World Press Freedom Day 2010
Venue: Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ Closest Tube Station: Paddington
This year's debate motion is "Unregulated political comment online helps the democratic process."
Speakers List
- To be confirmed
How will online journalism affect this year’s UK General Election? For good or bad, it is certain the internet will carry more breaking news, more character attacks and more contentious comment than ever before. The bloggers will be busy and their stories, true or not so true, will spread like wildfire.
We have also had the arrival, since the last election, of online TV and radio channels, some of them run by newspapers, especially News International’s, which run to heavy political agendas without any regulation or legal requirements on fairness. Will all this be good for democracy and the fair conduct of the election, or not? Where will it leave the strictly regulated public broadcasting sector?
