Former Observer editor calls Daily Mail’s Paul Dacre ‘a very great man’ and ‘newspaperman of genius’ in Guardian letter
Former Observer editor Roger Alton has come to the defence of departing Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre, calling him a…
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Journalists behind Cambridge Analytica, Presidents Club and Oxfam sex scandal scoops among finalists for 2018 Paul Foot Award
The journalists behind the Presidents Club scandal, Cambridge Analytica files and Oxfam sex scandal cover-up scoops are among those up…
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How The Sunday Times spoiled Observer’s Arron Banks Russia connection scoop
The Observer’s Carol Cadwalladr has denied claims that documents linking Brexit campaign donor Arron Banks to Russia reached her after…
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National newspaper ABCs: Sun regains top spot as City AM, Times and Observer fare best amid industry-wide circulation decline
The Sun has overtaken the Metro’s print circulation, after the free daily pushed the UK’s best-selling newspaper off the top…
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Observer’s Carole Cadwalladr: Data harvesting scoop was a ‘hornet’s nest’ but working with other news outlets gave us ‘strength in numbers’
Observer journalist Carole Cadwalladr says she “owes a debt” to the New York Times and Channel 4 News for “stepping…
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Legal letter prompts The Observer to issue clarification over claims linking Cambridge Analytica and Aggregate IQ data firms
The Observer has backtracked on claims that Canadian data firm Aggregate IQ is directly linked to Cambridge Analytica, the company…
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Facebook takes out full-page ads in six UK Sunday newspapers to say ‘sorry’ over data harvesting scandal
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg took out full page adverts in six British Sunday newspapers to apologise for the “breach of…
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Observer’s Carole Cadwalladr: I became a ‘news slave’ in pursuing Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scoop
Journalist Carole Cadwalladr has said she became a “news slave” for Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie after tracking him down…
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