Thursday, 29 January 2009

BBC should buy the national ‘Independant’ newspaper!

In a world of gloom and mass recession where banks, retail shops and TV channels are going down the drain. We can only expect worse things to happen! Newspapers are increasingly having to write articles which are less about independant journalism but rater PR stories spun to sound independant, they are just are articles filled with advertorials (PR releases copied and pasted). So what can we do to keep impartiality of our national newspapers? I propose a buyout of the Independant by the BBC (before it collapses). A newspaper for the people produced through the licence fee where investagatory journalism can recieve a fresh lease of life. If the Independant starts doing ‘free thinking’ journalism I think the other nationals will follow.
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Katie said...

In theory that sounds like a good idea, but it is naive to believe that the BBC is still as impartial as it once was. So it doesnt have adverts and its careful not to openly support any political party, that does not mean that it is completely impartial. In fact it would be almost impossible for a person to work at the BBC and not inject their own values and beliefs into their work.

As well as this a newspaper without PR stories would be very boring! The public generally wants to know about the relaese of the new iphone or a celebrity endorsing a charity, the point is that PR stories help sell a newspaper.

24 June 2009 at 13:18

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