Labour party media blackout on coverage of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s fourth anniversary
Despite a full weekend in which high-ranking EU officials,
Julian Delia
October 18, 2021 11:49
Saviour Balzan bags another €20,000 as justice minister renews his PR consultancy contract
Media Today co-owner Saviour Balzan has bagged another €20,000
Caroline Muscat
October 13, 2021 11:09
Democracy’s not going anywhere
“I choose not to go.” Konrad Mizzi’s reply to
Jacques René Zammit
October 11, 2021 06:39
TVM’s alternate universe
Unless you’ve watched TVMnews+, you don’t know half of
Ranier Fsadni
October 10, 2021 07:31
Labour’s grip on PBS tightens – we know where this is heading
Barely a week after the Center for Media, Data
Blanche Gatt
October 7, 2021 07:10
Exposed: Saviour Balzan received at least €1 million in government contracts under Labour
Malta Today and Illum co-owner Saviour Balzan has raked
Caroline Muscat
October 3, 2021 09:39
PBS classified as state-controlled media in new study
A new tool to assess the editorial independence of
Elizabeth De Gaetano
September 28, 2021 13:25
Government spent at least €89.2 million on questionable direct orders since July 2020
Just five of The Shift’s multiple investigations into government-issued
Julian Delia
September 20, 2021 17:31
PBS erases news item about waterpolo official and Labour activist after call from Castille
A PBS news item reporting disciplinary action against a
The Shift Team
September 17, 2021 12:03
‘Run, rabbit, run’
Just as we began to digest the conclusions of
Blanche Gatt
August 3, 2021 06:59
PBS board director fronts government propaganda
Pablo Micallef, a director on the board of the
April 21, 2021 19:17
New PBS chair only six months after government appointed a new board
A new PBS Chair has been appointed only six
April 5, 2021 18:50
The damn nation
The latest cartoon from the Charlie Hebdo stables to
Jacques René Zammit
March 15, 2021 04:39
Journalists association condemns ‘disparaging and abusive’ comments against journalist
The journalists association (IGM) has condemned the “disparaging and
March 15, 2021 04:10
€30 million for PBS to avoid bankruptcy
Taxpayers will shore up PBS, the public broadcaster, with
February 16, 2021 06:40
PBS decides to appeal John Bundy court ruling following pressure by Saviour Balzan, topping up a bill for taxpayers of €300,000
A 2016 decision by disgraced former Prime Minister Joseph
February 10, 2021 13:16
How state broadcaster, party-owned media shape Malta’s COVID-19 narrative
Malta’s unique media landscape has equipped the government with
Elizabeth De Gaetano
February 5, 2021 14:17
John Bundy blames Saviour Balzan for loss of job at PBS, awarded over €225,000 in damages
Former PBS chief John Bundy has won his industrial
Caroline Muscat
February 2, 2021 18:29
Despite tough year for film production companies, chosen few continue to rake in public funds
Labour Party propagandist Mario Philip Azzopardi and Jean Pierre
November 21, 2020 17:35
The corrupt, the greedy and the dupes
We now know how the public broadcaster, PBS, colluded
Ranier Fsadni
September 20, 2020 06:45
You paid for their propaganda
The public broadcaster is taking orders from the Labour
Ryan Murdock
September 18, 2020 06:13
Emails show how government choreographed media coverage for arrival of Electrogas tanker
Email exchanges seen by The Shift show how communications
The Shift Team
September 16, 2020 09:07
Norma Saliba’s appointment as PBS Head of News increases concern in a problematic media landscape
The Board of Directors at national broadcaster PBS has
Gabriel Schembri
August 1, 2020 09:11
Spotlight on threats against journalists in Malta in European report
“Burned in effigy. Insulted. Menaced. Spat at. Discredited by
The Shift Team
May 10, 2019 11:11
Pravda in the Med
“The Party is always right.” At least, that’s what
Ryan Murdock
February 28, 2019 18:18
When silence means consent
You can easily laugh off taunts levelled at critics
Lizzie Eldridge
January 21, 2019 10:11
Disinformation Watch #29: The worst score is ‘the best score’ for democracy
Malta registered its second worst Democracy Score yet, the
The Shift Team
January 13, 2019 09:10
2018: A year of investigations
This has been a busy year for The Shift
Caroline Muscat
December 30, 2018 12:50
Political ownership of the media must end
The problem with addressing risk factors in the media
Benjamin Dalli
December 2, 2018 22:01
Media Pluralism Monitor report notes deterioration in Malta
The lack of political independence of the media is
The Shift Team
November 27, 2018 13:08

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