{"id":28,"date":"2012-09-10T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/believingbullshit\/2012\/09\/10\/journalism-churnalism-and-media-bias-december-15th-please-spread-the-word\/"},"modified":"2012-09-10T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T14:10:00","slug":"journalism-churnalism-and-media-bias-december-15th-please-spread-the-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/believingbullshit\/2012\/09\/10\/journalism-churnalism-and-media-bias-december-15th-please-spread-the-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalism, Churnalism and Media Bias &#8211; December 15th PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;&gt;     <\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-50wAMtc7b7M\/UE38rNYouPI\/AAAAAAAAAwA\/yUPLEE-vjvc\/s1600\/british-newspapers-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"192\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-50wAMtc7b7M\/UE38rNYouPI\/AAAAAAAAAwA\/yUPLEE-vjvc\/s320\/british-newspapers-001.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><i><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">CFI UK and Conway Hall present<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 24.0pt\">JOURNALISM, CHURNALISM AND MEDIA BIAS<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 24.0pt\">Ben Goldacre, Rich Peppiatt, Michael Marshall, Greg Philo<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">How much journalism is <a href=\"http:\/\/stuartbruce.biz\/2011\/02\/churnalism-com-exposes-an-ugly-pr-and-media-truth.html\" target=\"_blank\"><i>churnalism<\/i><\/a>&#8211; the uncritical regurgitation of press releases? To what extent can we trust what we read in the press about medical and other scientific discoveries and breakthroughs? How impartial is mainstream media coverage of key political and economic issues? And just how much of tabloid news is just, well, <i>made up<\/i>?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">Saturday, 15<sup>th<\/sup> December 2012<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">Conway Hall<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">25 Red Lion Square<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">London WC1R 4RL<\/span><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">11am-5.15pm (10.30am registration)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">\u00a310 (\u00a35 students concessions). Free entry for Friends of CFI UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14pt\">Bookshop and signings. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">Tickets on the door and from the BHA website here:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanism.org.uk\/meet-up\/events\/view\/196\">http:\/\/www.humanism.org.uk\/meet-up\/events\/view\/196<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">Introduced by <b>Stephen Law<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14pt\">Speakers include:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">Ben Goldacre<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\"> (<i>Guardian<\/i> columnist, doctor and author)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">Michael Marshall<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\"> (expert on press-release-based churnalism)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">Rich Peppiatt<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\"> (a former tabloid journalist, shortly touring a show based on his experiences)<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">Greg Philo<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\"> (Research Director of the Glasgow University Media Group. Co-author of <i>Bad News from Israel<\/i>).<\/span><span style=\"color: #00006f;font-family: Arial;font-size: 14.0pt\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\">Greg will be speaking about the role of the media in the production of public confusion and consent.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00006f;font-family: Arial;font-size: 14.0pt\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: black;font-size: 14.0pt\"><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;&gt; CFI UK and Conway Hall present JOURNALISM, CHURNALISM AND MEDIA BIAS Ben Goldacre, Rich Peppiatt, Michael Marshall, Greg Philo How much journalism is churnalism&#8211; the uncritical regurgitation of press releases? To what extent can we trust what we read in the press about medical and other scientific discoveries and breakthroughs? 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