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Zahera Harb, Director of Journalism Postgraduate Studies, City St George's, University of London

Seven in ten people think the papers regularly publish false information – we need to improve press regulation

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The resignation of the BBC’s director general and CEO of news is only the latest symptom of a deeper malaise in the media , a crisis of trust that runs through broadcasters and newspapers alike.

The leaked BBC file, splashed across the newspapers, may make for eye-catching headlines, but it hardly tells the whole story. To ignore the press’s own credibility problem is, at best, selective outrage.

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