Month: August 2016

Aislinn Laing, Analysis, Uncategorized

Boris and the Marmite factor: fluctuating fortunes in the Murdoch papers


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The changing fortunes of Boris Johnson through the Brexit campaign, momentous vote and earthquake aftermath are nowhere more apparent than in the pages of Rupert Murdoch’s right-leaning Sun and Times newspapers. Perhaps in a sign that their notoriously-opinionated and influential proprietor was hedging his bets, the Sun firmly backed Brexit and with it its mop-haired

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Aislinn Laing

Aislinn Laing


Aislinn Laing in British journalist of 14 years’ experience based in Johannesburg, South Africa, writing for the Sunday Times, the Telegraph, the Financial Times, the Daily Mail, the Sydney Morning Herald, Christian Science Monitor, al Jazeera and Time magazine, among others. She has covered stories including the death of Nelson Mandela, the trial of Oscar

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