UKIP Is A Far-Right Party Even If The UK Press Is Loath To Admit It
When it comes to the rise of the neo-right in the “West”, it’s interesting to note that much of theContinue Reading
Category: Journalism
Leo Varadkar’s Criticism Of The Irish Press And News Media
Leo Varadkar’s love-hate relationship with the press is well-known, as is his desire to control “the story”. However the FineContinue Reading
The EU Copyright Directive Article 13 Threatens Internet Diversity
With all the focus on the implementation of the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR, very fewContinue Reading
New Polling Reveals Support For Reunited Ireland And Irish Nationality In The North
Was the British Minister Theresa May onto something a few weeks ago when she indicated to some of her ConservativeContinue Reading
The Dog-Whistle Rhetoric Of Brexit Britain Is Obsessed With Leo Varadkar
One of the more noxious effects associated with the rise of Brexitism in the United Kingdom has been the returnContinue Reading
Video: Michelle Wolf At The White House Correspondents’ Dinner
The extraordinary reaction of the ideological right-wing in the United States to the 20 minute comedy routine of the formerContinue Reading
British Brexit Secretary David Davis Makes Speedy Secret Visit To The Border
If one were searching for a perfect metaphor to illustrate the impossibility of the United Kingdom reimposing any type ofContinue Reading
Ruth Dudley Edwards, The Author Of Her Own Brexit Misfortune
Speaking of right-wing politics, Britain’s leading apologist for its colonial misadventures in Ireland, the novelist Ruth Dudley Edwards, has takenContinue Reading
Lionel Shriver, The UFF Mug and British Terrorism In Ireland
The left-leaning Guardian newspaper in Britain seems to have a bit of a myopic soft spot for its former columnist,Continue Reading
The Daily Express Invents False Quote For Brexit Fake News
In some ways the Daily Express is the also-ran of right-wing newspapers in the United Kingdom. Considerably smaller and withContinue Reading
British Terrorists Presented As Loyalist Paramilitaries With Statement On Criminality
There are some events, illustrative of the hypocrisy which runs through the very core of British unionism in Ireland, whichContinue Reading
The Email Data Breach At Independent News & Media
Out of legal necessity, one needs to tread very carefully while discussing the emerging scandal at Independent News & MediaContinue Reading
Sinclair Broadcast Group And The Infamous Fake News Script
The weekend revelations about the transformation of the Sinclair Broadcast Group in the United States into the Pravda of AmericanContinue Reading
Miriam O’Callaghan, The Next President Of Ireland?
Several years ago, the Irish press was rife with speculation about the rumoured presidential ambitions of one of its own:Continue Reading
Cambridge Analytics: Donald Trump And The 2016 Presidential Election
Channel 4 News in Britain has released another piece from its undercover investigation into the clandestine activities of the well-connectedContinue Reading
Akilah Hughes Versus Carl Benjamin, The YouTuber Known As Sargon Of Akkad
As I wrote in a previous article, while I follow a number of channels on YouTube offering commentary on politicalContinue Reading
Spiked Magazine Gets It Wrong On Brexit And Ireland
The origins of the internet magazine, Spiked, lie in the demise of the United Kingdom’s controversial – and latterly, oddballContinue Reading
When It Comes To Irish Equality, The DUP Is The Putrid Little Statelet
To her many critics, this afternoon’s statement by Arlene Foster provided further proof of her failings as a political leader,Continue Reading
Newsweek Magazine Rocked By Raids And Sackings
There is an old journalistic adage: you are not the story. Unfortunately, in recent years the financial woes of Newsweek, a near-century oldContinue Reading
The Atlantic Magazine Ends Online Comments In A Retrograde Step
On the 2nd of February the American current affairs website, The Atlantic, announced that it was closing down its Disqus-basedContinue Reading
Fake News? The Christmas Box PR Kit, Written By The Scottish Labour Party, Printed By The Scottish Press
All industries have their little trade secrets, methods of production they would prefer to keep under wraps, and the newsContinue Reading
The Brexit Angst Of The Irish Revisionists
Dennis Kennedy, the former deputy editor of the Irish Times, has an opinion piece in his old newspaper, banging theContinue Reading
