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Miners strike - Arthur Scargill criticises media coverage

Title
Miners strike - Arthur Scargill criticises media coverage
Genre
News report; Interview; Speech
TX Date
28 Aug 1984
Year of production
1984
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Duration
00:04:20
Description
Report from the Edinburgh International Television Festival from which NUM leader Arthur Scargill claims there has been media bias in the coverage of the current miners’ strike. With comment from former Guardian Editor Alastair Etherington, now Professor of Media Studies at Stirling University; and ITN Editor David Nicholas. Male reporter not identified.
Contributors
Arthur Scargill; David Nicholas; Alastair Etherington
Keywords
Strikes; Labour disputes; Newspapers; Press; Scotland; Television; Broadcasting; NUM; Coal miners; Mass media; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Edinburgh; Programme content; Ian MacGregor; Strikes (events); Communication ethics; Edinburgh International Television Festival

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