Rebecca Cooney
@rebeccakcooney.bsky.social
TV journo - insights editor at Broadcast magazine. Also poet, feminist, bookworm & charity shop fiend. She/her.
Debut pamphlet Where the Lights Come On out now. https://rebeccakcooney.bigcartel.com/product/where-the-lights-come-on
Debut pamphlet Where the Lights Come On out now. https://rebeccakcooney.bigcartel.com/product/where-the-lights-come-on
Well, The Telegraph got its scalp.
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Well, The Telegraph got its scalp.
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Disney Plus will be stopping funding for Doctor Who!
Insight Editor at Broadcast @rebeccakcooney.bsky.social runs us through what's happened on the Media Club with @mattdeegan.com.
Listen and watch now:
📺 https://youtu.be/fCNF89efyLM
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#Podcast
Insight Editor at Broadcast @rebeccakcooney.bsky.social runs us through what's happened on the Media Club with @mattdeegan.com.
Listen and watch now:
📺 https://youtu.be/fCNF89efyLM
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#Podcast
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Disney Plus will be stopping funding for Doctor Who!
Insight Editor at Broadcast @rebeccakcooney.bsky.social runs us through what's happened on the Media Club with @mattdeegan.com.
Listen and watch now:
📺 https://youtu.be/fCNF89efyLM
🔈 https://podfollow.com/themediaclub
#Podcast
Insight Editor at Broadcast @rebeccakcooney.bsky.social runs us through what's happened on the Media Club with @mattdeegan.com.
Listen and watch now:
📺 https://youtu.be/fCNF89efyLM
🔈 https://podfollow.com/themediaclub
#Podcast
Close Labour, close, but could we perhaps stop pandering to the right by pretending/implying that Indefinite Leave to Remain is anywhere close to being automatic? (it costs thousands in visa fees to get anywhere near ILR for a start)
“We welcome those who come to this country, legally, and give more than they take. We believe the right to stay here must not be automatic, but that those who play their part should be able to earn that right."
October 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Close Labour, close, but could we perhaps stop pandering to the right by pretending/implying that Indefinite Leave to Remain is anywhere close to being automatic? (it costs thousands in visa fees to get anywhere near ILR for a start)
Nice water feature outside South Norwood Station @thameswater.bsky.social...
October 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Nice water feature outside South Norwood Station @thameswater.bsky.social...
Almost every place you go on holiday - no matter how full of artisan boutiques - will have one or more shops selling these lovingly crafted wooden knob bottle openers.
But back home, I've never had someone hand me one of those to open a drink with.
Own up: who is it that's buying these??
But back home, I've never had someone hand me one of those to open a drink with.
Own up: who is it that's buying these??
September 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Almost every place you go on holiday - no matter how full of artisan boutiques - will have one or more shops selling these lovingly crafted wooden knob bottle openers.
But back home, I've never had someone hand me one of those to open a drink with.
Own up: who is it that's buying these??
But back home, I've never had someone hand me one of those to open a drink with.
Own up: who is it that's buying these??
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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This is the thing: the political exploitation of migration is entirely cynical and not related to reality. Both Immigration and net migration fell from
2023 to 2024 - net drastically from 860,000 to 431,000. Did you notice people calming down about it or saying it now felt under control?
2023 to 2024 - net drastically from 860,000 to 431,000. Did you notice people calming down about it or saying it now felt under control?
on the small boats specifically, if they boast the annual number is 10K instead of 35K, who do they imagine will be impressed? the number could be 10 million or 500 and it wouldn't make any difference
September 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This is the thing: the political exploitation of migration is entirely cynical and not related to reality. Both Immigration and net migration fell from
2023 to 2024 - net drastically from 860,000 to 431,000. Did you notice people calming down about it or saying it now felt under control?
2023 to 2024 - net drastically from 860,000 to 431,000. Did you notice people calming down about it or saying it now felt under control?
Oh bollocks.
She absolutely doesn't deserve this.
She absolutely doesn't deserve this.
Breaking news: The deputy prime minister has resigned from the government following a scandal over her tax affairs, according to people close to the situation, in a move that plunges Sir Keir Starmer’s administration into political turmoil. on.ft.com/46nTbR9
September 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Oh bollocks.
She absolutely doesn't deserve this.
She absolutely doesn't deserve this.
Oh bollocks.
She absolutely doesn't deserve this.
She absolutely doesn't deserve this.
September 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Oh bollocks.
She absolutely doesn't deserve this.
She absolutely doesn't deserve this.
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Sticks and stones may break your bones, but the blanket assertion that "words will never hurt you" rather overlooks the fact that the guy saying, "Break their bones with sticks and stones," was probably a major contributing factor to the current state of your bones...
September 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but the blanket assertion that "words will never hurt you" rather overlooks the fact that the guy saying, "Break their bones with sticks and stones," was probably a major contributing factor to the current state of your bones...
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CHEESES (Palindrome)
Decide "No edam," I did.
I ate feta, I did.
I made one diced.
Decide "No edam," I did.
I ate feta, I did.
I made one diced.
August 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
CHEESES (Palindrome)
Decide "No edam," I did.
I ate feta, I did.
I made one diced.
Decide "No edam," I did.
I ate feta, I did.
I made one diced.
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The Bitchiest Edinburgh TV Festival Ever ☠️
@rebeccakcooney.bsky.social on the new Media Club with @mattdeegan.com ft. @heatherfallon.bsky.social & @farazosman.bsky.social.
Listen and watch now...
📺 https://youtu.be/stME7LtL2K4
🔈 https://podfollow.com/themediaclub
@rebeccakcooney.bsky.social on the new Media Club with @mattdeegan.com ft. @heatherfallon.bsky.social & @farazosman.bsky.social.
Listen and watch now...
📺 https://youtu.be/stME7LtL2K4
🔈 https://podfollow.com/themediaclub
August 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The Bitchiest Edinburgh TV Festival Ever ☠️
@rebeccakcooney.bsky.social on the new Media Club with @mattdeegan.com ft. @heatherfallon.bsky.social & @farazosman.bsky.social.
Listen and watch now...
📺 https://youtu.be/stME7LtL2K4
🔈 https://podfollow.com/themediaclub
@rebeccakcooney.bsky.social on the new Media Club with @mattdeegan.com ft. @heatherfallon.bsky.social & @farazosman.bsky.social.
Listen and watch now...
📺 https://youtu.be/stME7LtL2K4
🔈 https://podfollow.com/themediaclub
Bit of congestion on the way to my desk this morning...
August 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Bit of congestion on the way to my desk this morning...
So my awesome writing group is putting together an anthology of our work, and to promote it, we've launched a newsletter.
Fancy getting fantastical short stories, poetry and writing advice (plus gorgeous illustrations) in your inbox?
Sign up here open.substack.com/pub/fantasti...
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Sign up here open.substack.com/pub/fantasti...
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The newsletter of the Fantastic Writers Collective. Click to read Fantastic, by Fantastic Writers Collective, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
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August 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
So my awesome writing group is putting together an anthology of our work, and to promote it, we've launched a newsletter.
Fancy getting fantastical short stories, poetry and writing advice (plus gorgeous illustrations) in your inbox?
Sign up here open.substack.com/pub/fantasti...
Fancy getting fantastical short stories, poetry and writing advice (plus gorgeous illustrations) in your inbox?
Sign up here open.substack.com/pub/fantasti...
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The family of Bebe King, one of the girls killed in the Southport attack, have urged ministers to reconsider disclosing ethnicity of suspects.
They say family were failed by “despicable” actions of far right, who “tried to make political gain from our tragedy”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
They say family were failed by “despicable” actions of far right, who “tried to make political gain from our tragedy”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Family of Southport stabbing victim criticise plan to reveal ethnicity of suspects
Exclusive: Michael Weston King, grandfather of Bebe King, warns government against ‘kowtowing to the likes of Farage’
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The family of Bebe King, one of the girls killed in the Southport attack, have urged ministers to reconsider disclosing ethnicity of suspects.
They say family were failed by “despicable” actions of far right, who “tried to make political gain from our tragedy”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
They say family were failed by “despicable” actions of far right, who “tried to make political gain from our tragedy”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Proud of y’all for the 50+ puns in the quote tweets - big shout to Masturchef - but a pal just texted me LonelyFans so I’m afraid we have a winner
July 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Proud of y’all for the 50+ puns in the quote tweets - big shout to Masturchef - but a pal just texted me LonelyFans so I’m afraid we have a winner
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Christopher Reeve advertising camcorders in 1989, culminating in THE GREATEST SLOGAN OF ALL TIME
July 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Christopher Reeve advertising camcorders in 1989, culminating in THE GREATEST SLOGAN OF ALL TIME
I don't think "exonerated" means what Gregg Wallace thinks it means...
July 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I don't think "exonerated" means what Gregg Wallace thinks it means...
Review of the new Superman film:
This is a film that dares to ask the big questions. What if Palestine was in Ukraine? What if Superman could be defeated by randomly shouting out bra sizes? What if selfies could save the world?
This is a film that dares to ask the big questions. What if Palestine was in Ukraine? What if Superman could be defeated by randomly shouting out bra sizes? What if selfies could save the world?
July 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Review of the new Superman film:
This is a film that dares to ask the big questions. What if Palestine was in Ukraine? What if Superman could be defeated by randomly shouting out bra sizes? What if selfies could save the world?
This is a film that dares to ask the big questions. What if Palestine was in Ukraine? What if Superman could be defeated by randomly shouting out bra sizes? What if selfies could save the world?
The cat's in his pre-raphealite era 🪷🌿🌸
June 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The cat's in his pre-raphealite era 🪷🌿🌸
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On the podcast this week... Kate Phillips gets the BBC Chief Content Officer role, self service ads are coming to TV, Netflix streams TF1 and Maisie McCabe joins us from Cannes (whilst me, @farazosman.bsky.social and @rebeccakcooney.bsky.social are stuck in the studio).
🚨NEW MEDIA CLUB OUT NOW🚨 Jilly Cooper Utterly Confused by Intimacy Coordinators on Rivals Set
@rebeccakcooney.bsky.social joins @farazosman.bsky.social & Maisie McCabe on The Media Club with @mattdeegan.com.
Get it now:
📺 https://youtu.be/gVDE3OAo8n0
🔈 https://podfollow.com/themediaclub
@rebeccakcooney.bsky.social joins @farazosman.bsky.social & Maisie McCabe on The Media Club with @mattdeegan.com.
Get it now:
📺 https://youtu.be/gVDE3OAo8n0
🔈 https://podfollow.com/themediaclub
June 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
On the podcast this week... Kate Phillips gets the BBC Chief Content Officer role, self service ads are coming to TV, Netflix streams TF1 and Maisie McCabe joins us from Cannes (whilst me, @farazosman.bsky.social and @rebeccakcooney.bsky.social are stuck in the studio).
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Abolish the Home Office.
UK Home Office tells parents their children should return to Brazil alone
While Ana Luiza Cabral Gouveia and Hugo Barbosa can remain, letter says sons, 11 and eight, must go back to Brazil
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Abolish the Home Office.
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"Old fashioned print media is in decline everywhere but in the mind of the nation’s political class. The result is that our leaders are getting a very warped sense of what the average voter thinks, reads and cares about."
The public doesn’t like Brexit. Has anyone told the media?
From the broadsheets to the tabloids, journalism is increasingly out of touch with public opinion.
www.newstatesman.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"Old fashioned print media is in decline everywhere but in the mind of the nation’s political class. The result is that our leaders are getting a very warped sense of what the average voter thinks, reads and cares about."
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So basically just sort of banning people who enjoy a sport for fun really?
May 1, 2025 at 9:21 AM
So basically just sort of banning people who enjoy a sport for fun really?