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What the press commentators are saying...

Stephen Glover in The Independent hails the moves by The Economist, The Guardian and The Observer to place their archives online. "This is an amazing revolution", he writes. "What a resource will be open to us!" However, like me, he is not too pleased about the access fees.

Peter Wilby in The Guardian picks up on the newspaper-generated "racism row" between novelist Martin Amis and academic Terry Eagleton and calls on editors to considers the issues rather than devote coverage to the debaters. Some hopes! (Also, see Andrew Grant-Adamson on the James Watson outburst).

Peter Preston in The Observer questions the BBC's strategy, arguing that "there's scant sign of the vision thing" as it tries to do too much.

Also, if you haven't seen it yet, take a look at Brian Cathcart's article in the New Statesman. He makes out a great case for journalism that, even if wrong, can have right on its side.

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