Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, called out The Times of London for drastically altering a report on a supposed conversation between British “Conservative” leader Olukemi “Kemi” Badenoch and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, appeared on GB News on Wednesday to discuss The Times of London, Britain’s de facto newspaper of record, radically stealth-editing a report claiming Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni advised Olukemi “Kemi” Badenoch, the Nigeria-raised leader of Britain’s notionally center-right “Conservative” Party, against making a deal with Nigel Farage and his Reform UK party. Crucially, the original story was doctored post-publication with no editor’s note added and no public correction issued. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “In almost two decades of political media experience, I have never seen a situation where a major national newspaper has 50 percent cut the story in half, removed the headline, completely changed it, completely changed the material of the story, removed all the crux, and not even bothered to put out a correction, a retraction, or anything like that… If we are to trust media outlets, then they have to hold their hands up and be very honest when they do things like this. This was an 800-word story that was prominent in the newspaper, that was on their front page on their website, all day long yesterday… until it wasn’t.” – Raheem Kassam 📰 DETAIL: The Times‘ report initially suggested a significant political intervention against Farage by Meloni, which was later denied by her office. After its alteration, the article was slashed from 756 words to just 477, with the central claims removed. Speaking to GB News, Kassam demanded, “We need to know: was it Kemi Badenoch and her team lying to The Times or was it The Times lying to their readers?” 🎯 IMPACT: The incident raises questions about the integrity of The Times, with sources close to Meloni telling The National Pulse on Tuesday morning the Italian premier never spoke to Badenoch about a possible pact between the Conservatives and Reform. The Times‘ political editor, Steve Swinford, seemingly accepted the claims from the Conservative Party leader’s press team at face value, without fact-checking with the Italians or seeking corroboration from another source. |
Is Walter Kemi “crashing out?”
Between her scholarship claims, her reverse ferret on immigration and net zero, her falling out with VP Vance, and now her retraction of this Meloni story, it appears so.
My appearance on GB News tonight: pic.twitter.com/W6Pj7YYJIM
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) August 26, 2026
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