David is widely known for his writings on propaganda, spin and lobbying as well as for his expertise on 'terrorism', and international conflict, global power politics and the Scottish political scene. He is often called upon by the news media as a commentator on media issues and regularly writes for popular media outlets.  His articles have appeared in the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent, the Sunday Times, the New Statesman, the Irish News, the Irish Times, the Herald (Glasgow) the Evening News (Edinburgh), the Times Higher Education Supplement, the New Zealand Herald and the Taipei Times.  Articles have also appeared in magazines and on the web including Red Pepper (UK), Z Net (US) (where he has a ZSpace page) Scoop (NZ), Aporrea, Alternative News from Venezuela (in Spanish) and Al Jazeera.