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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Matt Wells

Media Talk: The Paul Dacre dilemma

Moral outrage, lilly-livered liberalism, and a privacy law through the back door - on this week's podcast, we discuss the case for and against Daily Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre after his explosive speech at the Society of Editors conference. It's a good job media lawyer Dan Tench is around to raise the (moral) tone.

Also in the show - from about 19 minutes in actually, if none of the above interests you - Emily Bell suggests that parliament is fast becoming an extension of TV Burp after questions regarding swearing on the telly were raised in the Commons.

Meanwhile, the Observer's media editor James Robinson analyses the hopes for Five after Richard Woolfe jumped ship from Sky One to become the channel's new controller.

Finally, Gareth McLean casts his eye over the new jungle misfits who'll be occupying our TV screens for the next three weeks on I'm A Celebrity.

If you have anything to say about these topics, post your thoughts - salacious or otherwise - on the blog below

And welcome back to Producer Ben after three months away. How did we ever manage without you? (Very well, actually)

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