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Shortly after [[Newswatch]] was founded, Thompson was quoted by the ''Guardian'''s Roy Greenslade as saying: 'Today's media has enjoyed an easy ride, and thinks it can get away with murder. But, from now on, it will have to think twice.' <ref>Roy Greenslade, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2007/oct/10/mediabiasisintheeyeofth Media bias is in the eye of the beholder]', Guardian Media Blog, 10 October 2007</ref>
 
Shortly after [[Newswatch]] was founded, Thompson was quoted by the ''Guardian'''s Roy Greenslade as saying: 'Today's media has enjoyed an easy ride, and thinks it can get away with murder. But, from now on, it will have to think twice.' <ref>Roy Greenslade, '[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2007/oct/10/mediabiasisintheeyeofth Media bias is in the eye of the beholder]', Guardian Media Blog, 10 October 2007</ref>
  
[[Newswatch]] and its predecessor [[Minotaur Media Tracking]] produced a number of reports for the Eurosceptic think-tank [[Global Britain]] and the [[Centre for Policy Studies]]. The great majority of these reports alleged a bias in favour of EU integration in the UK media (particularly the [[BBC]]) and several alleged a broader bias against right-wing politics and the [[Conservative Party]]. [[Minotaur Media Tracking]] also worked on the ''Daily Telegraph''’s [[Beebwatch]] column, which was written by the British journalist [[Damian Thompson]]; <ref>Damian Thompson, ‘Beebwatch is closing down - but we are still watching you’, ''Daily Telegraph'', 7 November 2003</ref> who is probably a relative of Barclay Thompson's.  
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[[Newswatch|Newswatch's]] predecessor [[Minotaur Media Tracking]] produced a number of reports for the Eurosceptic think-tank [[Global Britain]] and the [[Centre for Policy Studies]]. The great majority of these reports alleged a bias in favour of EU integration in the UK media (particularly the [[BBC]]) and several alleged a broader bias against right-wing politics and the [[Conservative Party]].
  
 
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Revision as of 15:20, 14 February 2011

Gerald Barclay Thompson (born 15 February 1951) is a British businessman who founded the holographic products manufacturers AH Prismatic in the 1980s. [1] He was the Managing Director and co-owner of the right-wing media monitoring company Newswatch [2] until its was dissolved on 29 December 2008. [3]

Shortly after Newswatch was founded, Thompson was quoted by the Guardian's Roy Greenslade as saying: 'Today's media has enjoyed an easy ride, and thinks it can get away with murder. But, from now on, it will have to think twice.' [4]

Newswatch's predecessor Minotaur Media Tracking produced a number of reports for the Eurosceptic think-tank Global Britain and the Centre for Policy Studies. The great majority of these reports alleged a bias in favour of EU integration in the UK media (particularly the BBC) and several alleged a broader bias against right-wing politics and the Conservative Party.

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  1. LinkIn, Barclay Thompson [Accessed 14 January 2009]
  2. Screengrab of Andrew Jubb's CV. Taken from <http://www.news-watch.co.uk/jubb.php> on 27 November 2009; Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Annual Returns, made up to 6 September 2008
  3. Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Company Filing History [Accessed 14 January 2009]
  4. Roy Greenslade, 'Media bias is in the eye of the beholder', Guardian Media Blog, 10 October 2007