Conquest of the Useless

Home
Notes
Archive
Leaderboard
About
Two jabs from Johann
A look at how Johann Hari sold his scare story about weight-loss drugs to The Daily Mail and Times...
 • 
Mic Wright
Huw knows what happened
The Sun's crowing over a story that fell apart and the BBC thinks it can just move on...
 • 
Mic Wright
1
Observing The Spectator's Lowest Life
Lloyd Evan's grim column is another entry into the magazine's annals of awfulness.
 • 
Mic Wright
Excessive Truss issues
Whether their reviewers are mocking or mollifying, the British press is giving Liz Truss' book something it doesn't deserve – attention.
 • 
Mic Wright
4
All The Newsnight's Women
Netflix's interview drama was almost as puffed up as the Prince at its centre.
 • 
Mic Wright
3
Ofcom closes barn door, points at the horse in the distance.
GB News has breached the rules again and the regulator is really, really going to do something about it next time.
 • 
Mic Wright
2
TalkTV’s broadcast shutdown isn’t about money…
… it’s about influence and ageing. Rupert Murdoch simply found it too embarrassing.
 • 
Mic Wright
3
The Enemy Within (Remix)
Rishi Sunak reheated an old 80s hit with a fascist backbeat and the opposition and most of the media joined in on backing vocals.
 • 
Mic Wright
7
Conquest of the Useless
Conquest of the Useless
Honest media criticism from a complete arsehole.
Recommendations
View all 16
Press Gazette
Press Gazette
Dominic Ponsford
PassTheAux
PassTheAux
Eleanor Halls
The truth about everything*
The truth about everything*
Justin Myers
The New Cue
The New Cue
Ted Kessler
Vittles
Vittles
Vittles

Conquest of the Useless

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2024 Mic Wright
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture