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Originally Posted by denphone
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Ian Hislop made a very good point about the difficulties of providing good investigative journalism and that the methods used maybe considered indefensible by some but when the resulting article reveals murky doings such as corruption then we tend to applaud as a society.
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The magazine editor also defended the use of subterfuge by media organisations. He argued that while many industry observers were quick to condemn the methods employed by Mazher Mahmood – the "fake sheikh" at the now-defunct News of the World – they applauded the actions of a reporter at Channel 4's Dispatches, who posed as a lobbyist to expose MPs who agreed to be paid for working for a fictional firm. "It's not always the case that form of journalistic grubbiness is inexcusable," Hislop said.
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Personally I've heard more about corruption in local government in Private Eye than I have seen or heard in the more well known news outlets.