Media Confidential
Alan Rusbridger and Lionel Barber—two of the world’s greatest editors—dive into the hugely important world of media. What—and who—drives it? What do they get right... And what do they get wrong?Lionel, former editor of the Financial Times, and Alan, editor of Prospect and former editor of the Guardian, will bring you revealing, high profile interviews and in-depth discussion.Media Confidential is produced by Prospect Magazine.Subscribe to Prospect and enjoy our rigorously fact-checked, truly ind...
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Episodes (212)
The BBC is in a mess—but it’s not what you think
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Goalhanger co-founder: ‘I’ve stepped in to stop Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewa...
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Has Ofcom opened the door to a British Fox News?
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Peter Oborne: Is the British media complicit in genocide?
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How would you prepare to interview Putin?
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‘We asked Israel to investigate the deaths of our journalists. We’re still waiti...
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‘Rupert Murdoch follows me on Substack’
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‘Lord Lebedev called me a prick…which sold extra subscriptions’
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The Hack: What happens now?
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The Successor: Who is Lachlan Murdoch?
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Who gets right of reply?
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The Hack: What’s the real story?
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Lisa Nandy: We’re not afraid to regulate US big tech, no matter what Donald Trum...
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America’s assault on free speech
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What would you ask Donald Trump?
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Does the news need gatekeeping?
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The Murdoch succession: Lachlan gets the power; his siblings get rich(er)
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Greg Lukianoff: ‘Bring back freedom of speech’
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Why is the media dancing to Farage’s tune?
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Trump’s 100 days, with Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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Ethan Zuckerman: How to escape the internet hellscape
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Mehdi Hasan: ‘The media doesn’t want to hear certain people’
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Slavoj Žižek: ‘Elon Musk lives like a communist’
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Q&A: Has the media contributed to ‘tinderbox Britain’?
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Tesla exposed: how a whistleblower lifted the lid on Elon Musk
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Q&A: Can you express your own views as an editor?
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How long can Ofcom allow Nigel Farage to keep his own show?
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Q&A: Mamdani vs the media
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Tom McTague: ‘This country’s problems run deeper than Starmer thinks’
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Q&A: Would you ever break an NDA?
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Sophia Smith Galer: How to make the truth go viral
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Q&A: Should the BBC have a paywall in the USA?
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Only in Denmark? Meet the ‘existential editor’ covering life, death, love and ev...
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Q&A: What makes a good reporter?
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Scaramucci on Trump: ‘He’s going to tell 10,000 lies this year as president’
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Q&A: Where do you get your information about the Middle East?
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Substack’s co-founder: Elon Musk ‘saw it as a declaration of war’
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Q&A: How do you help the BBC?
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Why AI companies don’t want journalism to exist
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Q&A: What's the biggest risk you've ever taken?
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The new wave of approachable journalism
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Q&A: Would you have interviewed Hitler?
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Does ‘free speech’ even exist?
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Q&A: What’s happening to the Telegraph?
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Trump v the New York Times
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Q&A: Who is the rudest person you've ever interviewed?
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CNN's CEO: ‘If we didn't have politicians on air who might lie, we'd struggle to...
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Q&A: How to make the Evening Standard great again
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Harry Shukman: Undercover in the Far Right
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Q&A: It’s ‘Da Business’— The launch of Alan and Lionel's (imaginary) new newspap...
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