Einar Thorsen

Professor of Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University

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#wmf: Jon Snow slams leaders’ debates in ‘golden age’ for journalists

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    Jon Snow speaking at the Westminster Media Forum event, 'The Future of News Media':

    "Three debates and the lifeblood was drained from the rest of the campaign. You used to have spontaneous press conferences (…) but [in 2010] in terms of actually putting out their stalls in which policies are aired in a structured way over three weeks, there was none of it. There were three men everywhere you went.

    […]

    The tabloids had a dreadful election because there was nothing to report. All there was to report was the TV debates, they had to hook into TV (…) When the viewer had thought that somebody had won they were then told by the media, the tabloids, they were wrong."

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After the volcano, how many other threats lurk? – Snowblog

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    After the volcano, how many other threats lurk? – Snowblog

    Jon Snow on journalism and 'the ash cloud':

    "As a journalist, as a parent, as a human, I felt hopelessly unprepared for this.

    […]

    And now we wonder whether the right decisions are being made. Does the ash damage, as the most recent Met Office flights suggests? Or is it exaggerated, as KLM, Lufthansa, and BA test flights suggest?

    In short, does anyone know anything of which they speak? Or should we trust “them” when they say the safest option is to ban flights from Stockholm to Athens? And if we do trust “them”, should we trust them when they eventually tell us that flight does not prejudice our collective futures?

    Amid this collective ignorance, we journalists must impart facts to a fact hungry populace. I can remember no “natural event” to rival it. Far more is understood of earthquakes, tsunamis and the rest. Think of the money we spent on the “terror threat”. How much have we spent on the “volcanic ash” threat?"

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A very good day for burying bad news – Snowblog

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