WRITING OFF SCOTLAND - Press Bias in the Independence Referendum

WRITING OFF SCOTLAND explores the research of Dr David Patrick into press bias during the independence campaign. Carried out over Scotland's most politically important year in centuries, the study's findings are a shocking indictment of the role of the UK press in the independence debate. We all know newspapers take political positions but, uniquely for a western democracy, the entire press industry united against independence in an intense systematic propaganda campaign to save the union. In the film, Dr Patrick discusses the framing of the referendum and how front pages, editorial and commentary are used to get key messages across, the lack of media coverage for the research, strange BBC experience and how the Independence debate has damaged public trust in our press.

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http://fivemillionquestions.org/blog/2014/09/12/bought-and-sold,-or-hype-in-bold-newspaper-framing-of-the-scottish-independence-debate/

Filmed on 02/10/14 HD1920x1080p Running Time 22.35