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Steven Baxter

Patrolling the murkier waters of the mainstream media

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Photograph: Getty Images
By Steven Baxter - 14 March 13:55

There will be a "tougher" press regulator, we are told. But what of all the hours of testimony and hard-fought recommendations in the Leveson report? Were they all for nothing?

New Statesman
By Steve Baxter - 15 February 16:47

Are there any bloggers who write stuff because they want to write stuff?

A man holds HMV bags outside a branch of the music retailer in central London.
By Steven Baxter - 16 January 10:56

Let's be honest - online or out-of-town shopping is just less hassle, isn't it?

Where's @stebax gone?
By Steven Baxter - 19 December 17:37

Say hello to a world where you can just do stuff, without talking about the stuff you're doing!

Student demonstrators carry banners as they march against cuts
By Steven Baxter - 13 December 14:12

When you’re a teenager you’re angry about everything, without necessarily knowing why. Steven Baxter suggests that it’s time for the grown-up teenagers to get properly angry – the kind of anger that comes with intimate knowledge of everything that’s gone wrong.

How did the John Lewis snowman pay for his gifts, eh?
By Steven Baxter - 12 November 10:46

We're looking at you, Coca Cola, John Lewis, Asda, Morrisons and Very.

The moment when Phillip Schofield handed David Cameron the list on This Morning.
By Steven Baxter - 09 November 17:02

Sometimes big stories can be ignored by news organisations because there is corruption, and sometimes because they simply can’t be stood up. So when did we start putting so much trust in Twitter rumours and David Icke?

Superman quits journalism. Photograph: Getty Images
By Steve Baxter - 24 October 17:54

My money's on the blogosphere.

Jimmy Savile. Photograph: Getty Images
By Steven Baxter - 17 October 12:32

The BBC has serious questions to answer, but there were other institutions that allowed Jimmy Savile to commit his atrocities, too.

New Statesman
By Steven Baxter - 15 October 9:46

As a second-time student who now pays the fees, Steven Baxter has noticed a change in his attitude to learning.

Kay Burley live on Sky News during the search for April Jones
By Steven Baxter - 05 October 15:42

The Sky News presenter’s style lacks compassion, but the feeding frenzy 24-hour news produces is also to blame.

Someone buying a newspaper
By Steven Baxter - 01 October 11:32

A classic case of "the public interest" not being "what we want to know".

A nice, non-invasive, picture of the Duchess of Cambridge
By Steven Baxter - 14 September 10:00

If you buy into the worst kind of paparazzi antics, you are throwing away your own privacy too.

The BBC News report of the latest government statistics
By Steven Baxter - 12 September 9:24

New government figures show middle-aged men are at greatest risk of suicide.

Kaka was the subject of one of a flaky transfer rumour. Photo: Getty
By Steven Baxter - 29 August 15:53

FootballAgent49 claims to have fooled the Mail, Guardian and the Mirror.

Giles Coren's Twitter page.
By Steven Baxter - 28 August 16:53

The restaurant critic's Twitter "flounce" is typical - writers are just terribly insecure people.

Prince Harry, sans dangly bits (sorry)
By Steven Baxter - 22 August 15:11

The stock of the royal family is at such a high that newspapers fear a reader backlash more than the regulators.

A Level students jumping for joy
By Steven Baxter - 16 August 11:52

It's a comforting newspaper staple, but surely all a bit old hat now?

Playboy. Photograph: Getty Images
By Steve Baxter - 09 August 16:13

Parents and educators alike know they can do everything in their power to stop kids from being exposed to stuff that isn't 'age appropriate', but they'll find it sooner or later, whether we like it or not. Should we worry?

David Cameron in a tracksuit. Photo: Getty
By Steven Baxter - 08 August 17:39

There's nothing wrong with having fun while getting fit, as this picture of David Cameron playing Badminton demonstrates.

Bloggers don't use typewriters
By Steven Baxter - 03 August 10:02

Standards and boundaries could be helpful.

Danny Boyle's vision of Britain presses liberal buttons. Photo: Getty
By Steven Baxter - 28 July 17:37

The NHS, the Windrush - this was a Britain to make us proud.

BBC Radio 4
By Steven Baxter - 26 July 16:22

The station's voices are most likely to be drawn from selective and private schools, white, middle aged and male. Does that matter, though?

Olympic mascot Wenlock and Big Ben.
By Steve Baxter - 19 July 14:44

Gold! Medals! Wenlock! Mandeville! Rings! Official sponsors! Unofficial sponsors! Running! Jumping! Throwing things!

John Terry at Westminster Magistrates court in London.
By Steven Baxter - 13 July 11:58

Everyone has to stop racism from blighting our showpiece sport.

The Newsroom's anchor, played by Jeff Daniels. Image: HBO.
By Steve Baxter - 06 July 8:50

Sorkin's The Newsroom isn't alone in sexing up the day-to-day grind of journalism on screen.

David Beckham holds the Olympic Flame as it arrives at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall
By Steven Baxter - 28 June 16:17

Dropping Beckham from the Olympic squad may have effectively ended his international career, but it was the kindest thing to do.

Education Secretary Michael Gove. Photograph: Getty Images.
By Steven Baxter - 20 June 8:07

The Education Secretary provides hard-pressed hacks with a steady stream of headlines.

Plastic Brit? Mo Farah after winning a race in Oregon earlier this month.
By Steve Baxter - 12 June 11:27

Screaming about "plastic Brits" may be a rare example of the Mail getting its own readers wrong.

A royal supporter waits on the Mall.
By Steven Baxter - 05 June 15:24

Is the Jubilee fawning really what we do better than anyone else? If so, is that something to be proud of?

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