The Free Speech Blog: Official blog of Index on Censorship » Who was hijacked, the students or the journalists?

The Free Speech Blog: Official blog of Index on Censorship » Who was hijacked, the students or the journalists?.

For years I have been teaching journalism students two things which often sit together uncomfortably: that journalism is mostly about news — men biting dogs and planes that crash — and that it is about describing the world as it is, about bearing witness to truth. But how true was the march coverage when it concentrated on the activities of the minority?