Corbyn’s intervention exposes a corrupted system, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
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The BBC: don’t follow the money
The BBC might prefer us to think of its pundits as ‘neutral’ on topics of the day, but then why is it glossing over their vested sources of income, asks SOLOMON HUGHES
In the second of a series of articles, Storming the Heavens author JENNY CLEGG introduces the key themes of her book on the Chinese revolution
Paul Holden’s The Fraud reveals how a network of donors, MPs and opaque organisations quietly organised to destroy Corbyn’s leadership and manufacture a new centre of power inside Labour, writes JOHN ELLISON
Systems of power enable, excuse and normalise abuse, while survivors are ignored and women’s exploitation is repackaged as commerce and choice, warns CHARLIE WEINBERG
By casting himself as Supreme Pontiff, Donald Trump summoned the ghosts of the church’s most depraved eras, says STEPHEN ARNELL
As assaults on transport staff rise and the Scottish Parliament heads for dissolution, promised legislation to protect rail workers has yet to materialise, says ANN HENDERSON
“FOLLOW the money” is supposed to be a top journalism tip: it was key to journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein exposing the Watergate conspiracy, bringing down US president Richard Nixon.
“Following the money” is a central technique to what almost every journalist sees as among the best examples of their trade.
So it’s both worrying and a bit sad that the BBC actively doesn’t want you to follow the money. It often doesn’t want you to know the money even exists, let alone tell you who is paying it to who.
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