Spain: Sánchez Government Files Lawsuit Against Critical Journalist Bridget Ryder May 3, 2024 PM describes media as a “mud machine, encouraged by the right and the ultra-right.”
Peter Hitchens Reflects on 50 Years in Journalism Jonathon Van Maren February 17, 2024 “When I went into journalism … it was revealed to me that I had a very poor understanding of what the world was really like.”
Correctiv Director Met With Chancellor Scholz Days Before Publishing AfD Disinfo Piece Robert Semonsen February 16, 2024 The undisclosed meetings with, and financial support from, the German government raise serious doubts about the media outlet’s self-described ‘independence.’
Disinformation-Peddling Media Had Multiple Meetings with German Government Robert Semonsen February 12, 2024 Meetings began in 2020 with the aim of battling COVID ‘disinformation’—that is, information contradicting the state’s edicts.
The ‘View’ From Vladimir Putin’s Seat Rod Dreher February 9, 2024 No blockbusters in Carlson interview, but still a teaching moment
Tucker Goes to Moscow Robert Semonsen February 7, 2024 “Americans have a right to know all we can about a war they’re implicated in, and we have the right to tell them about it,” Carlson said.
German Publication Tries To Backtrack on AfD ‘Remigration’ Hit Piece Thomas O'Reilly January 30, 2024 Doubts raised about truth of report that sparked calls to ban the insurgent right-wing party
BBC Was “Allowed” To Misrepresent COVID To Justify Lockdown Michael Curzon January 30, 2024 A government advisor claims the public broadcaster “repeatedly reported” rare deaths as if they were “the norm.”
Travels with Charles Jonathon Van Maren December 15, 2023 I knew my trip to Ukraine would be memorable. I did not suspect that my companion, Charles Coulombe, would be one of the reasons.
EU’s Media Freedom Law Targets Poland and Hungary Zoltán Kottász October 3, 2023 MEPs made no secret of their intentions when passing the law.
