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Charlie Beckett
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LSE journalism professor
I run the LSE Polis Journalism and AI project
Hammer

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 2d
Loved No other Choice. Sumptuous direction, taut acting, clever narrative but 20 minutes too long. Also,
I want that house www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...
No Other Choice review – sensational state-of-the-nation satire from Park Chan-wook
An unemployed paper worker hatches a cunning plan to murder his way back into the job market in this continually surprising black comedy from the director of The Handmaiden and Oldboy
www.theguardian.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d
The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde

Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.
A large stuffed folder of files with the title “Epstein” is seen with what looks, at first glance, like a red page marker sticking out of the bottom. On closer inspection it is the bottom of a Trump red neck tie. French newspapers once again showing the kind of basic journalistic integrity lacking from most US national newspapers - whose collective negligence has helped ensure a man implicated in the world’s most notorious sex trafficking ring gets to remain President. That the orange pedo felon remains in office is a plague on all their houses. Cunts, one and all.

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 4d
The SEO on this Sun article about the Winter Olympics is gold-medal winning level. Even the URL is wonderfully optimised to snare online attention www.thesun.co.uk/sport/381160...
Winter Olympic skiers to get microchipped crotches after penis enlarging scandal
IN the age-old question of whether size truly matters, various sources will give you different answers. However, if you happen to be a Winter Olympic skier, then yes, size DOES matter. It matters s…
www.thesun.co.uk

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 5d
This was so enjoyable and moving: immersive drama at its least pretentious and most direct: sold out but catch any repeat you www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...
www.barbican.org.uk

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 7d
That's a good article

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 9d
And some local news. The Lunch with the FT this week is at the wonderful Italian restaurant where we had our wedding reception giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Actor Riz Ahmed: ‘I want to tell my own stories’
The Oscar winner on the liberating power of film, what Hollywood still has to offer — and realising his 20-year ambition to produce and star in his own ‘Hamlet’
giftarticle.ft.com

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 10d
I mean, seriously, they have a point. Oldies cause far more damage and n social media than under 16s
explodingheads.bsky.social The Exploding Heads @explodingheads.bsky.social · 14d
Should we ban the over 65s from social media?

The government are considering banning the elderly from social media as their brains haven't properly developed. But is a ban a step too far?

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 12d
Politician says 'don't vote for me'. Literally. Bizarre www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Centrist ideas no longer wanted in Conservative party, says Kemi Badenoch
Party leader tells MPs that one-nation Tories doubting her rightward direction ‘need to get out of the way’
www.theguardian.com

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 13d
Let's ignore slashing of teen mental health services, disinvestment in education, and increased child poverty - it must be social media to blame!

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The Exploding Heads @explodingheads.bsky.social · 14d
Should we ban the over 65s from social media?

The government are considering banning the elderly from social media as their brains haven't properly developed. But is a ban a step too far?

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 16d
Warning: this video is horrific.
ICE are just mobs of murderous thugs.
America is out of control.
drewharwell.com Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 16d
Another horrific ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Man wrestled to the ground by federal agents, then shot multiple times.

www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...

@startribune.com is there: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 16d
Another horrific ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Man wrestled to the ground by federal agents, then shot multiple times.

www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...

@startribune.com is there: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 16d
See also Putin's Russia

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 16d
Incredible the work put in by this person to stir up race hate - another great story from Londoncentric

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 16d
This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes?
We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.
www.londoncentric.media

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 18d
Interesting to contrast that article with what Allister was saying just over a year ago: "Trump is the last chance to save the decaying West from terminal decline". I suppose opinions change when the facts change? www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...
Trump is the last chance to save the decaying West from terminal decline
It had started to feel as if civilisation had fallen, but the cavalry may now have arrived in the nick of time
www.telegraph.co.uk

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 18d
This was written before the 'deal' at Davos over Greenland but interesting how Allister Heath's usual apocalyptic vitriol is aimed at Trump. Trump is a state-capitalist kleptocrat imperialist. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Trump’s imperial delirium could trigger a catastrophic chain reaction
The US president is playing a zero-sum game and shattering the old world order
www.telegraph.co.uk

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18d
One court decision, two different headlines.

Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
US court allows ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protestors in Minnesota Appeals Court Stays Restrictions on Federal Tactics in Minnesota The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state.

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 19d
I'm too busy at the moment with other stuff but I'd love to do a systematic accuracy audit on columnists - the methodology would be tortuous, but it would be fun. Probably make AI look incredibly authoritative by comparison

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 20d
Well he's not wrong if 'hot' means 'causing most alarm, friction and attention'
ellenbraaten.bsky.social Ellen Braaten @ellenbraaten.bsky.social · 20d
Trump coming in strong again with the delusions. And I mean that in the most clinical sense of the word, as in “a false belief not based in reality.”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d
Trump on his message in Davos: "The primary message is how well the United States is doing. And I say it all the time -- a year and half ago we were a dead country, and now we have the hottest country in the world"

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Ellen Braaten @ellenbraaten.bsky.social · 20d
Trump coming in strong again with the delusions. And I mean that in the most clinical sense of the word, as in “a false belief not based in reality.”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d
Trump on his message in Davos: "The primary message is how well the United States is doing. And I say it all the time -- a year and half ago we were a dead country, and now we have the hottest country in the world"

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 21d
We have a new research paper as part of our Polis, LSE/Journalistfonden fellowship by Swedish journalist Mersiha Ajdinovic on how AI is shaping journalist's voice and visibility: How do they adapt their values? How does it impact on their editorial identity? www.journalismai.info/research/202...

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 25d
Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research.

We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
International Fellowships 2026 The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce. Funding status Open for applications Career stage Early-career

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 27d
Great article on reading, thanks. I don't know how to relate it to social media use but there seems to some relationship there.

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Media, War and Conflict @mwcjournal.bsky.social · 28d
This is a quick reminder that Media, War and Conflict will be hosting an ICA preconference on challenges to contemporary conflict reporting. Deadline for abstracts is 31 Jan and you can read the full CfA at bit.ly/mwc2026cfa

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 29d
What is 'brilliant' about this US administration is that they do the interviews and repeat their nonsense lines because they know that facts don't matter. This really screws conventional ideas of accountability journalism
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d
TAPPER: You called Renee Good a "domestic terrorist." Why did you not wait for an investigation?

NOEM: Everything I've said has been proven to be factual and the truth. This administration wants to operate in transparency.

T: What you said is not what happened

N: It absolutely is what happened

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d
TAPPER: You called Renee Good a "domestic terrorist." Why did you not wait for an investigation?

NOEM: Everything I've said has been proven to be factual and the truth. This administration wants to operate in transparency.

T: What you said is not what happened

N: It absolutely is what happened

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 29d
Who says crypto doesn't have practical uses? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard used crypto to evade sanctions, report finds
The military force moved about $1 billion using two exchanges registered in Britain, according to TRM Labs, which specializes in crypto investigations.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Charlie Beckett @charliebeckett.bsky.social · 29d
I adore how they don't explain what a 'chatelaine' is in the article. Also, they describe it as a 'mixed marriage': he was Protestant, she Catholic. Wonderful stuff.