Originally Posted by
westerly
Have to agree with all you have written.
Hoskings, Henry, Duncan Garner, Mike Yardley and others with multiple media positions all have far too much influence on public opinion. If they want to be radio hosts or tv presenters or newspaper columnists fair enough but to combine all three is giving them far too much room to push their own opinions. All would be elected as Mps if they stood simply on the basis of being famous for being well known.
As for the newspapers, no wonder they are struggling to survive given their lack of content relying more and more on facebook, columnists, and the net for content. Where have all the real journalists gone?
westerly