Producer: “Who can we get to represent the views of voters in struggling working class towns?” Researcher: “How about a London born privately educated banjo player who is the son of the billionaire who owns GB News?” Producer: “Perfect!”

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Ian Hislop's specialist subject is Jeffery Archer... worth a watch. bsky.app/profile/cwas...

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NEW: Yesterday I interviewed President Zelenskyy. Speaking at a school that had just been hit by a Russian jet drone, he said Ukrainian spy agencies had obtained intel that Putin told his military to remove all constraints that governed earlier air campaigns. “He said there are no rules now.”

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This is the poem, btw. poetica.fr/poeme-279/li...

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A thing I would write about if I wrote about media: The rise of the semi-pro Facebook news creator. Last year's algo changes deprioritised things you follow/friends. Now my feed is just turbocharged with random activists/angry people/auditors who create grabby content and earn a few £100 a month.

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