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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matt Wells

Media Talk for Friday June 15

Alan Rusbridger may be many things, but feral isn't one of them. Indeed our editor could not sound less wild and untamed in this week's podcast, responding to Tony Blair's claims about the British media. He thinks the outgoing PM's analysis has some merit, but rejects Blair's attempts to play down his own complicity in the problem. Our panelists Stephen Brook and Paul Robinson add their own comments.

We hear also from the controller of Radio 2, Lesley Douglas, who has just been made head of all the BBC's popular music output. (The full interview will be in Media Guardian with the paper on Monday.)

And with the Facebook phenomenon spreading from teenage bedrooms into the mainstream, Andrew Mickel looks at the profile pages of leading media figures.

John Plunkett, who doesn't have a Facebook page, mourns the passing of Springwatch and The Apprentice.

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