The digital media industry is besieged by standards that encourage the dumbing down of its work – consider what’s happening to the Washington Post
In the fight are Patrick Soon-Shiong and Jeff Bizos, who put pressure on the editors of the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post, X’s Elon Musk and Silicon Valley’s Peter Thiel
Zimbabwe called its coup a military-assisted transition to sidestep sanctions. Mali is doing the same. But failing to call power grabs by their name makes it harder to defend…
Countries that have mandated mask-wearing for people going out in public have shown a decrease in the rate of Covid-19 infections
Beyond identifying and correcting important misinformation, fact-checkers must engage with politicians and the media
Are China or Russia ahead of the US in aerial technology or are intergalactic visitors trying to make friends with us?
Mueller reportedly complained that Barr’s letter did not capture ‘context’ of Trump probe
Jamal Khashoggi’s children receive million-dollar homes, payments, from Saudi Arabia, according to the Washington Post
Saud al-Qahtani is reportedly not among those indicted by Saudi Arabia over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
The episode can still be seen in other parts of the world — and in Saudi Arabia on YouTube
Saudi Arabia’s new foreign minister says the kingdom is not in crisis over critic Jamal Khashoggi’s murder
According to a Turkish daily, these items may have been used against journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi consulate
After a fortnight of denials, Saudi authorities admitted on Saturday that the Washington Post columnist was killed after entering the consulate
Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected the president of South Africa in Parliament on Thursday afternoon. How has the world responded?
Ben Bradlee’s death was announced by the Post, which reported last month that he had begun hospice care after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s offer of $250-million to buy the Washington Post newspaper has been accepted by the Graham family.
The ramifications of algorithms turning data into words rings warning bells for the news industry, writes Emily Bell.
The Washington Post is closing its bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York as it retrenches to focus on news in the capital.
Circulation is dropping and readers are going online to get news for free, leaving the US newspaper industry awash in red ink.
Sam Sole, the M&G‘s award-winning investigative reporter, and Matthew Burbidge, news editor of the M&G Online, interviewed Seymour Hersch, the original newsman, who says ”The…