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What The Papers Say – RIP?
I met the team the team behind What The Papers Say up in Manchester before Christmas, helping to sift through the list for their annual awards.
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Democracy, markets and the BBC
I have frequently found myself talking to reform-minded individuals in the Middle East. Many like the idea of democracy. They admire it. Personally they are liberal, progressive, secular. And yet the closer they are to power – or when holding office – the more they concede that the time is not yet ripe. Their work…
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Scott McClellan’s book reviewed on twitter
Scott McClellan’s book, summarized: “I totally didn’t know I was lying those 630,000 times.” Matthew Baldwin [HT: Charles Arthur]
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Print and online strategies: a UK perspective
So another account of the state of newspapers from a thoughtful British news exec, Chatham House rules. The key themes and claims (my thoughts in itals):