Nick Cohen
Summary
Nick Cohen is a British journalist, author, and political commentator. He is currently a columnist for The Observer and the TV critic for Standpoint magazine. He used to write for the London Evening Standard and the New Statesman, until he departed and sued the magazine. Cohen has written four books: Cruel Britannia: Reports on the Sinister and the Preposterous (1999), a collection of his journalism; Pretty Straight Guys (2003), a highly critical account of the New Labour project; What's Left? (2007), which he describes as the story of how the liberal left of the 20th century came to support the far right of the 21st.; and Waiting for the Etonians: Reports from the Sickbed of Liberal England (2009).
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Leveson: the politics of press regulation - Guardian podcast special
Lord Justice Leveson delivered his 2,000-page report this week on the "culture, practice and ethics of the press". His headline conclusion was that the current regulator, the Press Complaints Commission, has proved inadequate and should be replaced with a fully independent body, backed if need be by new law.
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Are legal curbs the answer for Britain's errant newspapers?
Lord Justice Leveson is set to deliver his verdict on phone hacking. As politicians and journalists prepare for a battle over possible state regulation of the press, Jacqui Hames, the former Crimewatch presenter and hacking victim, debates the issues with Observer writer Nick Cohen.
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Why Cameron daren't cast Murdoch adrift | Nick Cohen
When all else fails, greed and fear explain otherwise inexplicable behaviour. Understand their power and you will grasp why the apparently tough-minded David Cameron and Alex Salmond still defend Rupert Murdoch. The ordinary rules of politics say they should abandon him without a moment's regret. Base survival instincts ought to tell them that the scandals around News Corporation are a disease that may never be cured.
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MediaCom promotes Peter Fyfe to head of social media
MediaCom has promoted Peter Fyfe to the newly created role of head of social media, as the agency's non-traditional marketing arm MediaCom Beyond Advertising (MBA) expands.
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You Can't Read This Book: why libel tourists love London
In an exclusive extract from You Can't Read This Book, the Observer columnist Nick Cohen presents a damning indictment of how the English legal system helps the wealthy and powerful suppress inconvenient truths.
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Columnist Apologizes Over Major Scandal, Accepts Punishment
After being accused of repeated acts of plagiarism and stripped of a major prize, columnist Johann Hari apologized for his journalistic misconduct in a column on Wednesday.
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The Independent's editor to rule on Johann Hari plagiarism claims
Andreas Whittam Smith completes investigation into columnist suspended in the wake of accusations about plagiarism.
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UK: Johann Hari suspended from the Independent following plagiarism row
Johann Hari, the Independent interviewer and columnist accused of plagiarism, has been suspended for two months pending the outcome of an internal investigation by former Independent editor Andreas Whittam-Smith. Hari was accused of plagiarism last month by journalists and bloggers who condemned his practice of sometimes using quotes which he presented as being made to him in interviews, when in fact they were taken from older articles or the interviewees' own books.
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Nick Cohen quits BBC for MediaCom Beyond role
Nick Cohen, the BBC's commissioner for factual and arts multi-platform projects, is leaving after nine years to join MediaCom.
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US television gives us The Wire. We give them Piers Morgan
We used to export quality TV and import dross. Now it's the other way round.
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