EdinburghTVFest - MacTaggart Lecture Highlight - Jeremy Paxman on the Audience

Jeremy Paxman is a modern broadcasting legend (although he would snort at the description). Presenter of BBC TWO's Newsnight since 1989, he is best-known for his sometimes fearsome interrogation of politicians. In this year's MacTaggart Lecture he will tackle the subject of Power, Politics and the Media. He will examine the role and responsibility of television in combatting public cynicism about politics and will explore the way forward for an industry undergoing a crisis of trust.

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[cebperry]

There are plenty of card-carrying journalists who just sit in offices reproducing press releases in much the same way bloggers do.

[simonpjhall]

@cebperry He said it's not incumbent on bloggers to adhere to these rules, which is true.

[ginganz13]

Thanks for posting - Charlie Brooker, I think, gives a much more pointed and accurate take on this problem.

[Jonesyboy213]

@cebperry I do agree with you, but as a percentage of bloggers vs. percentage of journalists that dont fact check the blog percentage would be much much higher, as ofc there are more blogger, and the majority are just recounting what they watched or read in the news, then adding there opinion.

[cebperry]

Some enormous generalisations about blogging. Plenty of bloggers check their facts far more rigourously than professional journalists. To say that no one listens in the blogosphere is frankly ridiculous seeing as they basically invented the concept of uncensored real time commenting.