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What is News?

on BBC Radio 3

Is it, simply, 'the facts'? Or is news, in part at least, a reflection of the views and values of the people who display it to the public?

Bill Grundy talks to newspapermen, broadcasters, and academic students of communication
including: Asa Briggs, Harold Evans, Tim Hewat, Brian Inglis, Derek Jewell, Anthony Lewis, Brian Redhead, Vernon Richards, Colin Seymour-Ure, Desmond Taylor, Malcolm Wwarner, Harry Whewell, John Whiting

Bill Grundy, television and radio commentator, writes regularly in the Spectator about the Press.

(Second broadcast)
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Contributors

Presenter:
Bill Grundy
Interviewee:
Brian Inglis
Interviewee:
Harold Evans
Interviewee:
Tim Hewat
Interviewee:
Brian Inglis
Interviewee:
Derek Jewell
Interviewee:
Anthony Lewis
Interviewee:
Brian Redhead
Interviewee:
Vernon Richards
Interviewee:
Colin Seymour-Ure
Interviewee:
Desmond Taylor
Interviewee:
Malcolm Warner
Interviewee:
Harry Whewell
Interviewee:
John Whiting
Producer:
Daniel Snowman

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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