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Has the press lost its power?

Geoff Riley

21st June 2017

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BBC Newsnight looks at arguments that the mainstream newspaper media is losing political influence. Lionel Barber, the editor of the FT believes that, relatively speaking, newspaper influencing is on the decline as more people get their news and views from social media.

Has the press lost its power?
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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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