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Meet BBC’s ‘Mr Safe’: New political editor Chris Mason’s pals joke he’s been like a 50-year-old since he was a student, he once considered being a bus driver and still subscribes to his local Yorkshire paper

Mark My Words

After months of speculation about who would replace Laura Kuenssberg, Chris Mason’s promotion from a host on Radio 4 to BBC political editor seems to have taken many people by surprise – and the public outpouring of praise appears to have touched the born-and-raised Northerner. . But where did Mason’s hunger for news come from?

Radio 60
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A call for a public inquiry into the impact of media and tech on democracy

Stephen Waddington

The truth is a tough sell to the public if it’s contrary to personal aspiration. The Nolan Principles are an unfashionable set of guidelines for standards in public life. Media literacy – awareness among the public of media manipulation is low. Their objective is to disrupt and pollute public discourse.