No more austerity: are protests ‘news’?

Last Updated: June 24, 2014By

“Those kinds of numbers go to premier league football matches every week, and we wouldn’t call that news.” But the BBC covers those Premier League football matches every time they take place!
Interesting questions here about what campaigners need to do in order to be heard by a media that has an increasingly narrow focus – mostly, as pointed out here, on Nigel Farage.

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2 Comments

  1. ellie guest June 24, 2014 at 9:59 am - Reply

    needs some heat before press will warm to it

  2. MrChekaMan June 24, 2014 at 9:03 pm - Reply

    Protests are only news when there is damage or people getting hurt.

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