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When newspapers made history
For newspaper historians, this week’s Economist retells the hoary but entertaining story of Queen Caroline and the popular press. It’s a story of royal shenanigans and radicals, starring William Cobbett as an ethical Piers Morgan.
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Future of news
MARTIN FEWELL “You’ve got the mouse, the remote control, the Personal Video Recorder. Not us.”Channel 4 News’ dep Martin Fewell takes to the blog to think about the Future of News. For everyone who thinks that mainstream media is a monolithic beast, dispensing judgment from on high, the reality of commercial network journalism is very…
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Suffolk murders 2
Adrian van Klaveren is tasked with defending the BBC’s decision to air the Tom Stephens interview. The criticism has come chiefly from lawyers, but I’ve already outlined my concerns about their decision. Here’s what he writes: …we took the decision to transmit the interview on the basis that there had been an exceptional change in…
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Suffolk murders
Suffolk police had been to Jubilee Close, where Tom Stephens lives, back on November 22. They searched his house till lunchtime. Nearly a month later, on December 17, the Sunday Mirror‘s Michael Duffy interviewed Stephens. Now Stephens has been arrested on suspicion of murdering five women. Stephens had a public profile on MySpace, revealing a…