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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