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Media And Sensationalism

Added 27 June 2006

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How much do national media distort stories affecting local communities and in the process bring more division?

That was the focus of an interview panel session chaired by Mal Fletcher during the recent Churches Media Council conference in the UK. The discussion also dealt with the role of media - and especially Christians in mainstream media - in bringing reconciliation to difficult communities.

Guests panelists included Barnie Choudhury, a respected BBC TV journalist; Nick Carter, editor of the Leicester Mercury, one of the UK's leading regional daily newspapers; Eustice Constance, a leader with the Street Pastors group and Fran Beckett, Chief Executive of the Church Urban Fund, working to resource the Church of England's urban ministry.

To hear the stream of this session or download the session in mp3 format (0.5MB), click here.

Keywords: Churches Media Council | Mal Fletcher | Building Communities | Barnie Choudhury | Nick Carter | Fran Beckett | Eustice Constance | BBC | Leicester Mercury | Street Pastors

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