Medialens.org is a British website established in summer 2001 by David Cromwell and David Edwards.
Each month, they scrutinise mainstream media coverage, especially on major issues like war, climate change, and the nature of news itself.
In doing so, they focus forensically on the most “respectable” liberal outlets like the Guardian and Independent, always with unfailing politeness asking journalists to explain their work.
I always felt civility — a sort of gentle English curiosity — was more likely to yield accurate answers to political problems.
It’s fun to hear an excoriating blunderbuss like Julie Burchill but I wouldn’t trust them to perform a tracheotomy or solve the housing crisis.