Contents
Editorial The fog of war
Not finally
Graham Majin explains liberal journalists
Mike White celebrates parliamentary sketches
James Hanning tackles sports writers
Ivor Gaber stands up for a free press
Zoe Broughton Taking demos viral
John Ryley Three things to improve media
Clare Jenkins Weep for your local paper…
Anon …and those who work there
Roy Greenslade The right takes down media
Glover, Greenslade, Kavanagh, Barnett Rupert Murdoch’s legacy
Mihir Bose Sport and race
Wendy Sloane Russia attacks women journalists
Jamie Wiseman Greece threatens media freedom
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Lionel Barber probes the Barclay family
Phil Harding reveres Charles Wheeler
Trevor McDonald admires Clive Myrie
Henry Oliver stands up for George Orwell
Conrad Landin worries about PR men
Roy Greenslade explains a celebrated scoop
Quotes of the Quarter
X watch
The way we were
Cover photographs: Zoe Broughton
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