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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today's editorial from the Canadian "Globe and Mail"

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Trump will try to steal the midterms. From today's Canadian newspaper, Globe and Mail

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Here is the editorial from the US edition of "The Week", wondering why Americans are not protesting against Trump, whilst Europeans detest him.

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The British Broadcasting Century podcast @bbcentury.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

New podcast ahoy! Our timeline's at Nov 1923: the BBC's 1st relay station Sheffield 6FL, whose history has never been told. Andrew Barker has found aplenty - thanks to him, BBC Radio Sheffield + Sheffield City Archives for rare audio from its co-founder. Enjoy! bbcentury.podbean.com/e/125-the-bb...

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#125 The BBC's First Relay Station: Sheffield 6FL and Fred Lloyd | The British Broadcasting Century with Paul Kerensa

We're back in our moment-by-moment timeline of British broadcasting's early days, and it's just after the BBC's first birthday... 16 November 1923: Sheffield 6FL becomes the BBC's first relay station,...

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The British Broadcasting Century podcast @bbcentury.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The British Broadcasting Century episode 124 has landed - a tribute to and tour of 1932's Broadcasting House - with 'Palace of the Ether' author Dr Elizabeth Darling. Links below, enjoy, and do share if you like it! Next time: Sheffield 6FL, the first relay station in Nov 1923 pod.fo/e/445a4d

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

BBC lawyers playing Trump at his own game and he's too lazy to have read the rules.

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I love the cover of this week's US edition of The Week.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 03/04/2026

🟦 CLEAN FEED | The BBC's Made Of Here campaign docks in Northern Ireland with a Titanic-sized drone display. This trail aired earlier this evening.

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

It was wise for Anthropic to refuse to let the US military have full reign over its AI model given the article below.

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Two cartoons republished in the US edition of "The Week".

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The editorial from the US edition of "The Week".

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Snippets from the US edition of 'The Week'

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Paul Kerensa @paulkerensa.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

"Joyful" **** - Mail on Sunday Very glad our new radio drama about the first radio drama has landed well with critics. I hope it lands well with listeners-in/broadcatchers (I prefer the 1920s lingo).

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/12/2025

Here they try to back it up a little bit, citing a Guardian report. One problem, though: that Guardian article is from 2015. Ten years ago. Since then, the BBC has introduced widespread VPN blocking (as anyone who’s tried to watch iPlayer using one knows).

Further supporting the fact that Floridians accessed the Panorama Documentary
through a VPN, The Guardian reported that research showed that “65 million people from abroad
watch the broadcaster’s license-fee funded iPlayer service using proxy servers or virtual private
networks.”

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/12/2025

Little bonus from the filing. The second paragraph here takes a general claim about VPN use in Florida and imagines everyone’s using it to watch the BBC. But the first paragraph is missing something: notice it has absolutely no supporting reference. They’re just claiming it, sans evidence.

In addition to access through various means, including BritBox, it is well
established that millions of Florida citizens use a virtual private network (“VPN”) to view content
such as the Panorama Documentary, which is aired on foreign streaming platforms like BBC
iPlayer.
10 Davie and Turness resignations in full, BBC (Nov. 9, 2025),
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1k02vr1my2o (last visited Dec. 15, 2025). (Emphasis
added).
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Case 1:25-cv-25894-XXXX Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/15/2025 Page 8 of 33
26. According to vpnMentor, a VPN research firm, VPN usage in Florida has
skyrocketed since 2024, with a 51% increase in demand on December 19, 2024, and an over
1,000% increase in VPN usage at the beginning of 2025.11

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/12/2025

Here’s the full original story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social from several weeks ago, where we pointed out the issues in Prescott’s dossier: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...

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EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report

A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/12/2025

Now, why didn’t Trump’s lawyers just include the sentence in the quote, like Michael Prescott did? It’s because Prescott omitted a chunk of quote too. Trump’s lawyers have managed to cut it out of their filing, too, but they’ve done it more cleverly than him. Here’s the missing bit:

“We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them.

“Because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated.

“I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”

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Adam @adamcobb.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The BBC has its issues but I really don’t feel that the Telegraph basically spending all week yelling about a rather thin series of ‘scandals‘ and then pissing itself with delight because they got Trump to say something about it is a great look.

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Here is the editorial from the US edition of "The Week". Its theme is "pity" - pity for those who are suffering under Trump's regime.

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

The editor of the US edition of "The Week" does not hold back on his opinions.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/04/2025

BREAKING: MeidasTouch has won the Webby Award for 2025 Podcast of the Year! Thank you for this incredible honor. None of this would be possible without this incredible pro-democracy community. Shoutout to the Meidas Mighty!

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

This article from the UK edition of The Week is probably somewhat 'under the radar' in the US. But looks and see who Elon Musk is supporting to destroy Romanian democracy.

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

The editorial in the UK edition of The Week notes that Hollywood and the media are going quiet on Trump's misdeeds.

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

The front page of the UK edition of "The Week" shows Trump in the guise of Neville Chamberlain.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

It’s cute he thinks Trump would read this. And care if he did.

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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Sheryl Crow: “My parents always said you are who you hang out with. There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla. Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The Editorial Board of the New York Times has made the decision to not "obey in advance". Here is the editorial. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...

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Opinion | Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out (Gift Article)

Trump’s presidency demands your attention.

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The Editorial column of the US edition of The Week hits the mark. No "obeying in advance" here.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This is an amazing quote, from a Jan 6 prisoner who is refusing Trump’s pardon. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Pam Hemphill said she planned to refuse Trump's pardon.
(PHOTO: KYLE GREEN FOR WSJ)
Pam Hemphill, of Idaho, who served 60 days in prison after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges, said she planned to refuse the presidential pardon.

"It'd be an insult to the Capitol Police and the rule of law, and to our nation," she said. "I pleaded guilty because I was guilty. I don't want to be a part of contributing to them trying to rewrite history-that January 6 was not an insurrection. It was, it was a riot. And I think taking a pardon is like a message that what happened that day was OK."

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I joined @mrjamesob.bsky.social this morning to discuss the January 6th Pardons, and the what could be the creation of Trump's very own brownshirts www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDiW...

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Who has Donald Trump just let out of prison? | LBC

YouTube video by LBC

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Here is the BBC's live feed from the NGN hacking lawsuit. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd... Duke of Sussex v NGN trial: Prince Harry's High Court case against Sun owner to start - BBC News

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Duke of Sussex v NGN trial: Prince Harry's High Court case against Sun owner to start

The Duke of Sussex is suing News Group Newspapers over alleged unlawful information gathering.

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The presiding judge in the Murdoch tabloid hacking case brought by Prince Harry has granted an additional recess for lawyers, who are privately discussing a massive settlement offer from the Murdoch side to avoid the trial - as first reported by NPR below.

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

NEWS: There has been a massive offer from Murdoch's camp to resolve the UK tabloid hacking suits from Prince Harry and former MP Tom Watson, according to a person with knowledge. Few want this more than Wash Post CEO Will Lewis, who is placed at center of allegations of a coverup / MORE

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Here is a press release from Hacked Off relating to the lawsuit brought against NGN by Prince Harry and Tom Watson. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/t...

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The Sun hit by devastating allegations in court: Hacked Off - “Murdoch’s publishing empire is no longer above the law”

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The lawsuit against News Group Newspapers (NGN) has begun today. Here is some background to the case as published by Hacked Off and Byline Times. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/h...

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Hacking “habitual” and “widespread” at The Sun, claimants to argue at News Group trial

Hacking, data theft and cover-up alleged against The Sun and News of the World

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Here is a blog from the London School of Economics on media developments in the US. What I found remarkable is how some US citizens are now using the Chinese RedNote app as a replacement for TikToc. blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

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Totalitarian tech? Billionaires, hate and the undermining of social media integrity

Following Meta’s decision to ‘get rid of fact-checkers’ and the US administration’s decision to ban TikTok unless it is sold to a US buyer, LSE’s Professor Shakuntala …

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The lawsuit against News Group Newspapers by Prince Harry is unlikely to get much coverage in most of the UK newspapers. It starts tomorrow. You will be able to follow its progress in the Guardian and Byline Times. www.reuters.com/world/uk/pri...

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Prince Harry set for court battle with Murdoch papers

Prince Harry's lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group officially begins at the High Court in London on Tuesday, with King Charles' younger son set to appear as a witness himself at the trial next month.

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Andrew Barker @dogsbarker.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

The editorial from the US edition of "The Week" on the dangers of ignoring the H5N1 flu virus.

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · 08/01/2025

🟦 CLEAN FEED | BBC Channel Islands News set update - behind-the-scenes. Extraordinary that this looks so well on air given how tiny the space is. (Video courtesy Russell Sheath on X).

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The British Broadcasting Century podcast @bbcentury.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

The oldest programme on BBC Sounds? January 1946's 'The Dark Tower'. Louis MacNeice's classic drama based on Robert Browning's poem Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came. Cyril Cusack played Roland, with original score by Benjamin Britten. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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The Dark Tower - BBC Sounds

A parable play on the ancient theme of the Quest. Featuring music by Benjamin Britten.

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