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18 Nov 09
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corrosive influence on British journalistic standards
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showbiz style of story-telling has been replicated in sports reporting, politics and business
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nasty side of citizen’s journalism, the sale of personal information, perhaps mobile phone photos taken at private occasions and other private and personal data obtained through dubious means
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growth in brash and intrusive journalism
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blatant manipulation of the media
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create the best possible image for the celebrity
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emergence of a celebrity industry
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publicists and public relations agents, celebrity journalists and photographers who are all involved is meeting the media’s insatiable appetite for celebrity news
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highest possible editorial standards
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political reporting of today: many stories are based on anonymous quotes from Downing Street aides, Whitehall insiders, ministerial sources, friends at Westminster and so on
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allows the press to live off the cult of celebrity
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sycophantic
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celebrities can demand that the publicity has to be on their terms
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media proprietors with the biggest cheque books who get the best interviews
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sensational journalism of the United Kingdom can often set the agenda in other countries too
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Rebecca’s kiss and tell about Beckham was judged to be scoop of the year at the 2004 British Press Awards
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Front page of the year was won by the Sun for a mobile phone photo of Prince Harry dressed as a Nazi soldier at a friend’s birthday bash
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he award for scoop of the year in 2006 went to the Daily Mirror for its exclusive; "Cocaine Kate…supermodel Kate Moss snorts line after line"
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