Glenwyn Benson
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Miriam O'Reilly case: an obsession with youth - or reach?
The tribunal judgment on Miriam O'Reilly, the Countryfile presenter, is fair and welcome, not just for her but for the audience as a whole - which expects to see a wide range of faces presenting programmes. But in one respect some press comment has been unfair. Channel controllers h...
#voj10: Complicated new realities of media and politics
Did the internet change the election and how it was reported, or did television dominate as in the past? Is Andy Sparrow of the Guardian right that Twitter has become "the newswire of choice" for journalists? And is the internet changing the way political parties relate to voters, even if in thi...
The reality behind 'the new media election'
2010's has already been much touted as the 'new media election', and it was the subject of a panel discussion at City University on Tuesday - ironically the day old media announced the ground rules for its own ground-breaking election moment: the leaders' debates. Evan Davies chaired a lively...
How to save free speech (and the world)
In the light of the Google/China stand-off, it was timely to hear a visionary and radical lecture at LSE on Monday night about how we might end censorship in the world and create, through the media, an open global forum to discuss public policy. The lecturer was Lee Bollinger, president of Col...
How to combat election fatigue
The coming General Election should be one of the liveliest for some time: the polls suggest a close fight, the recession and public services are hot topics and the expenses scandal has candidates on their toes. But YouGov reports around 30% of young people between 18 and 24 as "non-voters"; that...
