Des Freedman @lazebnic
Goldsmiths Media & UCU - lives in the Estuary - likes writing manifestoes - founding member @mediareformuk Joined July 2009-
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Happy to have the chance to discuss Rupert Murdoch’s poisonous impact on global media & politics on this punchy @voxdotcom podcast. Phone hacking should have ruined him; instead Trump’s giving him a share of TikTok as a reward for his service to the rich megaphone.link/VMP3188836720
A fantastic series of “community lectures” organised by staff in Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths. Includes @markcurtis30 @karimtl @ZoeGlatt and many others
Two very interesting paragraphs from @SamAdlerBell’s review of Mazower’s “On Antisemitism” that anyone devising an “antisemitism action plan” (eg at Goldsmiths) should read immediately on.ft.com/4oePCmL
One is from today; one is from a year ago. Very revealing that the BBC now feels it has to issue a contextual fact check when it comes to genocide and famine denial - such is the scale of popular opposition to Netanhayu and support for Palestine
I realise that there are huge inflationary pressures in defence procurement but this cash bonanza has clearly spread to specialist academic books as well. Yours for a mere £600. Maybe it’s a signed copy…
The brilliant news platform @declassifiedUK has been denied a Parliamentary press pass for a variety of dodgy reasons including this absolute gem: “They are not specifically a politics organisation, as their main focus is around foreign affairs.” declassifieduk.org/parliament-blo…
UK government: we’ll wait till it’s too late before condemning Israel. Media: we’ll wait for the politicians to speak out before we cover famine, genocide & Palestinian sovereignty. All this while ignoring what millions of people have been saying for years bbc.com/news/articles/…
The message is clear at Kneecap - #FreePalestine
It’s a watershed moment for the Palestine movement - history and passion at Kneecap. Boycott and sanctions now!
Support Incoming Goldsmiths Students from Gaza chuffed.org/project/149697…
Starmer’s obsequiousness in front of #Trump is matched only by the minute by minute faithful recording of pageantry and pomp by the BBC - a waste of public money matched by a travesty of the licence fee bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx2q…
They do things differently in Ireland. I mean British readers just wouldn't be interested in hearing about a genocide would they?
That’s a proper front page and full credit to all at @ScotNational
It’s increasingly clear that Starmer appointed Peter Mandelson as US ambassador because of the latter’s ability to be charmed by a “compulsive criminal liar” as he just described Epstein on #r4today. Goodbye Prince of Darkness.
Is a single one of our fearless defence correspondents to going to report this?
Things must be getting serious when even the BBC identifies Israel as carrying out the outrageous attack on Doha instead of saying “bombs fell”. Oh wait, Israel immediately claimed responsibility bbc.co.uk/news/live/c78m…
Congrats to @ucu delegates!
For a so-called “business genius”, Rupert Murdoch has paid out more than £1bn to phone hacking victims, $800m to Dominion Voting & now $3.3bn to remove his pesky kids from the company. All just collateral damage for capitalism’s greatest advocate nytimes.com/2025/09/08/bus…
And yet the original outrageous BBC headline and story remain there for all to see - “Hind Rajab , 6, found dead in Gaza” - despite multiple investigations clearly showing Israeli forces killed her and her family. Not even a footnote or update… bbc.com/culture/articl…
So Google’s penalty for being an illegal monopoly is not to break it up but to force it to suffer the indignity of having to share some of its data (and expand its reach) and to see its stock price go up by 6%. Capitalism rocks apnews.com/article/google…

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