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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."
Nov 15, 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 faith and bankrupts independent, critical media.
Nov 4, 202522 min