Tag: News
Why are we wasting our positive news on the media?
LabourMatters Tue Jul 08, 2008 at 08:21:48 PM GMT 
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The press is unsympathetic or downright hostile to Labour, yet Labour is full of newsmakers pumping out press releases every day. And with increasing numbers using the Internet to search for both local and national news, the positive Labour stories are still hard to find online.
Now a new site - Labour Matters - aims to help change that for the better...
Media ownership and the news
alexhilton Fri Jul 13, 2007 at 03:57:46 PM GMT
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Quite out of the blue, I have been asked (as a prominent blogger!) to give oral evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications.
The committee is investigating media ownership and the news and I'd be grateful for your thoughts on the points below that have been sent to me.
Blair is right about the press
Mike Ion Wed Jun 13, 2007 at 10:44:35 AM GMT
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In his recent Reuters speech Tony Blair argued that "attacking motive is far more potent than attacking judgment; it is not enough for someone to make an error, it has to be venal." He is right. In today's media comment and reporting have merged into the same thing.
Talking about the 24 hour news agenda Blair stated that "things harden within minutes. You can't let speculation stay out there longer than an instant." In other words, make an error within the first few minutes of a story breaking and what was a mere 'problem' can fast become a major crisis.
As Michael White has argued in today's Guardian, politicians are accountable but journalists are...
