SPOILER ALERT!
There is something kind of odd about watching a movie on the subject of journalism in a cinema full of journalists. Last night’s Melbourne media preview of State of Play was hilarious, not because the film is particularly amazing but because the reactions of the audience to the material were just so perfect.
When Russsell [...]
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State of Play: a movie for journalists about journalists
May 12, 2009 – 11:42 am
Self-censorship in media
October 9, 2008 – 2:02 pm
An interesting discussion on Keeping the Media Safe for Big Business can be found at MediaLens.
“In 1996, Noam Chomsky attempted to explain to an equally bemused Andrew Marr (then of the Independent):
Marr: “This is what I don’t get, because it suggests – I mean, I’m a journalist – people like me are ’self-censoring’…”
Chomsky: “No – not [...]
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