The British Media and Bloody Sunday

Greg McLaughlin lectures in media and journalism studies at the University of Ulster, Coleraine. He is the author of The War Correspondent (Pluto Press, 2002) and a number of other articles on the media and conflict in Northern Ireland, including, ‘Changing Hearts and Minds? Television, the paramilitaries and the peace process’, in Popiolkowski, J.J. and N.J. Cull. Eds. Public Diplomacy, Cultural Interventions and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland. LA, Figueroa Press (2009) pp. 43-55.Stephen Baker lectures in film and media studies at the University of Ulster at Coleraine. He has written a number of articles on media, politics and identity in Northern Ireland, including ‘Resurrecting loyalism on film’, in Ruth Barton & Harvey O’Brien (Eds.) Keeping it real: themes and issues in Irish film and television (Wallflower Press, 2004), pp.78-86; and ‘The Alternative Press in Northern Ireland and the Political Process’, in Journalism Studies, Vol. 6 No. 3, 2005; pp.375-386.

• Chapter 1: The British Media and Bloody Sunday: An introduction  Chapter 2: The British press, Bloody Sunday and the Widgery Report  Chapter 3: The British press and the Saville Report  Chapter 4: Inside stories and secret histories: British television investigates Bloody Sunday  Chapter 5: Sunday and Bloody Sunday: Very British tragedies?  Chapter 6: The British Media and Bloody Sunday: Lest they forget