The Digital Press

TALKS

Look at what Oscar Wilde said about the press in his day:

'It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving stone, and can be made as offensive as a brickbat. They at once sought for the journalist, found him, developed him, and made him their industrious well paid servant. In the old days men had the rack. Now they have the press.'

The rack is a form of torture. Evidently Mr Wilde was not impressed by the journalists in his day.
The popular press, the tabloids in Britain and the opinion columns in Spain sometimes give us the news from their point of view.... when we just want to read the news.

What is the job of the journalist?
Is their job to sell newspapers?
Are reporters reporting everything?
Is reporting unbiassed?
Are you happy with the press?

Have things improved with the digital press?

Join the discussion Wednesday 31st May Universidad Popular 18:30h