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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…
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Local news and the KKK
I keep tabs on John Robinson‘s excellent blog from an American local newspaper. I’d quite forgotten that the KKK was still really in business, but John has a reminder. And a reminder too that local journalism in America is tough. To get the gist you’ll have to read this post first. Yes, I know I…
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Jon Gilbert’s ‘friendly fire’ report
Disclosure: ITV News reporter Jon Gilbert is a friend and former colleague. Some of the YouTube comments on Jon’s piece regarding the journalism are below. Of 87 comments at time of posting, only four dealt with the reporting of Eldon Anderson‘s remarks: …one question is, how many people that sounded intelligent and onhappy [sic] with…
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A regulator writes…
What if journalists were painted with the same weary skepticism they brush over others? You don’t have to imagine. Earlier this week former Federal Communications Commission member Harold Furchtgott-Roth (crazy name etc.), previewed a conference on media reform at Columbia’s J-School. Before your eyelids snap firmly shut, here’s a little outside perspective on us as…