The Decay of Truth?
It was Oscar Wilde who once wrote that ‘life imitates art far more than art imitates life’. He claimed that ‘Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.’
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Journalism
Commentary, debate and opinion about national and international journalism issues.
Trebles all round! The Success of Private Eye
It’s a fair bet that champagne corks were popping all week at Gnome House, the abode of Emmanuel Strobes, the (fictional) proprietor of the satirical magazine Private Eye.
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How should Britain’s broadcasters tackle Fake News?
2016 was the year that news seemed to collapse into Hunter S Thompson’s dystopian vision of television as a “cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs”.
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Trump and the art of Tweeting
Another day, another tweet, another incident. This time Donald Trump, the prolific and seemingly indiscriminate tweeter who just happens to be leader of the free world has damaged diplomatic relations with Australia.
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Stop Press: The Future of Newspapers
In a turbulent era of fake news, Donald Trump, and Brexit, the need for accurate reporting and informed comment and analysis is all too clear.
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The Future of Journalism – final call for papers
The Future of Journalism conference invites contributions from those interested in the study, practice, regulation or reform of journalism.
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Religion and Belief in the News – training and resourcing journalists
Former School tutor, Angela Graham describes how a staff-room conversation inspired the first ever session on Religious Literacy in a Welsh school of journalism.
Read moreMagazines and Media History
This post is by Tim Holmes Marcus Morris founded The Eagle comic, still remembered for Dan Dare and cutaway illustrations
Read moreLego vs Daily Mail strikes at paper’s weak spot: its advertising revenue
Perhaps providing a welcome diversion to all the apocalyptic press reaction following the election of Donald Trump is the news
Read moreNews UK, journalism and Politics…plus ça change
The reciprocal closeness in the relationship between journalism and power is a prominent feature of British political history. In times
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