adrian monck

Category: Journalism

  • Foxing up Sky News

    Here is what Rupert Murdoch told the House of Lords Communications committee regarding Sky News. Personally (not that I would necessarily want to) I think you could Fox up Sky, but what you lack in the UK is the Talk Radio base from which to recruit your talent. But don’t listen to me yacking on…

  • Impartiality – Ofcom retreats from a Fox News future

    Remember these headlines? TV news ‘a turn-off for young and ethnic minorities’: Ofcom says solution could be to axe impartiality rules: BBC fears lost generation as audiences dwindle – The Guardian Ofcom may give all-clear for politically biased news – The Times US-style TV news to pull in younger viewers – The Evening Standard Yes.…

  • Ofcom and impartiality

    UK broadcast regulator Ofcom consults (= “lets people vent”) today on impartiality and news. The event’s at Reuters HQ in Canary Wharf. I’ll be going along. These events usually have an agenda, and this one appears to be an attempt to get out of regulating on traditional impartiality grounds all the TV news channels that…

  • Sky News: never wrong for long?

    Andrew Marr should think before he criticises Sky News on the “never wrong for long” front. Here is what he told the Lords: “I do think (the BBC is) different and we have to stay different,” he told the House of Lords communication committee. “This is most acute in the age of 24-hour news because…