-
Disease mongering
BRIAN WILLIAMS If you watch this newscast with any frequency, then you’ve seen it – this ad … for a medication for something called restless leg syndrome. A lot of us had frankly never heard of the condition but we figured people must suffer terribly from it for there to be a medication to treat…
-
Firing all your editorial staff and asking viewers for video? Say a big welcome to loser generated content.
-
Why The Public Doesn’t Deserve The News
It depends on the habit of attending to and looking into public transactions, and on the degree of information and solid judgment respecting them that exists in the community, whether the conduct of the nation as a nation, both within itself and towards others, shall be selfish, corrupt and tyrannical, or rational and enlightened, just…
-
BBC reports on Alexander Litvinenko
A tale of two journalisms. First there’s Julian O’Halloran‘s excellent report for BBC Radio 4 on File on 4. Then there’s John Sweeney‘s half hour on Panorama – introduced by Jeremy Vine as “Russian poison in a very British cuppa” – yes, you couldn’t hear the question mark…