A weekly series looking at issues which arise in Journalism, broadcasting and publishing.
Undermining Democracy. Electoral choice rests on a foundation of accessible and trustworthy information about the alternatives available to us. How successfully do the press and television serve as agents of democracy?
In a recent pamphlet, Cause for Concern, the TUC accused the mass media of a sustained attack on trade unions and their members, an attack which ignored principles of honesty and impartiality.
Derek Robinson chairs a discussion between GEORGE CAREY , Editor of BBC2's new news and current affairs programme, News-night, MOSS EVANS , General Secretary of the TGWU. DR MICHAEL TRACEY , author of The Production of Political Television, and ALAN WATKINS , political columnist for The Observer, about the ways in which news presents the world to the electorate.
followed by an interlude