COMMENT: 'Twitter holds up a black mirror to ‘unbiased’ TV reporters' - DouglasKMurray
It is possible some people saw it and gave a snort of appreciation.
If broadcasters still cared about the editorial independence of their employees, comments like this would not be made by their journalists. For years, Gavin Esler was the apparently impartial presenter of many leading BBC political shows, including Newsnight, holding people to account whatever his own views.Instead, we would have to guess from throwaway remarks or how one interview compared with another.
When Goodall sent his Black Mirror tweet, the journalist Tim Montgomerie tweeted: “Throughout Sky News we have pundits posing as reporters. Neither Sky execs nor Ofcom seem to give a damn.” The incident stands out partly because it is so unusual for a broadcaster not to go in one predictable direction, but also because it was clear that a price must only be paid when the opinions are the “wrong” ones.The breaking of the “fourth wall” — which meant impartial broadcasters refrained from veering into personal political expression — has had a damaging effect on broadcast journalism.
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