Matt Kennard
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Matt Kennard (born 1983 in London) is a British author and journalist who has written for the New Statesman, The Guardian and the Financial Times.[1]
In June 2019, Craig Murray wrote:
- "Something else which revealed the truth of the way the political world now operates, and which again did not get nearly the media attention it deserves, was Matt Kennard’s stunning revelation of the way The Guardian has been taken over by the security services.[2] I have been explaining for years that the Guardian has become the security services’ news outlet of choice, and it is very helpful to have documentation to prove it."[3]
Anti-racist
In 2006, while a student journalist, Matt Kennard accused then Leeds University lecturer Frank Ellis of racism and was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.[4] During this period, Kennard wrote for the Leeds Student magazine.[5]
Dershowitz v. Finkelstein
Matt Kennard also broke the story in the University of California, Los Angeles student paper, the Daily Bruin, of attempts by Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz to suppress the publication of Norman Finkelstein's "Beyond Chutzpah" by the University of California Press in 2005.[6] Dershowitz made accusations against him.[7]
Julian Assange
Matt Kennard wrote:
- "The treatment of Julian Assange by The Guardian has been so disgusting it's beyond words. He took all the risk. Will probably never experience freedom again. And they just collected their awards and turned the newspaper into one big attack sheet. No campaign to free him. Nothing."[8]
GCHQ in schools
In 2020 he started to report about GCHQ recruiting efforts in UK schools.
Books
Matt Kennard is the author of "Irregular Army: How the US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, and Criminals to Fight the War on Terror" published by Verso Books[9] and "The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs. the Masters of the Universe" published by Zed Books. Kennard is the Deputy Director of the "Centre for Investigative Journalism.[10]
References
- ↑ "Guardian profile: Matt Kennard"
- ↑ "Guardian's deputy editor Paul Johnson joined state censorship D-Notice committee (run by MOD) after Snowden revelations in sop to British spooks"
- ↑ "Document:The Broader View Reveals the Ugliest of Prospects"
- ↑ "Interviewed on BBC Radio 4"
- ↑ "Lecturer at centre of race row takes early retirement"
- ↑ "Dershowitz v. Finkelstein: Who’s Right and Who’s Wrong?"
- ↑ "Daily Bruin" Archived 28 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "The Guardian's war on Assange: Dump the Guardian!"
- ↑ Template:Url
- ↑ "Open Democracy: Matt Kennard"
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