Link: Journalists off the mark on key news stories
The University of Lincoln’s press office beat me (quite substantially) in publishing a write-up of Dorothy Byrne’s talk at the university last week. It’s a decent article, though Ian writes consistently good copy so that shouldn’t surprise anyone.
But what is interesting is… it’s missing half the people [...]
I wrote this at the start of September, but saved it at as a local draft in MarsEdit, and I’ve only just come across it again. It’s not particularly topical anymore, but the points still stand.
I don’t think anyone should really take Murdoch’s views seriously, and certainly not believe what he’s saying.
His motives are so [...]
And why it won’t have any effect on our ‘democracy’.
The collapse of the news industry speaks volumes. It shows that people aren’t interested in the news and, if they are, they’re probably not willing to pay for it.
The corporate (or ‘mainstream’) media is sinking, and is doing everything it can to stay afloat: sacking staff, [...]
