Media Masters
Media Masters
New Thinking
PigGate, privatising Channel 4, & the end of online comments
42 minutes Posted Oct 1, 2015 at 4:00 am.
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Rachel Oldroyd, Managing Editor at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and Aidan Radnedge, Chief Reporter at Metro, join Paul Blanchard to discuss the latest media headlines. This week: Should newspapers have reprinted the PigGate allegations when they were based on only one source? Would privatising Channel 4 jeopardise the quality of its output? And will more news websites turn off comments because they are expensive and difficult to moderate?