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Somebodies and nobodies
Today is getting Rowan Williams, Yoko Ono and a couple of other people in, to ‘edit’ the programme over the festive period. Well, it beats paying overtime. The BBC is good with somebodies, but it doesn’t do as well with nobodies. It’s great at providing a platform for people who already have a platform, like…
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"Written by fools for the reading of imbeciles"
JOSEPH RAGO “The blogs are not as significant as their self-endeared curators would like to think. Journalism requires journalists, who are at least fitfully confronting the digital age. The bloggers, for their part, produce minimal reportage. Instead, they ride along with the MSM like remora fish on the bellies of sharks, picking at the scraps.”…
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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…