Do You Agree with the View That the Key Role in Uncovering Political Scandals and Controversies Has Been Played by Journalists

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Do you agree with the view that the key role in uncovering political scandals and controversies has been played by journalists? (40 marks) Over many years the media have taken a deep interest into the affairs of the government and the scandals that arise, such as the MPs expense scandal and the cash for Honours scandal. The journalists have heavily reported both of these events. It is however arguable weather the media have played a key role in uncovering controversies, as there are other factors that contribute to this, such as the coming forward of a witness or even the publication of a book such as the “The right to know” by Clive Wearing which unveiled the Belgrano scandal. Source 13 and 15 agree with the statement that the journalist played a key role, source 14 disagreed that the journalist played a key role. One source that agrees with the statement that the journalist played a key role is source 13. The source shows how the media did play a key role as they received praise form MPs because of their involvement in the Belgrano scandal. Source 13 states “ I would like to pay public tribute to the work of the daily mail journalist” and the source went on to say that the journalist Paul foot “kept the Belgrano campaign moving”. This shows that the journalist is getting a great deal of praise for it involvement in the uncovering of the Belgrano scandal and the source also highlights that the journalist were the reason for the campaigns continuation. This ultimately means that the journalists were the key role in uncovering these controversies and scandals because they received a lot of recognition from Mr.Dalyell publically, which shows that to gain that kind of praise publically they must have had a substantial part to play in the uncovering of the Belgrano. Therefore it can be viewed that the journalist did have a key role in the uncovering as they

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