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Fear, Trump, and the Edit: When One Splice Weaponizes an Entire Newsroom
A miscut speech, a $5 billion threat, and two resignations: how the BBC crisis reveals the asymmetric warfare against independent media. When power hunts for seams in newsroom armor, every error becomes a hostage situation—and even UK Labour ministers declare the BBC must change.
Jun 27, 202527 min
governanceThe Harm in the Middle: How 'Both-Sideism' Is Strangling Independent, Critical Media
Both-sideism is not neutrality; it is a production method that assigns equal weight to unequal claims, awards airtime as if truth were a parity contract, and punishes outlets that test reality before publishing. In today's asymmetric politics, this method doesn't balance coverage—it subsidizes bad.
Jun 13, 202522 min