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Nepotism in the British Press
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 11:04 pm
by Bones McCoy
Big map showing family links within the British press.
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_a ... 0x3600.png
Re: Nepotism in the British Press
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 7:26 am
by Youngian
A lot of padding on that map. Did a BBC economics correspondent obtain her position because her father sang the Hippo Song? Doubt if Dan Hodges’ mum was much help for his career trajectory.
Re: Nepotism in the British Press
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:29 pm
by soulboy
Didn't spot the Littlejohns from a cursory glance.
Georgina is now a digital sub-editor at The Torygraph. We critiqued her showbiz reporting on the old site. Lots of flaunting and barely there if memory serves. I can't recall any sign of the attention to detail that a good sub needs
Re: Nepotism in the British Press
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:48 pm
by Samanfur
Her definition of journalism was reposting what someone'd said on Twitter.
Re: Nepotism in the British Press
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2023 3:16 pm
by Andy McDandy
soulboy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:29 pm
Didn't spot the Littlejohns from a cursory glance.
Georgina is now a digital sub-editor at The Torygraph. We critiqued her showbiz reporting on the old site. Lots of flaunting and barely there if memory serves. I can't recall any sign of the attention to detail that a good sub needs
The job of a sub editor is to trim articles to fit the available space, and to change the facts to fit the funny headline already cooked up.
As the former is not an issue online, that means she's basically a spell checker.