Good piece by John Kampfner in The Guardian about the state of political journalism. "Ours has become a poor profession," he writes, "not because we challenge authority too much... but because we challenge it too little... The truth is we need not, and should not, have absorbed the misinformation and black propaganda."
Stephen Glover in The Independent laments the ordure poured over Conrad Black, who was "a good proprietor... Plenty of decent people worked for him and liked him." He also praises Tom Bower.
Tim Luckhurst in the Independent on Sunday looks at the latest ABC figures and argues that innovation - in the shape of the single section Independent on Sunday - is essential. Peter Preston in The Observer wonders what all the fuss was about over the BBC's trailer on the Queen and Annie Leibovitz.
