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Nick Davies, Bad News: Benn Journalism Lecture 2009
Tony Gosling
DATELINE: 1/12/09
Commercial imperatives are elbowing out truth in the UK media, says Nick Davies who reviewed media lies and the state of journalism in Britain today in the fourth Benn Lecture at Bristol Arnolfini Arts Centre on 26 November.
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Nick Davies, award-winning Guardian investigative journalist and author delivers the fourth in this series of annual lectures, hosted by the National Union of Journalists and Arnolfini, which aim to open up a public conversation about the most important media issues of our time. Nick has been named Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year for his investigations into crime, drugs, poverty and other social issues. A former reporter for World in Action, he won the Martha Gellhorn award for investigative reporting for his work on failing schools. His recent book Flat Earth News lifts the lid off falsehood, distortion and propaganda in the global media.
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