<description>The Boris Johnson who bestrode British politics like a Colossus in 2019 is no more. In his place is a hapless figure, who can't seem to stop breaking his own regulations again and again last December. What happened? Why have the British public finally lost patience with him? Was it the media, by any chance? Tom and Dan come back to the Media Democracy studios to discuss the ongoing campaign by political insiders and their allies in the press to get Boris done.</description>

The Boris Johnson who bestrode British politics l…

The Boris Johnson who bestrode British politics like a Colossus in 2019 is no more. In his place is a hapless figure, who can't seem to stop breaking his own regulations again and again last December. What happened? Why have the British public finally lost patience with him? Was it the media, by any chance? Tom and Dan come back to the Media Democracy studios to discuss the ongoing campaign by political insiders and their allies in the press to get Boris done.

MD Christmas Special 2021

<description>What a vintage year it's been! Tom and Dan look back on 2020 and talk about the highlights of the UK media's performance. We touch on mainstream satire (bad), the BBC (cosily familiar but also bad), the Murdoch press (very, very bad) and the current state of relations between the media and economic reality (absolutely awful). There's also some talk about what the hell the two hosts have been up to this year.

There'll be Media Democracy one offs in the future, but we aren't going to pretend to be regular podcasters any more. But look out for new work on media reform in 2021.

Music by Makaih Beats.

Show links:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1461670X.2020.1852099

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/after-corbynism-where-next-english-socialism/</description>

What a vintage year it's been! Tom and Dan look b…

What a vintage year it's been! Tom and Dan look back on 2020 and talk about the highlights of the UK media's performance. We touch on mainstream satire (bad), the BBC (cosily familiar but also bad), the Murdoch press (very, very bad) and the current state of relations between the media and economic reality (absolutely awful). There's also some talk about what the hell the two hosts have been up to this year.

There'll be Media Democracy one offs in the future, but we aren't going to pretend to be regular podcasters any more. But look out for new work on media reform in 2021.

Music by Makaih Beats.

Show links:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1461670X.2020.1852099

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/after-corbynism-where-next-english-socialism/

From A to Zoom: The 2020 Media Democracy Review

<description>This week your intrepid co-hosts enter BBC Radio 4's flagship forum for ethical debate, The Moral Maze and talk about its February 12th episode 'The Moral Purpose of the BBC'. Confronted with the labyrinth of the BBC's assumptions and dogmas, its lopsided balance and general inability to think or see what's in front of its nose, Tom and Dan soon realise that there is no easy way out. At the beginning of the show Media Democracy explains who you should vote for in the forthcoming elections for leader of the Labour Party.

Music by Makaih Beats.</description>

This week your intrepid co-hosts enter BBC Radio …

This week your intrepid co-hosts enter BBC Radio 4's flagship forum for ethical debate, The Moral Maze and talk about its February 12th episode 'The Moral Purpose of the BBC'. Confronted with the labyrinth of the BBC's assumptions and dogmas, its lopsided balance and general inability to think or see what's in front of its nose, Tom and Dan soon realise that there is no easy way out. At the beginning of the show Media Democracy explains who you should vote for in the forthcoming elections for leader of the Labour Party.

Music by Makaih Beats.

3.8 In a way, the BBC is the real maze

<description>This is the second part of our interview with Juliet Jacques. In the intro, Tom and Dan talk briefly about Rebecca Long Bailey's recent proposals to reform the BBC and the response of liberal intelligentsia: why think through what public media should look like in the digital age when you can fixate instead on court gossip?

Music by Makaih Beats.</description>

This is the second part of our interview with Jul…

This is the second part of our interview with Juliet Jacques. In the intro, Tom and Dan talk briefly about Rebecca Long Bailey's recent proposals to reform the BBC and the response of liberal intelligentsia: why think through what public media should look like in the digital age when you can fixate instead on court gossip?

Music by Makaih Beats.

3.7 Trans-forming Media (ft. Juliet Jacques) Part 2

<description>In the first instalment of a two-parter, this week Tom and Dan talk with author and critic Juliet Jacques about the depiction of trans people in the media, the trouble with liberal pluralism, and whether or not a secret cabal of Norwich City fans is pulling the strings of the British power elite.

Music by Makaih Beats.</description>

In the first instalment of a two-parter, this wee…

In the first instalment of a two-parter, this week Tom and Dan talk with author and critic Juliet Jacques about the depiction of trans people in the media, the trouble with liberal pluralism, and whether or not a secret cabal of Norwich City fans is pulling the strings of the British power elite.

Music by Makaih Beats.

3.6 Trans-forming Media (ft. Juliet Jacques) Part 1

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