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ContentsEditorial - The State we're in 3Not finally... - Subjective views on matters journalistic 5 Wilf Mbanga - Zimbabwe: Fighting fire, with words as weapons 13 Julian Petley - Bleak outlook on the news front 19 Suzanne Franks - Getting into bed with charity 27 Harry Benson - Icon of photography 33 Press in crisis Arthur MacMillan - Scots on the rocks 35 John McEntee - Desmond's legacy: Expresses derailed 43 Robert Barnett - Ethics in China's wild west 49 Michael Wilson - Crisis? What crisis? But it's great TV 57 Magnus Linklater - What happened to playing fair? 62 BOOK REVIEWSGreg Dyke on Ray Fitzwalter 67Robin Lustig on Tony Grant 69 Mark Bolland on Mark Borkowski 71 Derek Jameson on Peter Burden 73 Cal McCrystal on Simon Briscoe & Hugh Aldersey-Williams 75 Brian Winston on David E Morrison, Matthew Kiernan, Michael Svennevig & Sarah Ventress 77 Bill Hagerty on Michael Frayn 79 Quotes of the Quarter 1 - 12 Quotes of the Quarter 2 - Inside back cover Ten years ago - The way we were 26 
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Editorial - The State we're inAt the peak of a controversy about intrusive reporting, the son of a famous political figure declared: “The baser newspapers seek to justify their intrusions into such cases by prating of the ‘public interest’. Of course, what they really mean is the public curiosity, by pandering to which they habitually make money. It will be a sad day for this country if the press ever make it impossible for people to lead their own lives with some degree of privacy.”
Not finally... - Subjective views on matters journalisticSeldom have the American news media had more responsibility or more influence than they do now in a time of dramatic demographic, economic, technological and political change. Never have they been more omnipresent in people’s lives than in this era of the internet, cable television and cell phones. But they are being sorely tested by technological and economic challenges that put their future in doubt.
Wilf Mbanga - Zimbabwe: Fighting fire, with words as weaponsAs Mugabe continues to reduce Zimbabwe to rubble, the editor of its biggest-selling paper reports on the chilling tactics of suppression.
Julian Petley - Bleak outlook on the news frontA Lords committee recommends more muscle for the broadcasting watchdog, yet Ofcom’s report reads like a souped-up store catalogue.
Arthur MacMillan - Scots on the rocksOn the brink of enormous political change and with full independence looming, Scotland sadly lacks a quality indigenous newspaper voice.
John McEntee - Desmond's legacy: Expresses derailedThe House of Lords communications committee was forensic in its recent interrogation of Fleet Street luminaries — including Lord Rothermere, proprietor of Associated Newspapers, his editor-in-chief Paul Dacre, and Rebecca Wade, editor of Rupert Murdoch’s Sun. But one figure noticeably absent from deliberations on media ownership and the plurality of news was Richard Desmond, proprietor of the Daily Express, Daily Star and Sunday Express.
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