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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. . Mail Online. Even he can’t quite explain.

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

Stephen Waddington

The local media and broadcast media has done a good job in holding political campaigns to account against the wave of disinformation online. Facebook’s digital doorstep Facebook has become one of the most influential political source thanks to targeting and local groups. Being first is more important in newsrooms than being factual.