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# Audio: New media and the British commentariat
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/audio-new-media-and-british-commentariat/
- Published: 2013-01-08T19:01:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-22T10:05:17.000Z
- Description: The British media is exceptional in its status as part of the political class. But with the newsroom becoming defunct as a site of cultural production, and models of journalistic authority breaking down, this role is threatened. Laurie Penny and James Butler discuss, hosted by Aaron Peters.
- Author: Laurie Penny
- Tags: Cultural politics, #Migrated, Europe, Media & communications, Politics & activism, United Kingdom, United States & Canada, culture, Democracy and government, ideas, Civil Society, internet, United States, UK, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 15:51, #appended-excerpt

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The British media is exceptional in its status as part of the political class. But with the newsroom becoming defunct as a site of cultural production, and models of journalistic authority breaking down, this role is threatened. Laurie Penny and James Butler discuss, hosted by Aaron Peters.