He is a published author, an authority on British politics, reports for Channel 4's Dispatches and Unreported World and was voted Columnist of the Year at the Press Awards in 2013.
And importantly he is principled and has standards. Oborne has demanded an investigation into how the Telegraph handled or suppressed HSBC stories.Wednesday, the day after Oborne resigned, the Telegraph ran the latest HSBC news story which related to a police money laundering raid on HSBC's private Geneva bank. If you have the time read Oborne full post at Open Democracy. It appears to show a worrying culture at the Telegraph. In at least one case a news story is accused of being nothing more than an advertising spread. Another news story was allegedly pulled simply to appease advertisers. The Telegraph deny Oborne's allegations. In 2004 the reclusive multi-millionaire Barclay brothers, owners of the Ritz hotel bought the Telegraph. So does big money own the news in the UK and decide what you read?
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Dava Castillo
2/19/2015 01:46:16 am
Thanks for the report Eileen.
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Eileen
2/19/2015 06:38:30 am
Thanks Dava
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