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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matt Wells

Media Talk for Friday June 16

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I'm back with another edition of Media Talk and this week the main topic of discussion is the story that half of Britain's top journalists went to public school. Lee Elliot Major, who led the research, joins us to discuss it, and panelists Emily Bell and Paul Robinson reveal their own backgrounds.

We also talk about whether John Simpson was right to say the media in Britain had become a moral vacuum, and I catch a word with the winning team from Salford Quays who have become the exclusive bidders for the BBC's new headquarters in the north-west of England.

Finally, John Plunkett is on hand to take you through some of the important media stories you might have missed this week.

As ever, if you want to send us a podpost, call us on Skype at GU_studio, or send an audio file to media@theguardian.com - or else post a comment below.

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