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Democracy, the Media and Intelligence: the power of lunch
Nick Rufford reviews Norman Baker’s book The Strange Death of David Kelly and in dismissing Baker so reminds us of the likeliest explanation for Kelly’s death [my italics]: …Baker is offering an even shakier explanation than suicide. The most likely sequence of events is one Baker himself admits is “plausible”. On the morning of July…
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The simple economics of editorial decision-making
Following David Warsh’s recommendation, I am currently reading Partha Dasgupta’s Economics: A Very Short Introduction (US edition here). Warsh writes: Dasgupta is supremely well qualified to write an overview of economics for the layman. Originally, he says, he had it in mind to lay out what he understood to be the research frontier. “But even…
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The BBC and impartiality
A day after Charlie Beckett hosted a debate on impartiality (missed it – parenting), Robin Aitken, ex-BBC journo and author of Can We Trust The BBC? came in to talk on exactly that topic to Broadcast students. Robin basically believes in the BBC and places great store in the Bridcut report [pdf] on impartiality at…
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Michael Grade’s ITV – now 20% smaller!
Back on 28 November 2006, when Michael Grade walked in to 200 Grays Inn Road to take the ITV helm the share price stood at 110.75p. Today it was just 89.1p. That’s a drop of just under 20 percent, or as we say in journalism – nearly a fifth. Of course, share prices can go…