{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/650ac5ba0434d000118468a9/69cd304f7d4a54c657ce8f84?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why the US treasury secretary thinks the FT has become ‘tabloid trash’","description":"<p>Alan and Lionel discuss the <em>Observer </em>after investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr, the paper’s former features writer, suggests that some of its new funders may not be who they seem.</p><p><br></p><p>And as Scott Bessent, US secretary to the Treasury, takes aim at the <em>Financial Times</em>—claiming that a story about him was “manufactured”—former <em>FT</em> editor Lionel gives a considered reply.</p><p><br></p><p>The editors also examine the selection process for the new head of Ofcom. What’s taking so long?</p><p><br></p><p>And they discuss the BBC’s sacking of Scott Mills, following new information about abuse allegations.</p>","author_name":"Prospect Magazine"}