Resisting Political Pressures
Despite their deep mutual distrust, journalists and politicians in the United Kingdom have come to co-exist in the knowledge that they need each other. Yet the perceived influence of the media–especially television–on public opinion, particularly at election times, and the increasingly ‘presidential’ nature of party politics, has led to unprecedented, unrelenting and sometimes crude pressure by politicians or their supporters on journalists carrying out their duties. Your role as a reporter is not to be deflected from seeking and broadcasting the truth as you see it. In the hot-house atmosphere of modern news-gathering this can be extremely difficult.
Defending against ‘the spin’
Politicians and other public figures ...
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