New York Times adds editor’s note to Emily Mortimer’s Lolita essay after actress ‘plagiarized’ lines from 2018 Atlantic article about the controversial book Actress Emily Mortimer published an New York Times essay last week regarding the controversial 1955 novel Lolita The 49-year-old discussed how the book has managed to escape ‘cancel culture’ despite the current … Read more
Piers Morgan today tweeted that he was ‘cancelling himself’ from the Press Awards, which is run by industry body the Society of Editors Piers Morgan today ‘cancelled himself’ from the Society of Editors Columnist of Year shortlist before ‘some deranged wokie’ tries to do it – after the organisation’s director was forced out for defending the … Read more
Piers Morgan today tweeted that he was ‘cancelling himself’ from the Press Awards, which is run by industry body the Society of Editors Piers Morgan today ‘cancelled himself’ from the Society of Editors Columnist of Year shortlist before ‘some deranged wokie’ tries to do it – after the organisation’s director was forced out for defending the … Read more
The Society of Editors was facing the gravest crisis in its 24-year history this week after left-wing newspaper editors drove the society’s executive director out of his job for standing up against Meghan Markle‘s claims that the British press is systematically racist. Today, MPs cited the resignation of Ian Murray as yet another example of … Read more
Society of Editors chief resigns after coming under fire for defending UK press from Prince Harry and Meghan’s racism claims Ian Murray, executive director of the Society of Editors, has tonight resigned It comes after he issued statement defending UK press from racism accusations He said remarks by Harry and Meghan in Oprah interview were ‘not … Read more
Twitter has unveiled new labels marking the tweets and accounts of ‘state-backed media’ as well as official government entities, in a move it says will ‘increase transparency and accountability.’ Twitter on Thursday announced the new steps to prevent the spread of content from state-affiliated media used to advance a government’s political agenda — a move … Read more
David Cameron‘s sister-in-law Emily Sheffield will take over from George Osborne as editor of the Evening Standard, it was announced today. The former Tory chancellor stepped down after three years to become the editor-in-chief of the London free newspaper instead. Former deputy editor of Vogue Ms Sheffield – who has never shied away from airing her own political views … Read more