The freedom of the press - George Orwell George Orwell's original preface to Animal Farm about unofficial censorship of the press in the UK, a supposedly "democratic" country. In a…
Tell us lies about the miners - Dave Douglass An angry study of the UK media campaign of distortion and lies against miners during the great strike of 1984-5, written by one of the…
Freedom must be saved The potential closure of an iconic publication such as ‘Freedom’ is an absolute travesty, and would be in whatever circumstances that it may have…
Portuguese journalist threatened by Deputy Minister Summary of the events, so far, concerning a Minister's threats to a journalist in an attempt to stop an "inconvenient" article from being…
UK press history - James Curran In this chapter, the first of Power Without Responsibility (2003), James Curran charts the history of the UK Press from explicit state control to…
Is it either or? Professional ideology vs. corporate-media constraints - Florian Zollmann An article by Florian Zollmann discussing Herman and Chomsky's propaganda model,…
‘Smooth operator’: The propaganda model and moments of crisis - Des Freedman An article by Des Freedman on Herman and Chomsky's propaganda model for the mass media and moments…
Printers Playtime Workers Playtime is a defunct workerist journal that last came out in May 1985, just after the end of the miners' strike. This pamphlet is a collection of Playtime articles. Together, they…
Murder attempt inquiry to be dismissed over G8 facts in Genova British journalist, Mark Cowell, was subjected to a "brutal" and "potentially lethal" aggression…
Millwall not scabs shock Prior to the two clubs meeting at The Den back in September 2011, Transpontine discussed the Millwall and West Ham rivalry and asked whether its…
