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The economics of outrage

Does journalism still report the facts or has it been hijacked by opinion?

A global pandemic, the US election, Brexit negotiations, climate change - the news has never been busier, but how good a job are journalists doing at making sense of everything? Or have some journalists had their brains hijacked by social media opinion?

Presenter: Amol Rajan

Guests: Helen Lewis, staff writer at The Atlantic and former deputy editor of the New Statesman and Piers Morgan, journalist and author of Wake Up.

Producer: Richard Hooper

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27 minutes

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  • Wed 14 Oct 2020 16:30
  • Wed 14 Oct 2020 21:30

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