Omid Scobie

Thomas Markle faces horrifying child sexual abuse allegations. So why is so much outrage being directed at Meghan? Head on over to OFF SCRIPT for this week's read: api.omarshehata.me/substack-…

How jealousy, resentment and tabloid attacks turned a job I loved into something I needed to escape — and why I’m finally willing to engage with it again. For this week’s OFF SCRIPT I wrote about the real reason I left the royal beat: api.omarshehata.me/substack-…

Newsroom careers are dead. In its place: personal brands, visibility and a system that can reward exaggeration, self-promotion and unethical decisions. This week's OFF SCRIPT: what happens when journalists have to sell themselves as well as the story api.omarshehata.me/substack-…

“Charles would never say that” isn’t evidence of anything. This week’s OFF SCRIPT is about Charles Spencer, the King, Princess Diana — and what happens when royal reporting substitutes feelings and bias for facts. api.omarshehata.me/substack-…

Access protected at the expense of scrutiny, personal grudges shaping coverage, commentary masquerading as fact… This week’s OFF SCRIPT looks at how royal reporting managed to completely lose the plot: api.omarshehata.me/substack-…

Every “snub,” “peace talk” or “olive branch” gets treated as evidence that something has changed. Often, it hasn’t. This week’s OFF SCRIPT: Harry, William, Charles and the False Promise of Royal Reconciliation. Thanks to all who have subscribed so far! api.omarshehata.me/substack-…

From Hollywood to the Palace, every story now comes with a side of predictable outrage — and the noise is killing all the fun. This week in OFF SCRIPT: why the machinery around pop culture is louder, angrier and more exhausting than ever. api.omarshehata.me/substack-…

Six years after leaving, Harry and Meghan are returning to Britain — but the script around them remains unchanged. First piece for OFF SCRIPT: my take on media, entertainment, culture and, yes, the royals. api.omarshehata.me/substack-…