Harold Evans's Blog

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No editor wants to give aid to muderous enemies, but abuses of power must be revealed

Leveson's system of regulation is hard to fault – but it is a great pity that he skates over the issue that matters most

Only united action will defuse America’s financial time bomb. The challenges could make Obama truly great, or defeat him, writes Harold Evans

The veteran journalist Sir Harold Evans assesses America's mood ahead of next week's US election battle between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama

Victims of the drug scandal have been offered an apology, but Harold Evans, who was in charge of the Sunday Times and broke the story, says there is still no proper recompense

The version of history told by Rupert Murdoch at the Leveson inquiry bears no relation to what actually happened

In his long career on Fleet Street, the former Sunday Times editor often tangled with the courts when stories became troublesome for those in power

Revelations about the 'News of the World' had not been exposed when Cebrián was writing about how some journalists had become spies, informers and smear artists

The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords shows why it is time to rethink America's gun laws, says Harold Evans.