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| − | '''Damian Mark Thompson''' (born 24 January 1962) is a conservative British journalist best | + | '''Damian Mark Thompson''' (born 24 January 1962) is a conservative British journalist best known for being editor-in-chief of the ''[[Catholic Herald]]''. He was a reporter on ''The Reading Chronicle'' from 1984 to 1988 and was religious affairs correspondent for the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' from 1991 to 1995. <ref>Debrett's People of Today, [http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/15173/Damian%20Mark%20THOMPSON.aspx Damian Thompson, Esq] [Accessed 21 January 2009]</ref> He still contributes to the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', as well as ''[[The Times]]'' and ''[[The Spectator]]''. <ref>Debrett's People of Today, [http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/15173/Damian%20Mark%20THOMPSON.aspx Damian Thompson, Esq] [Accessed 21 January 2009]</ref> |
Thompson wrote the ''Daily Telegraph''’s [[Beebwatch]] column <ref>Damian Thompson, ‘Beebwatch is closing down - but we are still watching you’, ''Daily Telegraph'', 7 November 2003</ref> which ran three times a week for two months in late 2003. 26 articles were printed between early September and early November that year, each claiming to show evidence of a left-wing bias in the BBC’s output. [[Beebwatch]] was written with the help of [[Minotaur Media Tracking]], a right-wing media monitoring group directed and co-owned by [[Kathy Gyngell]] and [[David Keighley]], <ref>Minotaur Media Tracking Ltd, Annual Returns made up to 8 July 2005</ref> the widow and close friend respectively of [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher’s]] favourite television executive, the late [[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> | Thompson wrote the ''Daily Telegraph''’s [[Beebwatch]] column <ref>Damian Thompson, ‘Beebwatch is closing down - but we are still watching you’, ''Daily Telegraph'', 7 November 2003</ref> which ran three times a week for two months in late 2003. 26 articles were printed between early September and early November that year, each claiming to show evidence of a left-wing bias in the BBC’s output. [[Beebwatch]] was written with the help of [[Minotaur Media Tracking]], a right-wing media monitoring group directed and co-owned by [[Kathy Gyngell]] and [[David Keighley]], <ref>Minotaur Media Tracking Ltd, Annual Returns made up to 8 July 2005</ref> the widow and close friend respectively of [[Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher’s]] favourite television executive, the late [[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> | ||
Revision as of 08:29, 21 January 2010
Damian Mark Thompson (born 24 January 1962) is a conservative British journalist best known for being editor-in-chief of the Catholic Herald. He was a reporter on The Reading Chronicle from 1984 to 1988 and was religious affairs correspondent for the Daily Telegraph from 1991 to 1995. [1] He still contributes to the Daily Telegraph, as well as The Times and The Spectator. [2]
Thompson wrote the Daily Telegraph’s Beebwatch column [3] which ran three times a week for two months in late 2003. 26 articles were printed between early September and early November that year, each claiming to show evidence of a left-wing bias in the BBC’s output. Beebwatch was written with the help of Minotaur Media Tracking, a right-wing media monitoring group directed and co-owned by Kathy Gyngell and David Keighley, [4] the widow and close friend respectively of Thatcher’s favourite television executive, the late Bruce Gyngell. [5]
Notes
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today, Damian Thompson, Esq [Accessed 21 January 2009]
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today, Damian Thompson, Esq [Accessed 21 January 2009]
- ↑ Damian Thompson, ‘Beebwatch is closing down - but we are still watching you’, Daily Telegraph, 7 November 2003
- ↑ Minotaur Media Tracking Ltd, Annual Returns made up to 8 July 2005
- ↑ ‘Former TV-am boss dies’, BBC News Online, 8 September, 2000
