Sunday 14 January 2007

Saddam Hussein

I managed to miss the media frenzy surrounding the hanging of Saddam Hussein (the joys of being in Thailand with infrequent internet and newspaper access) but returned to work to find out that the office was inundated with journalist calls (which I would have normally handled) about the coverage on UK television.

This well-written, informative article by Ray Snoddy highlights the difficulties that broadcasters face when using citizen journalism http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2132898.ece and calls into question whether there should be different rules for different types of media. I look forward to seeing how this argument develops, particularly in light of the AVMS Directive in Europe regarding the regulation of TV on the internet. http://www.out-law.com/page-7608

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