Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻
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Boris Johnson’s Campaign Was Behind A Press Complaint In A Bid To Stop Re-Publication Of The Viral NHS Boy Photo
A senior Conservative aide lodged the press complaint on behalf of the mother of the boy. It was later sent to the BBC and the broadcast regulator Ofcom.
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NEW: In the final days of the election campaign, Boris Johnson’s team orchestrated an official press complaint on behalf of the mother of the NHS-hospital boy.
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YouTube Will Ban Videos That “Maliciously Insult” People Based On Race, Gender Or Sex
The change comes after controversy around a right-wing comedian’s homophobic slurs aimed at a gay Latino journalist.
The Guardian view on general election 2019: A fleeting chance to stop Boris Johnson in his tracks | Editorial
Editorial: The mood may be one of despair, but this election is critical to the country’s future. The best hope lies with Labour, despite its flaws
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🚨 The Guardian officially endorses Jeremy Corbyn: "Despite our misgivings, we believe that a vote for the Labour party offers the best hope for the country"
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Boris Johnson Mocked A Chinese Flight Attendant's Accent
Johnson quoted a flight attendant as saying "Velly solly".
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NEW: In 2003, as editor of the Spectator, Boris Johnson used a column to mock a Chinese flight attendant: “Prease sir”…. “Very solly" buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/… pic.twitter.com/kyp8q32xVC
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson Used The N-Word In A 2004 Comic Novel
Labour’s Diane Abbott said the choice of language proved Johnson had “deeply held racist views”.
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The passage from Boris Johnson’s novel where the now-prime minister uses the n-word in the introduction of an immigrant parking inspector.
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Reddit Believes A Post Sharing Secret Trade Documents That Were Later Used By Jeremy Corbyn Was Part Of A Russian Campaign
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn brandished 450 pages of unredacted trade documents last week.
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NEW: Reddit’s security team believes the user who posted secret US-UK trade documents which were later deployed during the UK election was working as part of a campaign originating from Russia.
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r/redditsecurity - Suspected Campaign from Russia on Reddit
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🚨 Huge. Reddit security team believes the Reddit post of leaked US-UK trade documents used by Jeremy Corbyn and Labour was part of a co-ordinated campaign coming from Russia
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British GQ Quietly Scrubbed China's President And Thailand's King From Its "Worst Dressed" List
The magazine’s parent company confirmed to BuzzFeed News they’d been removed over concerns of causing “unintended offence”.
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Scoop: Condé Nast in full damage control after British GQ named China’s President Xi Jinping and Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn on the magazine's annual list of the worst dressed men in the world.
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BBC - BBC announces leader interviews presented by Evan Davis - Media Centre
From Monday 13 April at 7.30pm on BBC One Newsnight host Evan Davis will conduct a series of in-depth, 30 minute interviews with party leaders starting on Monday 13 April. The interviews will probe the leaders, getting to understand the person,...
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Like here’s one.
Unsworth claims: "if we had to wait for confirmation of the date and time of every interview by every party before anyone appeared anywhere, hardly anything would get on air”
Here’s how the BBC announced the interviews in 2015.
bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/la… pic.twitter.com/YgC3Ds003u
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Telegraph published same leaked trade documents as Corbyn, now claims it's “Russian disinformation”
They were leaked the documents in July.
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Great story: The Daily Telegraph splashed on claims the Corbyn dossier showed signs of an undercover Russian disinformation campaign. The Daily Telegraph’s reporters also already had the documents back *in July*
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Boris Johnson Will Face A Live TV Grilling From Phillip Schofield And Holly Willoughby
Johnson's commitment to take part in the interview on ITV's This Morning comes amid a fierce row over whether he will face the BBC's Andrew Neil.
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🚨 New with @alexwickham: As negotiations with BBC over facing Andrew Neil in prime-time drag on, Boris Johnson’s team confirm he'll sit with ITV’s Phil Schofield and Holly Willoughby before election day.
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Boris Johnson Won't Say How Many Children He Has After Being Criticised Over His Comments About Single Mothers
A single mother asked: "Why are you happy to criticise people like me, when you refuse to discuss your family?"
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Boris Johnson declines to answer how many children he has fathered, or whether he’s involved in their lives, after a single mother named Ruth confronted him about his past critical comments about children of single parents.
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Boris Johnson Is Threatening To Review Channel 4's Broadcasting Licence After They Replaced Him With An Ice Sculpture At Thursday's Debate
A Conservative source told BuzzFeed News that if they win the coming election they will reassess the channel’s public service broadcasting licence.
The Reddit User Who Released Secret US-UK Trade Documents First Posted Them To A Wikileaks Subreddit
Questions remain about how 450 pages of unredacted government papers covering the NHS and food standards were posted to Reddit five weeks ago.
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NEW: Jeremy Corbyn made headlines by releasing 450-pages of secret trade talks.
Reddit user who uploaded the documents first posted them to /r/Wikileaks.
Twitter has suspended his account.
A Reddit moderator says the user’s behaviour is suspicious.
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British Muslims Are Getting WhatsApps Urging Them To Vote Out 14 "Pro-Israel" Tory MPs
Home secretary Priti Patel told BuzzFeed News the messages were “shocking and divisive”.
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NEW: Over WhatsApp, British Muslims told to vote out pro-Israel Tories.
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John Bercow Demanded A Written Promise From The BBC That He Wouldn’t Be Asked About Bullying
In emails seen by BuzzFeed News, Bercow’s agent told producers the former speaker had “good reasons” for the condition. He cancelled an interview when the BBC refused.
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🚨 NEW: Emails show how superstar former speaker John Bercow demanded the BBC give him written assurances a journalist won’t ask about bullying allegations him in a TV interview.
The BBC refused.
He cancelled the interview.
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The Tory Press Twitter Account Rebranded As FactcheckUK And It Was Highly Problematic
Fact checking services were appalled by the move, saying it was disingenuous and attempting to con people into believing it was an independent account.
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The Tory press account re-branded as an independent looking fact-checking service for a little over an hour.
I don’t think it would have survived a review by Twitter’s terms of service related to impersonation and deception.
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Facebook chief: 'Defining what is political advertising is hard'
Steve Hatch says that banning political advertising would weaken those who "have a quieter voice".
Give your heart to everything you do, Duchess of York tells Misk Global Forum
RIYADH: Sarah Ferguson, Britain’s Duchess of York, said that she was moved by the warm welcome she has received from the people of Saudi Arabia. She added that it was a reflection of the good example set by the country’s rulers. Fergie, as she is...
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When Prince Andrew was sitting for car-crash interview about Epstein, Fergie was at the charity summit for Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
“Everyone has been so nice here in Riyadh; I think that comes from good leadership,” Fergie to Arab News.
arabnews.com/node/1583781/s… pic.twitter.com/W3GeGDxkrt
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A BBC Division Has Made Glowing Sponsored Content For Huawei And BBC News Reporters Are Horrified
A BBC News journalist who viewed the material said: “I nearly threw up.”
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NEW: What happens when the world’s leading public broadcaster gets paid £££ to clean up the image and stop “misinformation” around China’s mega telco? Well, BBC News reporters are dismayed to see the BBC’s new sponsored content for Huawei.
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