Poll reveals how trust in BBC has plummeted after scandalsJulian Glover
The Guardian
28 Jul 2007
Public trust in the BBC has fallen sharply in the wake of the scandal involving fake phone-in competitions on high-profile programmes and wrongly edited footage of the Queen, a Guardian/ICM poll shows today. The poll also reveals a wider crisis of...
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Media mogul driven by arrogance and greed
The Straits Times
15 Jul 2007
NEW YORK THE son of a wealthy Canadian brewery boss, newspaper magnate Conrad Black showed his first sparks of rebellion at 14 when he was expelled from an exclusive Toronto private school for selling stolen exam papers. From that point on,...
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Russia media group shutBy Peter Finn THE WASHINGTON POST Moscow
The Wall Street Journal Europe
02 Jul 2007
ARUSSIAN NONPROFIT organization funded by the U.S. government to train journalists and improve management at local television stations has been closed by a criminal investigation that critics charge is politically motivated. Russian authorities...
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