Monday, April 28, 2008

What the media sections are saying


The Independent reports on the new look Daily sport where

the notorious title is taking on 'The Sun', says Tim Walker of his vision for turning the paper's fortunes around
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Its editor ,Barry McIlheney ,saying

"Most papers decide they have to cover everything that happens," says McIlheney. "But it simplifies life to say, 'We don't: we just want loads of pretty girls, tons of sport, and to make people laugh


Gareth McLean asks in the Guardian whether drama is safe at the BBC

A run of award-winning shows and high ratings have trumped rival broadcasters - but writers are increasingly concerned about the performance of the corporation's top executives


Gordon Brown gets quite a bit of coverage.In the same paper Peter Wilby asks How did Gordon become the Wizard of Oz? concluding

The press hasn't yet found the language in which to attack Brown. Once it has one, he is finished. Until then, he has a hope, though perhaps a faint one, of recovery
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Whilst Stephen Glover in the Indy notes

Much ink has been spilt in the Press this past week about Gordon Brown's tribulations, but I have seen no reference to an extraordinary fact I mentioned in my last column. This is that nine days ago the Prime Minister attended the wedding in Glasgow of Murdoch MacLennan, chief executive of the Telegraph Media Group.


Finally with his book Can uou trust the media out this week,Adrian Monck asks in the Guardian

Why do media organisations want to wallow in trust like hippos in mud? They want to roll in it until they're covered from head to toe. When it dries up, thanks to dodgy editing on a royal documentary promo or phoney phone competitions, such as on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, right, the mud cracks and it's a "crisis".

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