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Melissa Jones: very quick link re links to Leave EU

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very quick link re links to Leave EU

David: /* Funding */

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Funding

David at 10:21, 14 March 2014

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David: /* Resources */

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Resources

Tom Mills at 17:29, 21 February 2011

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Tom Mills at 11:10, 18 February 2011

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Tom Mills at 15:24, 14 February 2011

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Tom Mills at 15:22, 14 February 2011

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 ==Funding==
-In 2013 Newswatch is still functioning.  In 2013, according to filings at the [[Charity Commission]] it was given £40,000 by the conservative foundation the [[Institute for Policy Research]].<ref>Institute for Policy Research Annual Return 2013. Data from the Charity Commission.</ref>
+[[File:News-watch-donate-to-Leave-EU.jpg|thumb]] In 2013 Newswatch was still functioning: according to filings at the [[Charity Commission]] it was given £40,000 by the conservative foundation the [[Institute for Policy Research]].<ref>Institute for Policy Research Annual Return 2013. Data from the Charity Commission.</ref>
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 ==Funding==
-In 2013 Newswatch is still functioning.  In 2013, according to filings at the Charity Commission it was given £40,000 by the conservative foundation the [[Institute for Policy Research]].<ref>Institute for Policy Research Annual Return 2013. Data from the Charity Commission.</ref>
+In 2013 Newswatch is still functioning.  In 2013, according to filings at the [[Charity Commission]] it was given £40,000 by the conservative foundation the [[Institute for Policy Research]].<ref>Institute for Policy Research Annual Return 2013. Data from the Charity Commission.</ref>
 ==Resources==

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−	'''Newswatch''' (officially '''Newswatch UK Ltd''') ~~was~~ right-wing media monitoring company. It was incorporated on 6 September 2007 and is co-owned and directed by the right-wing activist [[David Keighley]] and a managing consultant called [[Barclay Thompson]]. <ref>Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Annual Returns, made up to 6 September 2008</ref>	+	'''Newswatch''' (officially '''Newswatch UK Ltd''') is a right-wing media monitoring company. It was incorporated on 6 September 2007 and is co-owned and directed by the right-wing activist [[David Keighley]] and a managing consultant called [[Barclay Thompson]]. <ref>Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Annual Returns, made up to 6 September 2008</ref> It went out of business in 2009 but was subsequently resurrected.

	Shortly after Newswatch was founded, its Managing Director [[Barclay 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> According to Greenslade:		Shortly after Newswatch was founded, its Managing Director [[Barclay 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> According to Greenslade:

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	The company filed an application for striking-off on 2 September 2009 and was dissolved on 29 December that year. <ref>Companies House, [http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/ac3e2d9cf523d50611a8950822662918/wcprodorder?ft=1 Newswatch UK Ltd Company Filing History] [Accessed 14 January 2009]</ref>		The company filed an application for striking-off on 2 September 2009 and was dissolved on 29 December that year. <ref>Companies House, [http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/ac3e2d9cf523d50611a8950822662918/wcprodorder?ft=1 Newswatch UK Ltd Company Filing History] [Accessed 14 January 2009]</ref>
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		+	==Funding==
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		+	In 2013 Newswatch is still functioning. In 2013, according to filings at the Charity Commission it was given £40,000 by the conservative foundation the [[Institute for Policy Research]].<ref>Institute for Policy Research Annual Return 2013. Data from the Charity Commission.</ref>

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 '''Newswatch''' (officially '''Newswatch UK Ltd''') was right-wing media monitoring company. It was incorporated on 6 September 2007 and is co-owned and directed by the right-wing activist [[David Keighley]] and a managing consultant called [[Barclay Thompson]]. <ref>Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Annual Returns, made up to 6 September 2008</ref>
-Shortly after Newswatch was founded, its Managing [[Barclay 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> According to Greenslade:
+Shortly after Newswatch was founded, its Managing Director [[Barclay 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> According to Greenslade:
 <blockquote style="background-color:ivory;border:1pt solid Darkgoldenrod;padding:1%;font-size:10pt">[Keighley] argues that the complaints procedures of the various media regulators - the BBC Trustees, Ofcom and the Press Complaints Commission - are "rather gruelling". Instead, he is urging businesses and institutions that want to "fight back" to use his new outfit. (He doesn't say how much he will charge for his services).<p>What he does say is that Newswatch will "use a range of robust analytical tools to study the British broadcast media. Our methodology is firmly based on established academic principles utilising core quantitative and qualitative research techniques." <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></p></blockquote>

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 [[Kathy Gyngell]], a former [[TV-am]] producer and the wife of Keighley’s former boss and close friend [[Bruce Gyngell]]. <ref>‘[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/916058.stm Former TV-am boss dies]’, BBC News Online, 8 September, 2000</ref> [[Kathy Gyngell]] is listed as one of four team members on the Newswatch's website along with Keighley, [[Barclay Thompson]] and the company’s main researcher [[Andrew Jubb]]. <ref>Newswatch, [http://www.news-watch.co.uk/theteam.php The Team] [Accessed 14 January 2009]</ref>
-[[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]].
+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]].
 The company filed an application for striking-off on 2 September 2009 and was dissolved on 29 December that year. <ref>Companies House, [http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/ac3e2d9cf523d50611a8950822662918/wcprodorder?ft=1 Newswatch UK Ltd Company Filing History] [Accessed 14 January 2009]</ref>

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−	'''Newswatch''' (officially '''Newswatch UK Ltd''') was right-wing media monitoring company. It was incorporated on 6 September 2007 and is co-owned and directed by the right-wing activist [[David Keighley]] and a managing consultant called [[Barclay Thompson]] <ref>Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Annual Returns, made up to 6 September 2008</ref> - probably a relative of the British journalist [[Damian Thompson]], who had worked on the ''Daily Telegraph''’s [[Beebwatch]] column with [[David Keighley\|Keighley]]. <ref>Damian Thompson, ‘Beebwatch is closing down - but we are still watching you’, ''Daily Telegraph'', 7 November 2003</ref>	+	'''Newswatch''' (officially '''Newswatch UK Ltd''') was right-wing media monitoring company. It was incorporated on 6 September 2007 and is co-owned and directed by the right-wing activist [[David Keighley]] and a managing consultant called [[Barclay Thompson]]. <ref>Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Annual Returns, made up to 6 September 2008</ref>

	Shortly after Newswatch was founded, its Managing [[Barclay 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> According to Greenslade:		Shortly after Newswatch was founded, its Managing [[Barclay 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> According to Greenslade:

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−	'''Newswatch''' (officially '''Newswatch UK Ltd''') was right-wing media monitoring company. It was incorporated on 6 September 2007 and is co-owned and directed by the right-wing activist [[David Keighley]] and a managing consultant called [[Barclay Thompson]]. <ref>Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Annual Returns, made up to 6 September 2008</ref>	+	'''Newswatch''' (officially '''Newswatch UK Ltd''') was right-wing media monitoring company. It was incorporated on 6 September 2007 and is co-owned and directed by the right-wing activist [[David Keighley]] and a managing consultant called [[Barclay Thompson]] <ref>Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Annual Returns, made up to 6 September 2008</ref> - probably a relative of the British journalist [[Damian Thompson]], who had worked on the ''Daily Telegraph''’s [[Beebwatch]] column with [[David Keighley\|Keighley]]. <ref>Damian Thompson, ‘Beebwatch is closing down - but we are still watching you’, ''Daily Telegraph'', 7 November 2003</ref>

	Shortly after Newswatch was founded, its Managing [[Barclay 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> According to Greenslade:		Shortly after Newswatch was founded, its Managing [[Barclay 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> According to Greenslade: