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Political interference and the BBC
Jeremy Hunt, Tory culture spokesman, needs to answer the difficult questions and stop chasing headlines, writes Jeremy Dear, General Secretary of the NUJ.
Shopkeeper’s Labour “boycott” up in flames
The Express today report that, "Newsagents urged to boycott Labour" if the Health Bill, which would ban the display of tobacco and the sale of tobacco from vending machines, becomes law. But it's unclear what a "boycott" would mean or where the idea has come from.
Media for all? The challenge of convergence
With a media facing economic and technological changes, many requiring political solutions, the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom is holding a conference on Saturday 31 October which will address key issues of ownership and regulation.
Today give platform to climate denier
With the US and EU reportedly at odds over securing a climate deal at Copenhagen, and doctors warning of a "global health catastrophe" if we don’t get one, you might think we need less confusion about climate change in the media, not more. Why then does the Today programme continue to give air-time to people who have no credentials to talk about climate change?
BNP to appear on Question Time
The question of how best to deal with the British National Party raised its head again yesterday with the news […]
Grayling depicts Wire fiction as fact
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling has compared Britain to The Wire, a television series thick with violent crime, vehicle jacking […]