Tag: debate

  • Oops…

    Thought I ought to be first to acknowledge the howler in the previous post. Turns out the debates were irrelevant. Made no difference. Caused not a ripple in the electoral…

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  • Shiny floor democracy

    I expected little of the debates. I thought they’d slot into the campaign like all the other more-or-less artificial election media gewgaws and gimmicks: like party leaders going on kids…

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  • Coming to tonight’s Common Platform debate?

    First of all, it’s sold out, so if you’ve not got a confirmed seat I’m afraid you’ll just have to fight your way past three rows of braided Commissionaires (mostly…

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  • What’s the difference between the common platform and the web?

    James Cherkoff wonders (in a comment) if my common platform isn’t really just… well… the web. It’s a good question because the web, of course, is the mother-and-father of all…

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  • Another confirmed speaker for the Common Platform debate

    Jon Gisby, who is Director of New Media at Channel 4, is now confirmed as a panelist in our debate next week about the BBC’s public service obligations—and beyond! (echoey…

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  • A common platform?

    What does the future of public service media look like? What comes after the current crop of public service entities, which are all essentially channels? Could it be a kind…

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