Unethical journalism; Lib Dem conference, and Turkish state misogyny

In episode eight, journalists Steve Sweeney and Ben Cowles are joined by with Morning Star colleague Kadeem Simmonds and the Private Eye/Morning Star’s Solomon Hughes to discuss: 

 

A bad week for journalism (Laura Kuenssberg, the S*n’s Ben Stokes story and the blackmail of Gareth Thomas)  (02:55) Solomon Hughes reports from the Lib Dem’s Conference (28:21) Turkey’s renewed attack on the HDP and women’s rights (54:10) ??? (1:05:46)

Show notes:

 

You can read Solomon Hughes’s latest article for the Star “Lib Dems: building themselves up for another fall?” here: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/lib-dems-building-themselves-another-fall 

You can find the rest of Solomon’s work for the paper on this link: morningstaronline.co.uk/author/solomon-hughes 

 

Kadeem’s story on the S*n’s Ben Stoke shame is here: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/s/personal-ben-stokes-story-leads-people-wanting-boycott-sun-newspaper 

 

Read the International Federation of Journalists’ Global Charter of Ethics here: ifj.org/who/rules-and-policy/global-charter-of-ethics-for-journalists.html 

 

RMT shop steward Eddie Dempsy’s response to the Guardian’s Owen Jones can be found here: medium.com/@eddiedempsey/a-reply-to-owen-jones-keep-it-comradely-32e034eeaa49

 

Phil Miller covered Boris Johnson’s disastrous visit to Whipps Cross University Hospital here: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/johnson-humiliated-by-dads-fury-over-destroyed-nhs  

 

You should find videos of the Lib Dems singing ‘Tony Blair and fuck off and die’ here: twitter.com/search?q=Lib%20Dems%20Fuck%20Tony%20Blair&src=typed_query 

 

Steve’s articles on Turkey can be found here: morningstaronline.co.uk/author/6 

 

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