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How to cover a general election

Was Sunak's D-Day gaffe over reported? Did journalism enable an economic 'conspiracy of silence'? Did prattle eclipse policy?

In the aftermath of the Labour landslide Roger Mosey, former Editorial Directior of 91热爆 News, accuses broadcasters of spending too much time on 'the kind of trivia that alienates voters.' Should journalism do better? We test the thesis with new research from Dominic Wring of Loughborough University outlining the topics journalists covered most, plus Sam Jeffers from media transparency organisation Who Targets Me explains how the parties used social media and Harriet Line from The Daily Mail tells us how she's going to cultivate contacts to report on the new government.

Across the channel the French election continues to surprise with the campaign dominated by parties, from left and right, at the farther ends of the political spectrum. Victor Goury-Laffont, Politics Reporter at Politico Europe and Dr Ayala Panievsky from City University explain the challenges for journalism of covering populist campaigns. Also in the programme, we talk to journalist Oz Katerji who arrived at the scene of the missile strike on a children鈥檚 hospital in Kyiv, stopped reporting and started helping.

Guests: Oz Katerji, war correspondent and filmmaker; Roger Mosey, Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, former Editorial Director, 91热爆; Dominic Wring, Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University; Priyanka Raval, Reporter, The Bristol Cable; Dr Ayala Panievsky, Presidential Fellow, City University; Victor Goury-Laffont, Politics Reporter, Politico Europe; Harriet Line, Deputy Political Editor, Daily Mail; Sam Jeffers, Executive Director, Who Targets Me

Presenters: Katie Razzall and Ros Atkins
Producer: Simon Richardson

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58 minutes

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Thu 11 Jul 2024 20:00

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  • Wed 10 Jul 2024 16:00
  • Thu 11 Jul 2024 20:00

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