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What is News?

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Michael Charlton examines news and news values.
Alan Protheroe , BBC News Editor, David Nicholas , Editor-in-Chief ITN, Bill Deedes , Editor Daily Telegraph, Mike Molloy. Editor Daily Mirror, discuss the priorities they adopt in their selection of news. They explore the extent to which this selection is affected by commercial considerations and other pressures, and reply to criticisms that important issues tend to be trivialised, and as a result a distorted picture of the world is conveyed.
Producer JENNY DE YONG BBC Birmingham
(Repeated: Tues 8.0 pm) long wave only

Contributors

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Michael Charlton
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Alan Protheroe
Editor:
David Nicholas
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Bill Deedes
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Mike Molloy.
Source: Radio Times

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