Laurence wrote:
>Am I being too harsh?
>
No I don't think so, and we need more of this kind of analysis, which is
why its useful to have the full text instead of edited highlights. I tend
to be mistrustful of journalists per se and from my own brief experiences
of being filmed for TV, I know how journalists edit and twist to put a
particular slant on an issue, usually one that is pre-formed and shaped by
élitist discourse. If you don't give the 'right' answers, they simply cut
them out. The BBC to its credit is now using disabled journalists (although
they tend to be attached to disability affairs), and (to a discourse
analyst at least) the discourses that are employed are noticably different
from those used by non-disabled journalists who 'happen' to have to talk
about disabled people in the course of some other item.
Best wishes
Mairian
Mairian Corker
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Department of Education Studies
University of Central Lancashire
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