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Pentagon vs Press (MoD vs ITV News?)
ITV News journalists will ask themselves if this sounds familiar… Army Tries to Spin Walter Reed Story, Gets Bitten in the AssAlia Malek The articles on Walter Reed Army Medical Center that ran last week in both the Washington Post and the Army Times revealed a shameful reality awaiting wounded soldiers returning from Iraq. The…
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Reporting Tony Blair: inaccuracy or partiality?
How do you get this: “Tony Blair says his belief in God played a part in deciding to go to war in Iraq. The Prime Minister tells ITV1 he prayed over the difficult decision. Tonight the startling insight into how Mr Blair’s faith influenced Britain’s part in ousting Saddam. So was it holy war?” ITV…
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Royal Television Society Journalism awards
So the Royal Television Society‘s journalism awards… Strange things journalism awards ceremonies. Last year’s winner might struggle to make this year’s shortlist. Journalists work so much in the ‘now’ that any review is a vaguely uncomfortable reminder of tragedy, hubris or injustice. Still, the RTS is a real peer review process, as they say in…
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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…