Difference between revisions of "Newswatch"
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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 Judd]]. <ref>Newswatch, [http://www.news-watch.co.uk/theteam.php The Team] [[Accessed 14 January 2009]</ref> | [[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 Judd]]. <ref>Newswatch, [http://www.news-watch.co.uk/theteam.php The Team] [[Accessed 14 January 2009]</ref> | ||
| − | 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 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 10:31, 14 January 2010
Newswatch (officially Newswatch UK Ltd) 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. [1]
The company is the successor to Minotaur Media Tracking which David Keighley co-owned with Kathy Gyngell, a former TV-am producer and the wife of Keighley’s former boss and close friend Bruce Gyngell. [2] 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 Judd. [3]
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.
Notes
- ↑ Companies House, Newswatch UK Ltd Annual Returns, made up to 6 September 2008
- ↑ ‘Former TV-am boss dies’, BBC News Online, 8 September, 2000
- ↑ Newswatch, The Team [[Accessed 14 January 2009]
