Andrew Barker
@dogsbarker.bsky.social
Now retired I am an ex-Risk Manager and BBC TV producer. I am a mathematician by training and have interests in Broadcasting history/policy and video. Profile pic taken in 2016.
From "London Playbook"
January 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
From "London Playbook"
Snippets from the US edition of 'The Week'
January 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Snippets from the US edition of 'The Week'
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"Joyful" **** - Mail on Sunday
Very glad our new radio drama about the first radio drama has landed well with critics. I hope it lands well with listeners-in/broadcatchers (I prefer the 1920s lingo).
Very glad our new radio drama about the first radio drama has landed well with critics. I hope it lands well with listeners-in/broadcatchers (I prefer the 1920s lingo).
December 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Joyful" **** - Mail on Sunday
Very glad our new radio drama about the first radio drama has landed well with critics. I hope it lands well with listeners-in/broadcatchers (I prefer the 1920s lingo).
Very glad our new radio drama about the first radio drama has landed well with critics. I hope it lands well with listeners-in/broadcatchers (I prefer the 1920s lingo).
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Here they try to back it up a little bit, citing a Guardian report. One problem, though: that Guardian article is from 2015. Ten years ago. Since then, the BBC has introduced widespread VPN blocking (as anyone who’s tried to watch iPlayer using one knows).
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Here they try to back it up a little bit, citing a Guardian report. One problem, though: that Guardian article is from 2015. Ten years ago. Since then, the BBC has introduced widespread VPN blocking (as anyone who’s tried to watch iPlayer using one knows).
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Little bonus from the filing. The second paragraph here takes a general claim about VPN use in Florida and imagines everyone’s using it to watch the BBC.
But the first paragraph is missing something: notice it has absolutely no supporting reference. They’re just claiming it, sans evidence.
But the first paragraph is missing something: notice it has absolutely no supporting reference. They’re just claiming it, sans evidence.
December 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Little bonus from the filing. The second paragraph here takes a general claim about VPN use in Florida and imagines everyone’s using it to watch the BBC.
But the first paragraph is missing something: notice it has absolutely no supporting reference. They’re just claiming it, sans evidence.
But the first paragraph is missing something: notice it has absolutely no supporting reference. They’re just claiming it, sans evidence.
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Here’s the full original story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social from several weeks ago, where we pointed out the issues in Prescott’s dossier:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Here’s the full original story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social from several weeks ago, where we pointed out the issues in Prescott’s dossier:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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Now, why didn’t Trump’s lawyers just include the sentence in the quote, like Michael Prescott did?
It’s because Prescott omitted a chunk of quote too. Trump’s lawyers have managed to cut it out of their filing, too, but they’ve done it more cleverly than him. Here’s the missing bit:
It’s because Prescott omitted a chunk of quote too. Trump’s lawyers have managed to cut it out of their filing, too, but they’ve done it more cleverly than him. Here’s the missing bit:
December 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Now, why didn’t Trump’s lawyers just include the sentence in the quote, like Michael Prescott did?
It’s because Prescott omitted a chunk of quote too. Trump’s lawyers have managed to cut it out of their filing, too, but they’ve done it more cleverly than him. Here’s the missing bit:
It’s because Prescott omitted a chunk of quote too. Trump’s lawyers have managed to cut it out of their filing, too, but they’ve done it more cleverly than him. Here’s the missing bit:
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If you’d like to read the actual 33-page defamation lawsuit Donald Trump has filed “for damages not less than $5,000,000,000”, then here it is:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Complaint – #1 in TRUMP v. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (S.D. Fla., 1:25-cv-25894) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against BBC STUDIOS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED, BBC STUDIOS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED, BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION. Filing fees $ 405.00 receipt number AFLSDC-19044737, filed by DONALD J. TRUMP. (A...
storage.courtlistener.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
If you’d like to read the actual 33-page defamation lawsuit Donald Trump has filed “for damages not less than $5,000,000,000”, then here it is:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The BBC has its issues but I really don’t feel that the Telegraph basically spending all week yelling about a rather thin series of ‘scandals‘ and then pissing itself with delight because they got Trump to say something about it is a great look.
The Daily Telegraph: Trump goes to war on the BBC #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The BBC has its issues but I really don’t feel that the Telegraph basically spending all week yelling about a rather thin series of ‘scandals‘ and then pissing itself with delight because they got Trump to say something about it is a great look.
Here is the editorial from the US edition of "The Week". Its theme is "pity" - pity for those who are suffering under Trump's regime.
October 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Here is the editorial from the US edition of "The Week". Its theme is "pity" - pity for those who are suffering under Trump's regime.
The editor of the US edition of "The Week" does not hold back on his opinions.
August 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The editor of the US edition of "The Week" does not hold back on his opinions.
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BREAKING: MeidasTouch has won the Webby Award for 2025 Podcast of the Year! Thank you for this incredible honor. None of this would be possible without this incredible pro-democracy community. Shoutout to the Meidas Mighty!
April 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
BREAKING: MeidasTouch has won the Webby Award for 2025 Podcast of the Year! Thank you for this incredible honor. None of this would be possible without this incredible pro-democracy community. Shoutout to the Meidas Mighty!
This article from the UK edition of The Week is probably somewhat 'under the radar' in the US. But looks and see who Elon Musk is supporting to destroy Romanian democracy.
March 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This article from the UK edition of The Week is probably somewhat 'under the radar' in the US. But looks and see who Elon Musk is supporting to destroy Romanian democracy.
The editorial in the UK edition of The Week notes that Hollywood and the media are going quiet on Trump's misdeeds.
March 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The editorial in the UK edition of The Week notes that Hollywood and the media are going quiet on Trump's misdeeds.
The front page of the UK edition of "The Week" shows Trump in the guise of Neville Chamberlain.
February 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The front page of the UK edition of "The Week" shows Trump in the guise of Neville Chamberlain.
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It’s cute he thinks Trump would read this. And care if he did.
February 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It’s cute he thinks Trump would read this. And care if he did.
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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Sheryl Crow:
“My parents always said you are who you hang out with.
There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.
Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”
“My parents always said you are who you hang out with.
There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.
Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”
February 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Sheryl Crow:
“My parents always said you are who you hang out with.
There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.
Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”
“My parents always said you are who you hang out with.
There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with. So long Tesla.
Money donated to NPR, which is under threat by President Musk, in hopes the truth will…find its way to those willing to know [it].”
The Editorial Board of the New York Times has made the decision to not "obey in advance". Here is the editorial.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
Opinion | Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out (Gift Article)
Trump’s presidency demands your attention.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The Editorial Board of the New York Times has made the decision to not "obey in advance". Here is the editorial.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
The Editorial column of the US edition of The Week hits the mark. No "obeying in advance" here.
February 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The Editorial column of the US edition of The Week hits the mark. No "obeying in advance" here.
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This is an amazing quote, from a Jan 6 prisoner who is refusing Trump’s pardon.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
January 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is an amazing quote, from a Jan 6 prisoner who is refusing Trump’s pardon.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Here's a summary of today's lawsuit against NGN.
www.npr.org/2025/01/21/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/21/n...
Murdoch's News Corp offers Prince Harry settlement to resolve years-long lawsuit
Rupert Murdoch's team made the offer to resolve the hacking suits from Prince Harry and a British lawmaker as a trial was to begin. A settlement could help Washington Post CEO Will Lewis.
www.npr.org
January 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Here's a summary of today's lawsuit against NGN.
www.npr.org/2025/01/21/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/21/n...
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I joined @mrjamesob.bsky.social this morning to discuss the January 6th Pardons, and the what could be the creation of Trump's very own brownshirts www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDiW...
Who has Donald Trump just let out of prison? | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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January 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I joined @mrjamesob.bsky.social this morning to discuss the January 6th Pardons, and the what could be the creation of Trump's very own brownshirts www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDiW...