How newspaper lies led to Brexit

Prince Harry, Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley are among a group of celebrities suing the Daily Mail publishers, Associated Newspapers, for what they describe as “abhorrent criminal activity”.

Would the Daily Express be a winner in the Dragons' Den?

Richard Desmond, the media mogul, former pornographer and UKIP donor, sold his Brexit-supporting newspapers, the Daily Express and Daily Star, to the Mirror newspaper group in 2018.

Experiment to 'promote informed discussion'

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Journalism for what?

It’s a question I was asked early on in my career. Journalism for what? Just to report? Or to change things?

How newspaper lies led to Brexit

In October 2015, I gave a speech to international journalists in Germany called, ‘Newspaper lies can cost lives.’ Less than a year later, Britain voted for Brexit, with one of the main reasons cited as ‘too many migrants’. How did such a fear and dislike of migrants develop? Newspaper lies played an enormous role. Video, 14 minutes, click arrow to view:

Independent newspaper print edition to close

• RIP the print edition of The Independent, but with a monthly digital readership of 58 million,
maybe it can now lead the way in paperless and profitable journalism. 

In a black day for good journalism, it was announced today that the print edition of one of the country’s finest newspapers, The Independent, is to close.

My top ten Facebook stories of 2015

My new Facebook page, Jon Danzig Writes, was started in June 2015, with the aim to challenge the news generally, and in particular, mistruths about migrants, refugees, human rights and the European Union.

My first few stories only gained a handful of readers, but over the past six months, my readership has gradually grown, with many of my stories now reaching tens of thousands of people. 

Daily Express goes bananas

Three days ago it was rhubarb. But today it’s bananas on the Daily Express front page, claiming that the nation’s most popular fruit can cure… well, almost everything.

Only on Tuesday was the Daily Express front page telling its readers that rhubarb could cure cancer. But on closer inspection, the story soon crumbled. An ingredient in rhubarb, parietin, could destroy cancer cells in a dish, but there was no evidence that it could work on humans. 

There wasn’t any proof in the pudding, and the Express ended up with custard on its face (or rather on its front page).

Jon Danzig's Showcase of Video Productions. Now on YouTube and Vimeo - click to view.

So far... 55 videos, 114,000 viewings

Jon Danzig on BBC: 'My life as a journalist & film maker'

Journalist & film maker, Jon Danzig, talks on BBC about his life, including how he was locked up with crocodiles in Florida and why he was asked to film nudists in France.