Martin Moore
@martinjemoore.bsky.social
Political comms, KCL, media, politics, pig owner
Book launch! Two weeks today at King's (The Strand) - me and Tom in conversation about #DictatingReality (and hopefully some copies of the book). More details and registration here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/dicta...
Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News (Book Launch) | King's College London
Martin Moore and Thomas Colley will discuss their new book, 'Dictating Reality', published with Columbia University Press, which focuses on how states are battling to control and shape the news in ord...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Book launch! Two weeks today at King's (The Strand) - me and Tom in conversation about #DictatingReality (and hopefully some copies of the book). More details and registration here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/dicta...
Podcast on #DictatingReality with the excellent Miranda Melcher @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social speaking to Tom & I on everything from Orban's counterfeit public sphere to India's Godi media newbooksnetwork.com/dictating-re...
Martin Moore and Thomas Colley, "Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News" (Columbia UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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November 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Podcast on #DictatingReality with the excellent Miranda Melcher @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social speaking to Tom & I on everything from Orban's counterfeit public sphere to India's Godi media newbooksnetwork.com/dictating-re...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... Shock? But this is what Orban has been doing for the last 15 years. It’s more of a shock that he didn’t take control of Blikk earlier #dictatingreality
Shock as Orbán allies take ownership of Hungary’s most-read newspaper
Blikk, a tabloid with about 3 million online monthly readers, bought by pro-Orbán media group Indamedia
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November 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... Shock? But this is what Orban has been doing for the last 15 years. It’s more of a shock that he didn’t take control of Blikk earlier #dictatingreality
'The Fourth Estate will not survive unless defended' - interview Tom and I did with Shamsuddoza Sajen at Bangladesh's Daily Star on Dictating Reality www.thedailystar.net/opinion/inte...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
'The Fourth Estate will not survive unless defended' - interview Tom and I did with Shamsuddoza Sajen at Bangladesh's Daily Star on Dictating Reality www.thedailystar.net/opinion/inte...
How news is being used by states to create parallel realities - by me and Tom Colley for KCL www.kcl.ac.uk/how-news-is-...
How news is being used to dictate reality
In an age where state directed media and tightly managed information are enabling world leaders to determine their own narratives, it is harder than ever for global citizens to share the same…
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October 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
How news is being used by states to create parallel realities - by me and Tom Colley for KCL www.kcl.ac.uk/how-news-is-...
Reposted by Martin Moore
How do world leaders use the news to determine their own narratives & how does that shape the 'truth'?
Dr Martin Moore @kcl-spe.bsky.social & Dr Thomas Colley @warstudieskcl.bsky.social whose new book explores this topic, share their thoughts for #OurDividedPlanet ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/how-news-is-...
Dr Martin Moore @kcl-spe.bsky.social & Dr Thomas Colley @warstudieskcl.bsky.social whose new book explores this topic, share their thoughts for #OurDividedPlanet ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/how-news-is-...
How news is being used to dictate reality
In an age where state directed media and tightly managed information are enabling world leaders to determine their own narratives, it is harder than ever for global citizens to share the same…
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
How do world leaders use the news to determine their own narratives & how does that shape the 'truth'?
Dr Martin Moore @kcl-spe.bsky.social & Dr Thomas Colley @warstudieskcl.bsky.social whose new book explores this topic, share their thoughts for #OurDividedPlanet ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/how-news-is-...
Dr Martin Moore @kcl-spe.bsky.social & Dr Thomas Colley @warstudieskcl.bsky.social whose new book explores this topic, share their thoughts for #OurDividedPlanet ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/how-news-is-...
Today is official publication day! Dictating Reality is now out cup.columbia.edu/book/dictati...
Dictating Reality | Columbia University Press
From the United States to China and from Brazil to India, an authoritarian approach to news is spreading across the world. Increasingly, the media is no long... | CUP
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October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today is official publication day! Dictating Reality is now out cup.columbia.edu/book/dictati...
Reposted by Martin Moore
Hot off the press! DICTATING REALITY: THE GLOBAL BATTLE TO CONTROL THE NEWS, by Martin Moore and Thomas Colley. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%! tinyurl.com/3ddh79yn @martinjemoore.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hot off the press! DICTATING REALITY: THE GLOBAL BATTLE TO CONTROL THE NEWS, by Martin Moore and Thomas Colley. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%! tinyurl.com/3ddh79yn @martinjemoore.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
'Press’s crimes ruined lives, but not those of the papers’ bosses' - link to the piece I wrote for The Observer published yesterday #phonehacking observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Press’s crimes ruined lives, but not those of the papers’...
Those who oversaw the tabloid culture continue life unscathed
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October 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
'Press’s crimes ruined lives, but not those of the papers’ bosses' - link to the piece I wrote for The Observer published yesterday #phonehacking observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
After phone hacking - what happened next - me for The Observer (will post link when I find it)
October 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
After phone hacking - what happened next - me for The Observer (will post link when I find it)
Alphabet, Meta, ABC and CBS have together now paid out over $80m to Trump in order to settle law suits they would have won in court. And Trump has built up a vast crypto fortune to fund more anti-media cases www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/t...
YouTube Settles Trump Lawsuit Over Account Suspension for $24.5 Million
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October 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Alphabet, Meta, ABC and CBS have together now paid out over $80m to Trump in order to settle law suits they would have won in court. And Trump has built up a vast crypto fortune to fund more anti-media cases www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/t...
On Bolsonaro's alternative information ecosystem and why so many Brazilians are living in a parallel reality - by me and Tom Colley - theconversation.com/why-brazilia... - based on research for our forthcoming book Dictating Reality (CUP) cup.columbia.edu/book/dictati...
Why Brazilians have been so divided in their reaction to Bolsonaro’s conviction
The loyalty of many Brazilians to Bolsonaro seems illogical until you look at where they find their news and information.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
On Bolsonaro's alternative information ecosystem and why so many Brazilians are living in a parallel reality - by me and Tom Colley - theconversation.com/why-brazilia... - based on research for our forthcoming book Dictating Reality (CUP) cup.columbia.edu/book/dictati...
Reposted by Martin Moore
"Bolsonaro showed how malleable the new digital information environment could be for those who want to construct alternate realities."
@martinjemoore.bsky.social and Thomas Colley, authors of DICTATING REALITY. @columbiaup.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-brazilia...
@martinjemoore.bsky.social and Thomas Colley, authors of DICTATING REALITY. @columbiaup.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-brazilia...
Why Brazilians have been so divided in their reaction to Bolsonaro’s conviction
The loyalty of many Brazilians to Bolsonaro seems illogical until you look at where they find their news and information.
theconversation.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"Bolsonaro showed how malleable the new digital information environment could be for those who want to construct alternate realities."
@martinjemoore.bsky.social and Thomas Colley, authors of DICTATING REALITY. @columbiaup.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-brazilia...
@martinjemoore.bsky.social and Thomas Colley, authors of DICTATING REALITY. @columbiaup.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-brazilia...
Why Brazilians have been so divided in their reaction to Bolsonaro’s conviction - new article by me and @ThomasColley for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/why-brazilia...
Why Brazilians have been so divided in their reaction to Bolsonaro’s conviction
The loyalty of many Brazilians to Bolsonaro seems illogical until you look at where they find their news and information.
theconversation.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Why Brazilians have been so divided in their reaction to Bolsonaro’s conviction - new article by me and @ThomasColley for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/why-brazilia...
Heading to Brussels next week for big EU digital policy conference: www.wik.org/en/events/ev...
September 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Heading to Brussels next week for big EU digital policy conference: www.wik.org/en/events/ev...
A fundamental challenge for the BBC is threading itself into the lives of the next generation. Why? Because, as I set out in my chapter for 'The BBC: After the Licence Fee' 🧵:
September 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A fundamental challenge for the BBC is threading itself into the lives of the next generation. Why? Because, as I set out in my chapter for 'The BBC: After the Licence Fee' 🧵:
Out now! Important new book on 'The BBC: After the Licence Fee?' edited by John Mair, Andrew Beck and Janine Chandler - with contributions by Lord (Tony) Hall, Prof John Curtice, me & 20+ others www.amazon.co.uk/BBC-AFTER-LI...
THE BBC: AFTER THE LICENCE FEE?: Amazon.co.uk: Mair, John, Beck, Andrew, Chandler, Janine: 9781068280849: Books
Buy THE BBC: AFTER THE LICENCE FEE? by Mair, John, Beck, Andrew, Chandler, Janine (ISBN: 9781068280849) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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September 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Out now! Important new book on 'The BBC: After the Licence Fee?' edited by John Mair, Andrew Beck and Janine Chandler - with contributions by Lord (Tony) Hall, Prof John Curtice, me & 20+ others www.amazon.co.uk/BBC-AFTER-LI...
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"Compelling and persuasive....A valuable primer for our dark times."-Luke Harding
Out this Fall but available now to order: DICTATING REALITY: THE GLOBAL BATTLE TO CONTROL NEWS by @martinjemoore.bsky.social & Thomas Colley. Use the code CUP20 & save 20% tinyurl.com/2743z4yx @columbiaup.bsky.social
Out this Fall but available now to order: DICTATING REALITY: THE GLOBAL BATTLE TO CONTROL NEWS by @martinjemoore.bsky.social & Thomas Colley. Use the code CUP20 & save 20% tinyurl.com/2743z4yx @columbiaup.bsky.social
Dictating Reality | Columbia University Press
From the United States to China and from Brazil to India, an authoritarian approach to news is spreading across the world. Increasingly, the media is no long... | CUP
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July 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"Compelling and persuasive....A valuable primer for our dark times."-Luke Harding
Out this Fall but available now to order: DICTATING REALITY: THE GLOBAL BATTLE TO CONTROL NEWS by @martinjemoore.bsky.social & Thomas Colley. Use the code CUP20 & save 20% tinyurl.com/2743z4yx @columbiaup.bsky.social
Out this Fall but available now to order: DICTATING REALITY: THE GLOBAL BATTLE TO CONTROL NEWS by @martinjemoore.bsky.social & Thomas Colley. Use the code CUP20 & save 20% tinyurl.com/2743z4yx @columbiaup.bsky.social
Can Google still justify crawling all online content by fair use and value-added if, rather than providing snippets to promote click-through, it gives people an AI-generated summary? And doesn't the publication of the summary turn it into a publisher (with associated liabilities)?
June 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Can Google still justify crawling all online content by fair use and value-added if, rather than providing snippets to promote click-through, it gives people an AI-generated summary? And doesn't the publication of the summary turn it into a publisher (with associated liabilities)?
Reposted by Martin Moore
My column in today's FT: returning to a regular theme, our entry into a 'post-TV' era and the emergence of the first 'post-TV' politicians: who are better at performing a different type of authenticity:
Trump and Farage are politicians for the post-TV age
Their apparent authenticity and tolerance for controlled anarchy leave their opponents looking tired and staid
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May 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
My column in today's FT: returning to a regular theme, our entry into a 'post-TV' era and the emergence of the first 'post-TV' politicians: who are better at performing a different type of authenticity:
Lead story on @thetimes.com (digital edition) today looks like it’s about Blair’s Net Zero warning, but text is about children learning to play the recorder. Cock up or hack?
April 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Lead story on @thetimes.com (digital edition) today looks like it’s about Blair’s Net Zero warning, but text is about children learning to play the recorder. Cock up or hack?
Antitrust ruling vs Google ads presents damning evidence of anti-competitive behaviour. Eg Last Look which let Google's AdX “open the envelope for the winning bid, know what the winning bid [was], and be able . . . to bid after everybody else" (p.35) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read the Antitrust Ruling Against Google
Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act “by willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power” in the online technology ad industry, the court said.
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April 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Antitrust ruling vs Google ads presents damning evidence of anti-competitive behaviour. Eg Last Look which let Google's AdX “open the envelope for the winning bid, know what the winning bid [was], and be able . . . to bid after everybody else" (p.35) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Will Liz Truss’ plan to start ‘her own ‘uncensorable’ social media platform’ (reported in The Times today) last as long as a lettuce? Or should we be looking at dairy products for this one?
April 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Will Liz Truss’ plan to start ‘her own ‘uncensorable’ social media platform’ (reported in The Times today) last as long as a lettuce? Or should we be looking at dairy products for this one?
Academic jobs (UK) skeet - AI+ fellowships at King's College London www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/role/ki...
King's AI+ Academic Fellowships (leading to an open-ended academic post)
King’s is making a major strategic investment into driving AI activity across our nine academic Faculties. Our ambition is to accelerate growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data-driven research...
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April 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Academic jobs (UK) skeet - AI+ fellowships at King's College London www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/role/ki...