Propaganda and second hand news
Two great opinion pieces in the Guardian today written by Peter Wilby on the subject of Alastair Campbell’s Cudlipp memorial lecture last week –
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/04/media.pressandpublishing
– which neatly seg-ways into Nick Davies op ed rant to help push his book Flat Earth News. The opinion feature “Our media have become mass producers of distortion.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2251982,00.html
It suggests that the print establishment has become a conduit for propaganda and second hand news”.