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The Guardian - UK
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Matt Wells

Media Talk: Peston panned

The recession is taking its toll on all sectors of the media but is it being reported responsibly?

Simon Jenkins
, Guardian columnist and former editor of the Times, says that journalists have a duty to not make the crisis worse.

Stephen Brook picks the bones out of Rebekah Wade's first public speech about the media and we hear what the audience thought of the Sun editor's Hugh Cuddlipp lecture.

Panellists Emily Bell and James Robinson discuss the BBC's refusal to show a charity appeal for Gaza – and bad news for Absolute Radio in the latest Rajar figures.

Plus Gareth McClean rounds up the week's other media news.

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