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 WARNER
HARRY WHEWELL , JOHN WHITING and BBC correspondents in various parts of the world
Bill Grundy. television and radio commentator, writes regularly in the Spectator about the Press.
Produced by Daniel Snowman