The Media Accused: 'The Director's Cut'

....Can't get enough of our footage of the Media Accused event? Wishing there was a sequel?

Well we can't quite manage a full sequel but we can now post the final clips from the evening, including Q&A from the audience and much more excellent discussion from the panel.

Chapter Seven: "The whole business of predicting how the internet will effect us is really, really difficult."




Chapter Eight: "That's what they mean by Comment is Free - it's really cheap - whereas checking facts costs money."




Chapter Nine: "We want more journalists don't we?"



If you still have any outstanding questions or comments to make, please post them below.

The Media Accused: The debate continues...

On 16 April 2008, LEWIS PR hosted a debate entitled 'The Media Accused' - an event featuring controversial author and journalist Nick Davies whose recent book Flat Earth News has sparked heated debate across the media and PR industries with accusations of falling editorial standards being preyed upon by unscrupulous influencers.

Discussing the issues raised were Jon Bernstein, multimedia editor of Channel 4 News, Lis Lewis-Jones, president of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, Danny Rogers, editor of PR Week and Nick Davies, along with an audience of 170 invited PR and media professionals.

Below you can watch the videos of the evening, capturing all the discussion and debate. Please post your comments and responses in the comments sections.

Chapter One: "I've been trying to make a Jaffa Cake that looks like David Beckham."




Chapter Two: "The media has become fundamentally vulnerable to being manipulated by the PR industry."




Chapter Three: "Big PR agencies do very clever things. It's like creating a new reality."




Chapter Four: "It's compelling but I'm not entirely sure it's true."




Chapter Five: "You have to know what you're talking about or you're not going to have any credibility at all."




Chapter Six: "Over-regulating the media is a complete non-starter."