By Charlene Rodrigues Interestingly, condemnation of Berlusconi's media involvement was not wholesale. Paolo Mancini, professor at the University of Perugia said: "Everyone here will expect me to say one thing but I don't think Berlusconi is controlling the media. It’s......more
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Part 1: Frontline Club discusses Italian press after Berlusconi
By Will TurvillThe Frontline Club last night hosted a lively and informative discussion on what the future might hold for Italian media in the post-Berlusconi era.The event was hosted by BBC Radio 4 presenter Steve Hewlett who was joined on......more
#FCBBCA Part 2: Women of the Revolution
by Ivana Davidovic Maryam Alkhawaya from the Bahrain Center for Human Rights comes from a family of activists, many of whom have been on the receiving end of the police brutality in the Kingdom. So much so that she joked......more
ToryBoy visits the Frontline Club
By William Turvill The Frontline Club, on Monday 21 November, screened the critically acclaimed ToryBoy The Movie, followed by a question-and-answer session with the film’s creators, John Walsh and John Cowen. Dubbed the “documentary of the year” by......more
Kissinger: Screening at the Frontline Club in October
Julia Barron of October Films writes an assessment of the documentary film Kissinger, which will be screened at the Frontline Club in October. With access to Dr Henry Kissinger over the past two years, this award-winning documentary gives unique insight into the personality and motivation of one of America's most powerful and controversial international statesman. ...more
Phone hacking - ethics and tabloid journalism
By Rebecca Omonira-OyekanmiRupert Murdoch's positive contributions to the British press as well as the negative effects of his influence were discussed by a Frontline Club panel on phone hacking last night. Although some of the panelists concluded that the positives might even......more
The age of "the inexpert" and the unexpected?
Two blogs in the past seven days from different perspectives on the upheaval in the Middle East, raising the question of whether we are in uncharted territory or if the Western media in particular has been talking to the......more
Screening: Videocracy
by Gianluca Mezzofiore Videocracy, screened yesterday at the Frontline Club, is a groundbreaking documentary by Italian-born, Swedish-based director Erik Gandini about the power of Berlusconi’s TV culture over Italian society at large. Showing the dark side of TV industry controlled by......more
The changing nature of protest: why young people are taking to the streets
From Greece, to France and even Tunisia, is there a new movement of radicalised young people emerging, asks Paul Mason on BBC 2's Newsnight.Paul Mason, who examines how this movement is different from previous generations, will be at the Frontline......more
Should Tony Blair be tried for war crimes?
Friday's screening of The Alternative Iraq Inquiry was filmmaker David Lawley-Wakelin's documentary-making debut. A panel discussion followed the screening of the short film, with former cabinet minister and MP Clare Short and Major General Tim Cross CBE....more
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