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Middle East Eye Journalist. I write columns & record podcasts critiquing news and platforming the voices missing from the mainstream. Can talk all things immigration. π @bylinetimes.bsky.social ποΈMedia Storm podcast
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On todayβs News Watch:
π Doctors strike - do they make Β£100k?
π Zohran Mamdaniβs win reveals rampant Islamophobia
π What does the Afghan data leak tell us about the UK mediaβs priorities?
π Japanβs far-right surge
ποΈ Your hosts are
@helenawadia.bsky.social &
@mathildamall.bsky.social
LISTEN ‡οΈ
Ooof. Great example
π¨ NEW EPISODE π¨
βWhat is a woman?β The question that has plagued British media and distracted politians for years.
This episode, we ask: why?
π£οΈ With @katymontgomerie.com
ποΈ Hosts @helenawadia.bsky.social & @mathildamall.bsky.social
Sadly now the AfD is coming back - and the government didnβt ban them like they couldβve under this law, as they (probably accurately) assessed the backlash would be worse
Second this
Any ideas? ππ
What does Hungaryβs decision to withdraw from the ICC mean for international law? Should we be worried?
Our Director @tayabali.bsky.social spoke with @mathildamall.bsky.social of Middle East Eye to explain why accountability will win out in the long run.
#Hungary #InternationalLaw #ICC
I measured Starmerβs immigration white paper against his own standards. He found himself wanting.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
We are back. And weβre coming for Starmer.
Any listeners out there? Weβre going live! Iβd really love to meet those of you who value what we do at Media Storm (or have no idea what we do but have your own ideas about how the media can improve). Come join us for some fun & fury on 20th May β¨
I have even more questions about the secrecy of this meeting in the UK mainstream media, than in government.
So does Mulla, the reporter who broke the news.
In interviewed him on MEE Live π
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqAG...
3/ MPs from multiple parties condemned the secret meeting when the news was broken by @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social's Imran Mulla.
Two NGOs even even filed for an arrest warrant for Sa'ar, while he was in the UK.
2/ It marks the first (known) UK visit by an Israeli minister since the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
It also breaks tensions between Lammy and Israel over Israel's refusal of entry to two Labour MPs.
1/ Why did UK media not pick up this story? Of all mainstream outlets it only made the Guardian, oddly a full 24 hours later.
A secret meeting in London between UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, and Israel's Foreign Affairs minister Gideon Sa'ar π This *should* have been a major political story...
Having excluded all trans people from proceedings before it, the Supreme Court decides in favour of For Some Women Scotland.
Huge, if true.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
Situation A: 14 abuse allegations against one male professor result in him staying and multiple female staff resigning in protest
Situation B: Academia gets more male-dominated every level up you go
Is it possible Situations A and B are related? I investigated.
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/17/m...
I spoke to women leaving academia posts because they feel universities are protecting predatory professors.
Is this one cause for the βleaky pipelineβ problem, which sees women falling out of academia at every rung of the ladder?
Thank you for listening and sharing!
π΄'The Media is Misreporting Why People Aren't Having Children'
These are the real reasons birth rates are falling, argue @mathildamall.bsky.social and @helenawadia.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
It works for me!
πYou can hear from Jess & Nathan too @mediastormpod.bsky.social
Believe it or not, I went on a Channel 4 reality show titled βGo Back To Where You Came Fromβ to try to fight sensationalist polarisation. It was really hard.
Hereβs what I learned.
You can hear from Jess and Nathan too π@mediastormpod.bsky.social
Go straight to episode 4! π