Richard Sambrook
@sambrook.eurosky.social
Emeritus Prof, Co-Chair @TBIJ, previously Director BBC News. Also photography and LFC
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One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!"
Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
October 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”
I’m doing a talk in Cardiff next week. I just finished writing it. It’s called The News is Dead and tickets are free. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-news-i...
The News is Dead: Why the media is broken and what you can do about it
Journalist and author Mic Wright on what's really going on behind the headlines, why we don't get the news we deserve.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
“AI poses a threat. It will steal my writing, loot my reportage, rob my intellectual property and embezzle books which took years to write and research. But it will never know what it was like to be there. It will always be faking it.”
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historyneverended.substack.com/p/in-defence...
In defence of human journalism
My industry at a time of AI.
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October 2, 2026 at 9:31 AM
“AI poses a threat. It will steal my writing, loot my reportage, rob my intellectual property and embezzle books which took years to write and research. But it will never know what it was like to be there. It will always be faking it.”
historyneverended.substack.com/p/in-defence...
historyneverended.substack.com/p/in-defence...
Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media.
September 18, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media.
September 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Squirrels on suicide missions have knocked out power to Castle Rock, Colorado twice this week. Our investigation has revealed a century of squirrel attacks covered up by the pro-squirrel media.
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Good news from McCains
September 8, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Good news from McCains
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Palantir have just signed a new £21m contract – this time with Britain’s grid operator.
Who were the other bidders? Well, there weren’t any. The National Energy System Operator said it was too dependent on Palantir already to invite anyone else 🙄
www.ft.com/content/f6a2...
Who were the other bidders? Well, there weren’t any. The National Energy System Operator said it was too dependent on Palantir already to invite anyone else 🙄
www.ft.com/content/f6a2...
September 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Palantir have just signed a new £21m contract – this time with Britain’s grid operator.
Who were the other bidders? Well, there weren’t any. The National Energy System Operator said it was too dependent on Palantir already to invite anyone else 🙄
www.ft.com/content/f6a2...
Who were the other bidders? Well, there weren’t any. The National Energy System Operator said it was too dependent on Palantir already to invite anyone else 🙄
www.ft.com/content/f6a2...
Everyone wants to be a guru and thought leader. No-one wants to do the washing up.
September 8, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Everyone wants to be a guru and thought leader. No-one wants to do the washing up.
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Audition polaroids taken by Hollywood Casting Director Mali Finn, in the 1980's
September 5, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Audition polaroids taken by Hollywood Casting Director Mali Finn, in the 1980's
Oh dear Lord. We need to be better than this 🙄
Looking at posts on X is not “comprehensive public monitoring” and a rise from 7 to 12 in a month is hardly an alarming trend…
(Also, responsibilty lies with developers not the tech …!)
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Looking at posts on X is not “comprehensive public monitoring” and a rise from 7 to 12 in a month is hardly an alarming trend…
(Also, responsibilty lies with developers not the tech …!)
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Sharp rise in incidents of AI escaping users’ control, research finds
Exclusive: Number of times AI lies, ignores instructions and pursues goals in harmful ways almost doubles in July
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Oh dear Lord. We need to be better than this 🙄
Looking at posts on X is not “comprehensive public monitoring” and a rise from 7 to 12 in a month is hardly an alarming trend…
(Also, responsibilty lies with developers not the tech …!)
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Looking at posts on X is not “comprehensive public monitoring” and a rise from 7 to 12 in a month is hardly an alarming trend…
(Also, responsibilty lies with developers not the tech …!)
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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@jayrosen.bsky.social, @sambrook.eurosky.social, and Ayala Panievsky talked about the normalization of extremism by media in our 2023 Journalism & Democratic Backsliding webinar with the Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
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youtu.be/MrAnVd35bcE?...
August 28, 2026 at 8:33 AM
@jayrosen.bsky.social, @sambrook.eurosky.social, and Ayala Panievsky talked about the normalization of extremism by media in our 2023 Journalism & Democratic Backsliding webinar with the Cambridge Disinformation Summit.
youtu.be/MrAnVd35bcE?...
youtu.be/MrAnVd35bcE?...
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From now on, Canadians will refer to the United States as Epstein Island.
August 25, 2026 at 11:46 AM
From now on, Canadians will refer to the United States as Epstein Island.
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Hearing the great Jay Maisel passed away last evening. He was 95.
RIP to one of the best.
#Photography
RIP to one of the best.
#Photography
August 22, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Hearing the great Jay Maisel passed away last evening. He was 95.
RIP to one of the best.
#Photography
RIP to one of the best.
#Photography
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The BBC has now had to revise this headline 3 times to try and get something approaching impartiality
I am incredulous as to what is going on there
I am incredulous as to what is going on there
This is an inappropriate, credulous & politically biased BBC headline. The claims about savings will be sharply contested. News reports should not imclude what reads as an ediorial endorsememt in the headline
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
August 16, 2026 at 8:46 AM
The BBC has now had to revise this headline 3 times to try and get something approaching impartiality
I am incredulous as to what is going on there
I am incredulous as to what is going on there
BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?
August 16, 2026 at 8:40 AM
BBC’s coverage of Reform’s welfare plans is frankly bizarre. Headlines in Ten, leading on some radio networks. Reform are not even the official opposition and the plans have less credibility than Count Binface. Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election?
Tom Rosenstiel always worth reading on the state of journalism
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www.latimes.com
August 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Tom Rosenstiel always worth reading on the state of journalism
www.latimes.com/.../202.../b...
www.latimes.com/.../202.../b...