I’d use some form of participative democracy – probably involving citizens’ juries – to explore the various dimensions of quality.
I don’t think all news programmes have to adhere to a common standard. In fact I think a common standard would be a wasted opportunity. Although I think for the BBC some elements of quality are absolutely required by all news streams. They should all be accurate. They should all be impartial – or where information asymmetry makes impartiality difficult they should wear this issue openly. They should all have good standards of technical production.
People will have different interests and different desires for depth and style of coverage.
I think the main news bulletins on BBC 1 are in a unique position in relation to the BBC and the rest of the news media in the UK, perhaps the world.
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Date: 2013-02-25 09:48 am (UTC)I don’t think all news programmes have to adhere to a common standard. In fact I think a common standard would be a wasted opportunity. Although I think for the BBC some elements of quality are absolutely required by all news streams. They should all be accurate. They should all be impartial – or where information asymmetry makes impartiality difficult they should wear this issue openly. They should all have good standards of technical production.
People will have different interests and different desires for depth and style of coverage.
I think the main news bulletins on BBC 1 are in a unique position in relation to the BBC and the rest of the news media in the UK, perhaps the world.