A good by-election result for the opinion pollsters: Chesham & Amersham
You might wonder about how a Parliamentary by-election without any public opinion polls can be a good one for pollsters. But bear with me… … Read the full post »
Here are my posts about the state of journalism and how it is carried out, mainly focusing on the UK but with the occasional piece about other countries too.
For more on the topic, see my book Bad News: what the headlines don’t tell us.
You might wonder about how a Parliamentary by-election without any public opinion polls can be a good one for pollsters. But bear with me… … Read the full post »
A headline in The Observer claims, “Success of vaccine rollout pushes Tories ahead of Labour in the polls”. … Read the full post »
The Daily Telegraph has had to publish a correction after the press regulator IPSO ruled that it had published a piece from Toby Young containing false claims about coronavirus. … Read the full post »
I recently guested on Michael Bossetta’s Social Media and Politics show, talking about… social media and politics. In particular, how the media coverage of election campaigns… … Read the full post »
A big hit at the time, the story of a journalist investigating the story of a woman who insists her son was wrongly jailed for the murder of a policeman, has aged remarkably well, helped by that basic plot still being sadly contemporary. … Read the full post »
At first glance, this BBC story seems straightforward enough, but dig into the research and you find a very different story. … Read the full post »
Quite the extract from a new TV interview with US President Donald Trump which starts with him referring to a mental acuity test he had taken. … Read the full post »
What’s the best book I’ve read? The worst? Or the one I’ve never got round to finishing? Find out the answers to these and more in my appearance on Iain Dale’s Book Club podcast. … Read the full post »
Today’s Downing Street statement about Dominic Cummings and his lockdown travel highlights, again, the danger with anonymous sources. … Read the full post »
Rather than a normal episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, this time I’m running an episode of the excellent Not Enough Champagne podcast, including an improbable comparison between me and Terry Pratchett. … Read the full post »