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Media Confidential

Media Confidential


Media Confidential

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35 episodes
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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 a Fresh Air production for Prospect Magazine.Enjoy one-month's free trial to Prospect's digital content, and get full access to rigorously fact-checked, truly independent analysis and perspectives.  No commitment - you can cancel at any time.   Click here to subscribe: https://subscription.prospectmagazine.co.uk/1mfd/prospect-magazine/mcpod1mf About Prospect Prospect brings rigorously fact-checked analysis, ideas and perspectives to the big topics the world is grappling with. In addition to being the UK’s leading monthly current affairs magazine, Prospect publishes daily commentary and analysis online. Even more discussion about the ideas that matter is available in our growing range of newsletters and podcasts, the most recent of which is Media Confidential. We'd love your feedback! Tell us more at: https://f9ce3vpjrw3.typeform.com/to/bxJBPxN2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Phone hacking: What did Murdoch know?

Investigative journalist Nick Davies returns with yet more remarkable insights and anal...

43 minutes
May 09, 2024

The phone hacking scandal: new evidence and fresh claims

Back in 2009, journalist Nick Davies uncovered a scandal: newspapers owned by Rupert Mu...

45 minutes
May 02, 2024

Meloni’s Media Clampdown

Lionel Barber and Alan Rusbridger are joined by Maurizio Molinari, editor of Italian da...

45 minutes
Apr 25, 2024

The West Bank according to Gideon Levy: Locked inside a living hell

Tensions in the Middle East ramped up at the weekend with the massive drone and missile...

48 minutes
Apr 18, 2024

Anne Applebaum on Ukraine, the forgotten war

The war in Ukraine has been grinding on for over two years now, and the media spotlight...

53 minutes
Apr 11, 2024

Israel kicks out Al Jazeera

Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu has passed a law that will ban foreign media from ope...

39 minutes
Apr 04, 2024

The GB News Propaganda Machine

This week, Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber are joined by Gavin Esler and Michael Cric...

50 minutes
Mar 28, 2024

Counting the casualties of war

In any war, counting the number of people killed is challenging. So, too, is understand...

53 minutes
Mar 21, 2024

Gary Younge: Dog bites man *is* the story after all

Journalists are often taught that “when a dog bites a man, that is not news; when a man...

50 minutes
Mar 14, 2024

Trump’s Public Enemy Number One?

Alan and Lionel sit down with AG Sulzberger, chair and publisher of the New York Times....

57 minutes
Mar 07, 2024