Media Masters

Paying public officials for stories, naming sex offence suspects, & The Sun’s political clout

March 26, 2015 BigFings Media
Media Masters
Paying public officials for stories, naming sex offence suspects, & The Sun’s political clout
Show Notes
Asa Bennett, Assistant Comment Editor at The Telegraph, and Kumutha Ramanathan, journalist and presenter at World Finance, join Paul Blanchard to discuss the latest media headlines. This episode: should four Sun journalists cleared of charges related to paying a public official for stories have been taken to court in the first place? Should newspapers be banned from naming sexual offence suspect until they are charged? And, has The Sun lost its once much-lauded political clout?