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Television Policies of the Labour Party 1951-2001
Contemporary Review, May, 2004
Television Policies of the Labour Party 1951 - 2001. Des Freedman. Frank Cass. [pounds sterling]18.50 p. b. xv + 224 pages. ISBN 0-7146-8387-6. The background to this history is twofold: for the period covered, Labour were only in power for fifteen years and when in power it took none of the decisions which shaped the radio and television culture of that period.
(The one exception is the creation of the Open University.) However, as Mr Freedman argues, debate over the media has been a constant feature of the Labour Party during this period. He confines himself to television policies and asks if the Labour Party has had a coherent view and one that is distinct from the Conservatives'. Within this, who was most effective in fashioning Labour's views? How effective, he asks, was the party's use of television and how influenced was the party by the openly stated Labour views of certain 'media moguls'? What has been Labour's influence on the development of television in this period? Writing as 'a socialist outside the Labour Party' he asks why the efforts of socialists within the party to 'reform and democratise television' have so noticeably failed. The advent of 'New Labour' and its worship of wealth have obviously meant that failure is total. (J.H.G.)
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