Opaque sources, ambiguous witnesses, impossible to verify. Whilst the dissection of clues, wiretaps and images erodes any remaining trust in the justice system. A first-hand account

Hughes was fighting against a ‘culture’; here we are dealing with newsworthiness as an end in itself. The real victim is the corpse of journalism, ravaged by decades of populism.

“Criticising a colleague is legitimate, but one must show respect in the choice of words. It has been a summer in which several journalists have tried to act like real ‘bad teachers’.” Interview

Since the day the fixer’s name came up in the investigation into the attack on the presenter of "Report", some 1,500 news articles have been written (including this one), and just one brief mention of diesel, which is about to reach 3 euros a litre. People always choose the news that reflects who they are