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Preserving Curious Institutions
Author(s) -
SEATON JEAN
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-923x.2007.00885.x
Subject(s) - impartiality , journalism , democracy , political science , public service , public relations , service (business) , public administration , law , sociology , business , politics , marketing
Reviewing the BBC ‘Impartiality’ review and the OFCOM report on the future of news the piece argues that impartiality remains a vital tool of maintaining standards of public service news, which in the end have to be objective. Sustaining journalism that reveals new knowledge is the problem and vital to the maintainance of democratic discussion.