Media Confidential
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 ind...
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Episodes (212)
Slapped: Why can’t we talk about Nigel Farage’s crypto donations?
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Killing with impunity: the death of Amal Khalil in Lebanon
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Trump: AI accusations and assassination attempts
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Press Gazette and the end of ‘Barbara Santini’
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Mandygate: The megaton bomb that shook Westminster
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Sidney Blumenthal: ‘There’s about to be a real, severe change in American politi...
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How the media brought down Viktor Orbán
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Democracy at risk: The big banks censoring free speech
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The madness of King Trump (continued)
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Susan Glasser on Trump: ‘The big, fat, naked emperor in the room’
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Why the US treasury secretary thinks the FT has become ‘tabloid trash’
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Does the Washington Post have a future?
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Breaking news: the BBC’s new director-general
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Why isn’t Ofcom investigating GB News?
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Pete Hegseth and the future of American press
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What gets lost when war hits the headlines
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The Telegraph: The deal is done
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The Murdochs: Autopsy of a family’s slow death
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Reporting on Iran: How to cover total warfare
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Is the Westminster lobby a victim of groupthink?
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Arresting images: How to snap an (ex) prince
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‘It’s dangerous work’: The battle against digital disinformation
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Labour Together’s snooping operation on journalists
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Marty Baron on the Washington Post’s ‘death spiral’
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‘Jeff Bezos could have saved the Washington Post. Instead he’s trashed it’
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Bellingcat founder: ‘Playing whack-a-mole with disinformation is always going to...
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Bezos, the BBC and reporting the Epstein files
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When did climate coverage become part of the culture wars?
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Alex Pretti, ICE and the New York Times
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How to protect the BBC from its enemies
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Prince Harry v the tabloids
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Elon Musk vs Wikipedia: Jimmy Wales on why democracy won’t survive without facts
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Liz Truss and the rise of YouTube politics
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How CBS lost its way
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Trump, Maduro and the Washington Post
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Are we losing our civil liberties?
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‘Despair is a luxury’: A year of hope with Zizek, Mehdi Hasan, Robert Macfarlane...
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Cory Doctorow: How the internet went to sh*t
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Only in Denmark? The ‘existential editor’ covering life, death, love and everyth...
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Zanny Minton Beddoes on Steve Bannon: ‘Comparing Trump to Moses was quite someth...
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What’s next for Alan Rusbridger?
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The investigative journalists resisting legal threats
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‘I’m with you on the free press, it’s the newspapers I can’t stand’: What Tom St...
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Ben Zand: How to make money in journalism (without selling your soul)
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The OBR springs a leak! Reporting on a budget shambles story
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The BBC crisis: The next test
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‘The New York Times won’t settle’: Why reporters will not be intimidated by Dona...
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What’s next for the BBC? A new director-general
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‘Trump is a grifter. The BBC must not pay him a dime’
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The Nerve: ‘We want to shine a light on culture… with a bit of “F— you” energy o...
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