A
presented in the right way. He gave the example more possibility of getting one’s voice across
F
of a story about two people in their 90s and of changing other people’s opinions.” T
who were being split up and made to live in
E
different care homes. He said “those are the
• The soft power of media to influence public R
opinion – for example, coverage of torture
N
kind of stories which the Daily Mail and many
issues in the television programme 24.
other papers would love to grab hold of and
O
say ‘let’s use the Human Rights Act’”.
Clare Short MP disagreed that the media
O
In defence of the Daily Mail, Yasmin Alibhai
has been pro-torture or responsible for any N
Brown observed that on occasion the paper
erosion of public opinion against torture. The

P
had been useful in promoting certain human
Bush administration had lowered standards on
L
rights-related issues. For example, “in the
legitimising torture, she said, and the British E
Stephen Lawrence case they were absolutely
Government has followed American policy.
N
indispensable in terms of getting the inquiry”.
Now, with Obama, Britain is turning around
A
on the issue. She argued that the current
R
• Access to the media for deaf people Y
Government says one thing and does another
Roy Greenslade observed that “we are and this makes what they do “much more
seeing a fragmentation and disaggregation of difficult to contest”. Bob Satchwell highlighted
media and I believe that this is a positive turn the importance of distinguishing between
of events for people who wish to have greater fictional programmes and the news media on
access […] On the internet, there is much this issue.
Kevin Maguire
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