Simon Nixon
@nixonsimon.bsky.social
Journalist. Publisher of Wealth of Nations newsletter on Substack. Previously chief leader writer and columnist @TheTimes, chief Europe commentator @WSJ. Runner, cold water swimmer, aspiring chef.
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Indeed, though I thought the Times unintentionally - and rather hilariously - gave its game away last week with a bizarre story saying that Reeves *HAD* got permission from her mortgage company for the rental. Exposed the depths of the paper’s desperation to out-Daily Mail the Daily Mail…
November 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Indeed, though I thought the Times unintentionally - and rather hilariously - gave its game away last week with a bizarre story saying that Reeves *HAD* got permission from her mortgage company for the rental. Exposed the depths of the paper’s desperation to out-Daily Mail the Daily Mail…
What’s extraordinary is that the @thetimes.com fake news scandal has been widely discussed in the US media where they take journalistic standards very seriously, but other than one Guardian media story appears to have not been mentioned at all in the UK press. Evidence of a debased media culture?
November 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
What’s extraordinary is that the @thetimes.com fake news scandal has been widely discussed in the US media where they take journalistic standards very seriously, but other than one Guardian media story appears to have not been mentioned at all in the UK press. Evidence of a debased media culture?
Here’s a link to the fake news Torsten Bell story that the Times had to delete this week. A half-baked attempted hatchet job that was effectively copied from the Daily Mail. A rare chance for outsiders to see how the right-wing media sausage is made
Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Treasury minister leading budget plans spent £900 on desk
Torsten Bell, who is working with Rachel Reeves to fill a £30 billion hole in finances, also used his parliamentary expenses to claim £600 for three chairs
www.thetimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Here’s a link to the fake news Torsten Bell story that the Times had to delete this week. A half-baked attempted hatchet job that was effectively copied from the Daily Mail. A rare chance for outsiders to see how the right-wing media sausage is made
Reposted by Simon Nixon
Also, why is a supposed “paper of record” deleting its fake news stories rather than correcting the record? It would be far better if they were left online with a full explanation, not least so that future historians studying the collapse of western liberalism can trace the degradation of the media
November 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Also, why is a supposed “paper of record” deleting its fake news stories rather than correcting the record? It would be far better if they were left online with a full explanation, not least so that future historians studying the collapse of western liberalism can trace the degradation of the media
Also, why is a supposed “paper of record” deleting its fake news stories rather than correcting the record? It would be far better if they were left online with a full explanation, not least so that future historians studying the collapse of western liberalism can trace the degradation of the media
November 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Also, why is a supposed “paper of record” deleting its fake news stories rather than correcting the record? It would be far better if they were left online with a full explanation, not least so that future historians studying the collapse of western liberalism can trace the degradation of the media
One of the worst aspects of the @thetimes.com fake news story is that the paper’s first response was to cover up their shoddy journalism by smearing their source, claiming he had had misled them when their reporter had simply emailed the wrong Bill deBlasio. H/t @maxtani.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
One of the worst aspects of the @thetimes.com fake news story is that the paper’s first response was to cover up their shoddy journalism by smearing their source, claiming he had had misled them when their reporter had simply emailed the wrong Bill deBlasio. H/t @maxtani.bsky.social