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Apr 2017
9m 55s

Bad News is Good Business

Bbc Radio 4
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AL Kennedy says we should reject the media outlets that peddle only bad news whether real or fake in ever shriller voices, depicting a world of unremitting awfulness.

"Fake facts - let's just call them lies - and deceptively selective coverage have to be peddled with greater than average outrage and shock just to keep their frailty from being examined too closely."

Producer: Sheila Cook.

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