My latest taleaways on the Epstein email mountain substack.com/@lionelbarbe...
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Editor of The Financial Times 2005-2020
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My take on Jeff Bezos, the Washington Post and his misplaced faith in data to save modern journalism link lionelbarber.substack.com/p/jeff-bezos...
Jeff Bezos’s Data Fallacy
The Washington Post’s demise is down to flawed business decisions not bad journalism
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It was a most enjoyable and informative conversation. Thank you, Eliot
Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 8mo agoI joined @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social to discuss my work and the work of Bellingcat, why I don't like Seymour Hersh, and getting verified information out quickly on the ICE shootings. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/med...
My spoof Bari Weiss New Year diary - before she invited George Clooney into tea at CBS lionelbarber.substack.com/p/bari-weiss...
Bari Weiss’s New Year Diary
Fake news for the post-truth era
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The British sub-plot in the Netflix-Paramount drama - my katest substackhttps://open.substack.com/pub/lionelbarber/p/the-netflix-paramount-subplot?r=6isoi&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
The Netflix-Paramount subplot
A Comcast bid for ITV would upend British broadcasting
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My latest on Trump -Vance-Putin on EU-rope - they all have a point but their prescriptions are dead wrong open.substack.com/pub/lionelba...
The Elephant(s) in the Room
Trump/Vance are not entirely wrong about EUrope
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The Kremlin just belssed Trump’s national sexirty strategy. Here’s why substack.com/@lionelbarbe...
Lionel Barber | Substack
Editor of The Financial Times 2005-2020
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My latest substack on Trump’s new national security strategy - which shows how the president and his administration have been ideologically captured by Vladimir Putin lionelbarber.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
The Trump-Putin pact
Kompromat comes in all shapes and sizes
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🎧: @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social are joined by documentary maker Ben Zand, co-host of Untangled. He talks about how to reach younger audiences and what being “authentic” means in practice.
Ben Zand: How to make money in journalism (without selling your soul)
Alan and Lionel discuss rejection, the BBC and the podcast era with documentary maker Ben Zand
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🎧: @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social reunite to discuss the budget leak and Rutger Bregman’s allegations that BBC censored his remarks about Trump.
The OBR springs a leak! Reporting on a budget shambles story
Alan and Lionel reunite to discuss the budget leak and Rutger Bregman’s allegations that BBC censored his remarks about Trump
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More in the future of the Daily Telegraph open.substack.com/pub/lionelba...
A very British stitch-up
A Fleet Street editor sees off Wall Street
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Now that the Telegraph has claiked in ts biggest scalp at the BBC, what about its declared war on putstice owner RedBird open.substack.com/pub/lionelba...
A very British rebellion
The Daily Telegraph goes to war with RedBird Capital
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Everything you need to know about how to make a world class podcast. We interview Tony “Goalhanger” Pastor who came up with The Rest is History, politics and much more
Goalhanger co-founder: ‘I’ve stepped in to stop Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart arguing’
Tony Pastor on the drama behind ‘The Rest is Politics’ and the secrets to the podcast’s success
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🎧: Peter Oborne, formerly of the Spectator and Telegraph, joins Media Confidential to argue Britain is complicit in Israel’s genocide... and he locks horns with @LionelBarber over pro-Israel lobbyists.
Peter Oborne: Is the British media complicit in genocide?
The former Telegraph columnist on the Israel lobby, media bias, and the destruction of Gaza. Plus, Peter and Lionel lock horns...
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🎧: Should politicians be allowed to be “news” presenters, such as Nigel Farage on GB News? @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social weigh in.
Has Ofcom opened the door to a British Fox News?
Should politicians be allowed to be news presenters? Alan and Lionel weigh in
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In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, @diane2v.bsky.social reports on an appeal in the Gisèle Pelicot case. Plus: @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social speak to @jim.londoncentric.media about his media start-up @londoncentric.media.
Gisèle Pelicot returns to court
Plus: can London Centric revive local journalism?
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🎧: On the first anniversary of the launch of @londoncentric.media, its founder and owner @jim.londoncentric.media joins @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social to talk about reviving local journalism.
Jim Waterson on founding London Centric
Jim joins Alan and Lionel to talk about his new London-focused publication
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In praise of the entrepreneurial journalist: Bari Weiss and the future of CBS News open.substack.com/pub/lionelba...
Barbarians at the gate
Bari Weiss takes over at CBS News
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My latest column on Pete Hesgeth and the Trump Administration’s plans for the US military open.substack.com/pub/lionelba...
The Battle of Bended Knee
Hesgeth trivializes war, undermines the US military
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🎧: Lisa Nandy, secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport, responds to Elon Musk’s allegations that Britain muzzles free speech on Media Confidential with @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social.
Lisa Nandy: We’re not afraid to regulate US big tech, no matter what Donald Trump says
The secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport talks free speech and the future of the BBC
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In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, @isabelh.bsky.social examines the global succession crisis—who will replace today’s strongmen? Plus: @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social grill Labour’s Lisa Nandy on GB News.
Who comes after Trump, Putin and Xi?
Plus: what if the phone-hacking scandal was much worse than previously thought?
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🎧: NPR’s @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social joins Media Confidential with @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social to discuss Donald Trump’s $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times.
America’s assault on free speech
Alan and Lionel discuss Charlie Kirk, and Trump’s NYT lawsuit with David Folkenflik
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In the middle of this devastating news cycle, I got to meet my journo hero: @arusbridger.bsky.social, now @prospectmagazine.co.uk, ex @theguardian.com, always fearless. We had a great conversation, with sharp @lionelbarber.bsky.social joining us online. Give it a listen 👉 shorturl.at/P2FtG
Does the news need gatekeeping?
Journalist Ayala Panievsky talks about her new book ‘The New Censorship’ in a time of democratic decay
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🎧: Media Confidential is back for Season 3! @arusbridger.bsky.social and @lionelbarber.bsky.social discuss the media’s role in pushing the “Broken Britain” narrative.
Why is the media dancing to Farage’s tune?
Alan and Lionel discuss the media’s role in pushing the “Broken Britain” narrative
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After Alaska but before the Bolton raid: the manipulation of Donald Trump open.substack.com/pub/lionelba...
The manipulation of Donald Trump
Putin is the puppet master; the Europeans are coming in on the act
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Next to Miranda Hart? Wow. Thank you Waterstones for promoting new paperback edition of Gambling Man
A recovering editor’s thoughts on The Epstein Conspiracy, Murdoch and Trump open.substack.com/pub/lionelba...
The Epstein conspiracy
Trump v Murdoch: who will blink first?
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Great piece about Fred “the Shred” Goodwin and the 2008 collapse of what was, at the time, the largest bank in the world by assets, the Royal Bank of Scotland, @lionelbarber.bsky.social. Thanks for the mention!
The rise and fall of Fred Goodwin
A new play tells the story of RBS’s rapid expansion and dramatic collapse. Lionel Barber, who began his career as a reporter in Edinburgh, watched the saga from the start
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