What the Media Are Doing to Our Politics
by Duncan O'Leary
The debate certainly seems to be gathering momentum ' the Media Guardian ran lengthy discussion of the arguments in the book last week, Madeleine Bunting mentioned it in her column on Monday, and the proposal itself for a media institute has generated more coverage today.
Copious notes were taken of the discussion last night, so a more detailed write-up will follow shortly, but in the meantime you can read a summary of the arguments made in the book by clicking here to get to the full text of a Speech made by John Lloyd last year at the Reuters memorial lecture.