Edition 514

Good morning, it’s Monday 3rd November

Kicking off this week with the GB News dilemma…

Your take on this?

Given ratings at certain points of the day are consistently higher than Sky News and the BBC News Channel…

Results next week.

The Week Ahead:

Monday: Olly Robbins and Chris Wormald at committee session on the appointment of Peter Mandelson. 


Tuesday: Off-year elections in the US, including NYC mayoral race.


Wednesday:  Prince William attends Earthshot Prize ceremony.


Thursday: UK interest rate decision.

Brazil’s Lula hosts COP30 leaders’ summit.

Friday: Donald Trump hosts Viktor Orban at the White House.

Bob Dylan’s UK tour begins.


Sunday: Remembrance Sunday.

The Sutton Trust’s Elitist Britain report contained some interesting lines on the media:

You can read the full report here.

The Times thought they were interviewing ex-NYC mayor Bill de Blasio. They were actually talking to a wine importer.

”And so ends a rather silly twist in a tight New York mayoral election. But there is a lesson here, surely, for all journalists, however experienced:… be wary that in the age of AI, even a wine importer can sound like an experienced politico”.

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“Six things we learnt about the threats facing journalism today…”

Including trust, Big Tech, Presidents and GenZ…

READ MORE

(Source: Reuters Institute)

Footnotes: 


On this day: The Soviet Union sent the first ever living creature (a dog) into the cosmos aboard Sputnik II on this day in 1957. 

No chance of this one doing anything so strenuous (or globally significant)…

Be part of the MMB. Thoughts on this week’s content, or interviews you’ve seen, heard, or (best of all) done, please let us know.

Back next Monday. Have a brilliant week.

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