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Ian Burrell

As well as writing The Media Column for the i each Monday, Ian Burrell writes The News Business column for The Drum on Thursdays and is a Media Consultant. He is a former Assistant Editor of The Independent and previously worked for the Sunday Times and ITV. Personal website: www.ianburrellmedia.com

Article thumbnail: Many of the BBC’s editorial errors have occurred on rolling news services, not on the flagship TV and radio bulletins. But damage has been done (Photo: Ian West/PA Wire)
Ian Burrell

The BBC’s Israel-Gaza reporting has inflicted lasting damage on its global reputation

This fast-moving story of unrivalled sensitivity and complexity has too often exposed the BBC's failings

Ian Burrell

Conservative media is in flux – just as the Tories are gripped by power struggle

Ian Burrell

Public partly culpable for damping media debate on climate change

Article thumbnail: Journalist Michael Crick outside Milbank Studios in London. Iain Duncan Smith, Conservative MP and former leader of the opposition has been cleared of wrongdoing over the 'Betsygate' row after the Committee on Standards and Privileges dismissed complaints that he improperly employed his wife as a secretary. Mr Crick had complained that Mrs Duncan Smith had not carried out any duties as her husband's diary secretary and that any work she may have carried out was no more than would be expected by the spouse of a prominent MP and did not amount to 25 hours a week.
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A new local publishing model is giving regional titles the wake-up call they need

Ian Burrell

Now is the time for Channel 4 to ditch its lewd, publicity-seeking experiments

Article thumbnail: Yevgeny Prigozhin released a video of himself, apparently somewhere in Africa, shortly before his private jet crashed (Photo: Wagner Account / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Yevgeny Prigozhin released a video of himself, apparently somewhere in Africa, shortly before his private jet crashed (Photo: Wagner Account / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO (EDITORS NOTE: COMPOSITE OF IMAGES - Image numbers 1235573852, 1241854307 - GRADIENT ADDED) In this composite image a comparison has been made between the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) and the leader of the opposition and Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer. ***LEFT IMAGE*** BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Labour party leader, Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech on September 29, 2021 in Brighton, England. This is Keir Starmer's first in-person conference as Labour leader, a role he assumed in April 2020 after the party's resounding defeat in the prior year's general election. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) ***RIGHT IMAGE*** LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 12: Rishi Sunak makes a speech to launch his bid to be leader of the Conservative Party on July 12, 2022 in London, England. The former Chancellor was the second high-profile minister to resign from Boris Johnson's cabinet last week setting in motion the events that saw Johnson step down as Conservative Party Leader. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: FILE PHOTO (EDITORS NOTE: COMPOSITE OF IMAGES - Image numbers 1235573852, 1241854307 - GRADIENT ADDED) In this composite image a comparison has been made between the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (R) and the leader of the opposition and Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer. ***LEFT IMAGE*** BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Labour party leader, Sir Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech on September 29, 2021 in Brighton, England. This is Keir Starmer's first in-person conference as Labour leader, a role he assumed in April 2020 after the party's resounding defeat in the prior year's general election. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) ***RIGHT IMAGE*** LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 12: Rishi Sunak makes a speech to launch his bid to be leader of the Conservative Party on July 12, 2022 in London, England. The former Chancellor was the second high-profile minister to resign from Boris Johnson's cabinet last week setting in motion the events that saw Johnson step down as Conservative Party Leader. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: (FILES) BBC Director General, Mark Thompson, waits to meet production staff as the BBC Burmese Service makes the first ever broadcast from the new Broadcasting House in central London on March 11, 2012. CNN announced onAugust 30, 2023, that Thompson, the British media veteran, would assume the role of its next CEO, as the news outlet struggles to reverse a ratings decline. (Photo by CARL COURT / AFP) (Photo by CARL COURT/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: (FILES) BBC Director General, Mark Thompson, waits to meet production staff as the BBC Burmese Service makes the first ever broadcast from the new Broadcasting House in central London on March 11, 2012. CNN announced onAugust 30, 2023, that Thompson, the British media veteran, would assume the role of its next CEO, as the news outlet struggles to reverse a ratings decline. (Photo by CARL COURT / AFP) (Photo by CARL COURT/AFP via Getty Images)