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Facebook's approach to news is getting ever more elitist - and controlling Members Public

Facebook is about to start pumping millions into news publishers to create Facebook Watch as a viable video channel. That's really uncomfortable timing…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Facebook

What a bunch of anchors… Members Public

I know it’s been a difficult and stressful year for the news business, but was this* Anchorman* riff from the Channel 4, ITV and Sky News teams really necessary? Well, OK, probably.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
satire

Newsroom rivalry. There's nothing like it Members Public

I almost feel sorry for the guy…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
humour

Quinn versus Gilligan: Specialist Hack against Mainstream? Members Public

David Quinn, a journalist and former colleague based in Manchester, posted on his blog that last night’s Dispatches by Andrew Gilligan was actually trading off a three year old story [https://web.archive.org/web/20070811180450/http://www.wordsdept.co.uk/2007/07/30/gilligan-dispatches-three-year-old-story-for-channel-4/] . And David should know,

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
andrew gilligan

This Is What We Call The News Members Public

Y’know, every time I go to the US, I’m shocked by the TV news. Ours isn’t great, but really… [What We Call the News](http://www.jibjab.com/jokebox/jokebox/jibjab/id/583911/jokeid/130841) | [Send To Friends](http://www.jibjab.com/jokebox/jokebox_sendtofriend.aspx?id=

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Journalism

ITN journalist Terry Lloyd killed in Iraq Members Public

I have no idea how widely this is being reported in the US, so I thought I’d post it here: ITN news journalist Terry Lloyd is dead [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2878777.stm], quite possible killed by “friendly fire [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
iraq

The journalists who stayed in Baghdad, and those who left Members Public

Here’s an interesting titbit from today’s Snowmail [http://www.channel4.com/news/snowmail/], a useful little daily e-mail that Channel 4 news sends out every afternoon. This is from Lindsey Hilsum, their reporter in Baghdad. > I don’t know the exact numbers, but I think about half

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
iraq