Former senior BBC journalist, James Cox, is quoted in today’s Guardian Diary:
“Local papers might like to portray themselves as ‘the last bastion of democratic accountability’, but my reaction is ‘phooey!’ Most of them are lazy, incurious and uncritical. Their version of reporting is a bald recital of facts, and any criticism, even of the local dramatic society, is frowned upon for fear of upsetting the cosy local consensus. Most modern local papers are mere money-making machines run by remote accountants and staffed by poorly paid and underperforming hacks.”
Does he live in Bristol, by any chance?
Tags: Bristol Evening Post, James Cox, Journalism
