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Making Political Journalisam Relevant

By Peter A Bell

I'VE BEEN thinking about the media. I do that a lot anyway. But a number of things have conspired to bring the topic to the forefront of my thoughts. Donald Trump’s incoherent and inappropriate railing against disfavoured media organisations. The hysteria about ‘fake news’. And the increasingly heated debate about press regulation in the UK. These, among other things, have prompted me to reflect on the subject of the media.

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