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WHO WON THE TV ELECTION?

6:00 for 6:30pm, Monday 10 May 2010

 

The 2010 General Election has been totally re-defined by the Prime Ministerial Debates. Politics on TV has come of age. But is it good for democracy? Is Cleggmania just turning politics into the X Factor?

Come and hear the broadcasters three most senior election editors discuss, debate and disagree about how television covered the Election.
  
Who won the TV election and why?
Date: Tuesday 11 May 2010
Time: 6:00 for 6:30pm
Chair: Nick Pollard (CEO, SSVC and Chair, Royal Television Society Journalism Awards)
Participants: Craig Oliver (General Election Editor, BBC), Jonathan Levy (General Election Editor Sky News), David Mannion (Editor in chief, ITV news) Michael Cockerell (reporter and producer: How to Win the Debate ), Dorothy Byrne (Head of News and Current Affairs, Channel Four)

Entry: Free
 
The Hogg Lecture Theatre, University Of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS. Click here for location map.
 
Please email Sam at sam_keegan@hotmail.com to book your place.
 

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