Showing posts with label Barclay Brothers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barclay Brothers. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The Times has 'more balls' than The Indy

MediaGuardian commentator Roy Greenslade claims today: "The Times clearly has more balls than The Independent. It is keeping up on its website an article headlined It's the Siege of Sark as islanders keep the Barclay brothers at bay despite having received a letter of complaint from lawyers acting for the Barclay boyos."
As Roy regularly reminds readers of his blog, The Independent has pulled from its website Stephen Glover's December 22 article about the Telegraph, in which he described what was happening to the paper as a "national tragedy".

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Roy Greenslade disembowels the Barclays

GuardianMedia commentator Roy Greenslade lets rip at the Barclay brothers and the Telegraph Media Group management today accusing them of "disembowelling" the Daily Telegraph.
The no holds barred attack is classic Greenslade at his angriest and follows the news that Craig Brown and AN Wilson are the latest to leave the paper. He writes:"TMG's owners, the Barclay boyos, have never given a stuff about journalism. They are notoriously touchy about any criticism. They have been happy to use laws that inhibit press freedom. They want their papers to be mouthpieces for their own reactionary opinions and clamp down - through intermediaries - on anything that runs counter to their views."
The Barclays are going to absolutely hate this.
Roy was briefly a media commentator for the Daily Telegraph until he quit in a row over management interference.