This is an astonishingly detailed deception. State actor involvement?

Emma Monk@monkemma.bsky.social · 7h ago

This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10

£6.3bn really is a huge gap for unis to fill on research each year It's sometimes said that's what QR is for, but QR is part of the calculation: without it the gap would be close to £9bn The biggest way that gap is filled is international student fees (yellow bar), but we all know how that's going

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 2d ago

Annual research shortfall remains above £6bn at UK universities Institutions recovered 67 per cent of research costs in 2024-25, as concerns over sustainability grow www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

This is the maddest article I’ve read in the ST for some time. Complete fantasy.

The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 5d ago

Does objecting to brothels for migrants make us terribly middle class?

BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?

Yes I realise you are all too smart to start a wildfire, but a chap I know from the next village burnt down two fields and cut off the electricity last weekend because he decided to burn a mattress.

I see phones off not on silent discipline has slipped a bit

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · 6d ago

The Gov alert is causing chaos on TV.

Are opinion polls helping us understand elections or determining how elections are talked about? This article by @danielcaseycbr.bsky.social examines the prominence of polling & horse-race journalism in Australia. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3ssthx2m #journalismstudies #politicalcommunication #polsky

Are there too many political polls? We are in glut – and it may be about to get worse

Australia has more polls than ever. Research shows poll-focused media coverage increases public cynicism and damages political debate.

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Tom Calver continues to swim against the tide at The Times www.thetimes.com/article/dbea...

Is the hard hat really worth as much as the graduation cap?

Thousands more children are to be steered towards vocational education, but questions remain over whether it will get them jobs

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You can’t buy class

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Trump: “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship! Thank you very much to all of those who participated. I won with a 70, & am so honored in that, unlike the rest of the field, I’m given very little time to practice, bc I’m focused on many other things. It’s called TALENT, and I have it”

Glad someone senior from the sector is pushing back. Labour MPs need to understand the serious real anger from graduates and the people who produce them. And the dangerous financial situation they have allowed to fester, or indeed worsened, in one of Britain’s leading sectors.

Labour has harmed universities as much as Trump, London School of Economics head says

LSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic student fees freeze, international student limits and rise in employers’ national insurance

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What the Elon Musk v The Economist clash shows why data and facts must win against denials and online bullying - me for The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In the battle of Elon Musk v the press, we can’t let truth be the loser | Jane Martinson

The trillionaire Tesla owner has called the editor of the Economist a ‘traitor to the west’ after a clash-filled interview. How should the media respond? asks Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

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Good points about scrutiny. While there are some excellent innovative digital publishers, it’s a long way from the heyday of the local press. But those days are gone and the need for scrutiny remains.

Jennifer Williams@jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 3w ago

A bit on something that’s worrying me as.ft.com/r/9fe0cfe2-f...

Good column. And the economy point also translates to the folly of trying to connect HE funding to graduate earnings.

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 3w ago

Started writing on Andy Burnham’s education proposal thinking “not sure about this”. Realised in writing “no, I am sure: it sucks!”

Is this the right top line? It doesn’t seem like the right top line. Speculation about a hypothetical dispute with Trump vs actually ruling out an early election. This looks like Westminster-brain reporting

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 4w ago

Burnham says he is prepared to call out Trump 'if right for Britain'

We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI

Subjects like literature, languages and history are vital to a thoughtful and prosperous society

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Wow. Don’t often get audiences like that these days

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last mo.

BBC now saying England v Argentina was watched by peak of 24 million, highest TV audience since 2021 www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Good thread

Jim Waterson@jim.londoncentric.media · last mo.

As an ex media report I can't help looking at the BBC Annual Report, it's a habit I cannot kick, I'm going to stick some things I've noticed in a thread. The tldr to my mind is if you're at the BBC and you're not panicking and trying new stuff and tuning out low level moans you're screwed. 🧵

Dermot Murnaghan dealt in affability, reliability and authority – not ego

Dermot Murnaghan dealt in affability, reliability and authority – not ego

The TV presenter – who has died, aged 68 – worked for the BBC, ITN and Channel 4 and announced the death of Diana, Princess of Wales

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David Willey, esteemed BBC foreign correspondent, dies aged 93

David Willey, esteemed BBC foreign correspondent, dies aged 93

Willey is best known for covering the Vatican, and reported on five popes during his long career.

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What a moving interview on R4 BH with Peter Hennessey - says he’s retiring because his Parkinson’s means he can longer think clearly, but he sounded far clearer and made more sense than most people you hear on the radio

Difficult times ahead for UK TV news production following the Sky and ITV merger. But there could be a ray of light for ITN from all of this. open.substack.com/pub/mattwals...

Cuts ahead for UK TV news production

The Sky takeover of ITV means tough times ahead for TV journalism

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Times Radio was leading on this garbled nonsense. The media keeps finding ways (inc nonsense) to report "immigration still rising" yet serious outlets show little/no interest in the actual news. (Immigration has fallen fast & will fall further in 2026-27 than almost anybody realises or recognises)

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Times ought to correct this misleading claim that is an either deliberate or dumb misreading of the stats to promote an entirely false meme of "care worker sponsors 15 relatives"

The combined Sky & ITV will be spending north of £200m on news, including the ITN contract. That seems unsustainable. Where will the axe fall? What safeguards - if any - are in place to protect news provision?

Words we don’t want to hear on Saturday : "Lord Nelson! Lord Beaverbrook! Sir Winston Churchill! Sir Anthony Eden! Clement Attlee! Henry Cooper! Lady Diana! Maggie Thatcher — can you hear me, Maggie Thatcher! Your boys took a hell of a beating! Your boys took a hell of a beating!"

Hard to believe Donald Trump is a bad sport.

Ben Jacobs@jacobsben.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 Exclusive: The White House made a direct call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card. FIFA approached for comment and referred to the findings of its independent committee.

Could Channel 4 News go MAGA? open.substack.com/pub/mattwals...

Could Channel 4 News go MAGA?

The spin off of NBCUniversal could have some surprising impacts

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Putin’s useful idiots: George Galloway, Tommy Robinson and the Starmer rent boy conspiracy searchlightmagazine.com/2026/06/puti...

Putin's useful idiots: George Galloway, Tommy Robinson and the Starmer rent boy conspiracy | Searchlight

It's now known that arson attacks on properties linked to Keir Starmer were the work of a Russia-linked disinformation network, but for some it was an ...

searchlightmagazine.com

What does impartiality actually mean in journalism? This thought-provoking piece argues that impartiality is not the same as neutrality or objectivity. Read more: tinyurl.com/5yh5eyna 🧵👇 #impartiality #journalism #journalismstudies

Impartiality: imperfect, evolving, and essential? - Polis

#Impartiality in Journalism I’ve spent more than two decades working inside newsrooms and another two studying them, and in that time I’ve come to see impartiality not as a fixed rulebook but as a dis...

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Ah the joy of rolling news on a big day with few pictures

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Sky News helicopter is currently following Andy Burnham's train all the way down to London. Unclear what exactly they expect to happen en route

I wonder how much reflection will be taking place in the BBC about the Makerfield Question Time special. The decision to exclude Restore - the party that finished third - was supported by Ofcom. But I’d be surprised if a similar situation happened again that would be a sustainable position