Volume 11, Number 3, 2000 |
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ContentsEditorial - The power of irresponsibility 3Michael Cockerell - Lifting the lid off spin 6 Michael White - What price the “Follett test”? 16 John Maddox - Pusztai’s potatoes and the press 22 Mark Seddon - The political struggle around Orwell’s stapler 27 William Clarke - The zero hour centenarian 33 Cal McCrystal - Evelyn Irons – woman of distinction 40 Ray Boston - The poet's alternative occupation 58 Lynda Dyson - Branding of the media 61 BOOK REVIEWSColin Jacobson on War photographers 68Geoffrey Bindman on Libel law 71 Anthony Delano on Media ethics 74 Jamie Shea on Modern war and the media 77 |
Editorial - The power of irresponsibilityShould journalists be responsible citizens: can they be responsible and perform the democratic function of a free press at the same time? Or is the true and natural role of the good journalist to be irresponsible?... [Read full article]
Michael Cockerell - Lifting the lid off spinThere is no better way of catching the attention of journalists than making a TV documentary featuring them. The Internet reveals that more than twice as many pieces were written about News from Number Ten – before the programme was even transmitted – than about all the other political documentaries put together that I had made over the past five years (which had covered such figures as Alan Clark, Ken Clarke, William Hague, Ted Heath, Roy Jenkins, Barbara Castle, Robin Cook and Tony Blair)... [Read full article]
Mark Seddon - The political struggle around Orwell's staplerThe Tribune offices on the fourth floor of a dusty trade union building at the less salubrious end of Grays Inn Road are resolutely un-modernised. When some years ago builders moved in to renovate the building, for some reason our floor remained untouched by the sledgehammers and drills that were busy turning the rest of the building into yet another soulless gold fish bowl... [Read full article]
Geoffrey Bindman on Libel lawLibel cases make good entertainment where they expose the failings of the rich and famous and David Hooper has written a very entertaining book. Of course, the forensic exploits of Maxwell, Al-Fayed, Hamilton, Archer and Aitken have been written about ad nauseam but remain enjoyable when retold crisply and authoritatively by an expert... [Read full article]
Jamie Shea on Modern war and the mediaMany books on international politics these days result from conferences. As a result, they are often brought out in a hurry and with the uneven attention to quality and comprehensiveness that often characterises conference papers. The Media and International Security is a fortunate exception to this trend. The Sandhurst team, and in particular the editor of this book, Dr Stephen Badsey, not only organised a very interesting conference on the topic of relations between the media and armed conflict back in 1995, but have also worked hard to make the book even better... [Read full article]
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