration seconds
- 1404
Apr 13, 2026 · not_requested
Democracy at risk: The big banks censoring free speech
- Duration seconds
- 1612
Apr 9, 2026 · not_requested
The madness of King Trump (continued)
- Duration seconds
- 1654
Apr 6, 2026 · not_requested
Susan Glasser on Trump: ‘The big, fat, naked emperor in the room’
- Duration seconds
- 1944
Apr 2, 2026 · not_requested
Why the US treasury secretary thinks the FT has become ‘tabloid trash’
- Duration seconds
- 1619