Making News

“Making News was the cross-over tape between the changing of Vida into Triple Vision. It was a direct assault on news values and the act of journalism. Used for many years by the BBC to train journalists in understanding news bias, Making News was originally commissioned by the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom to expose unsound journalistic practices. In this work the members of Vida and Triple Vision examine three broadcast news reports to try to understand the way that news and broadcast values function in society. So successful was the work that on completion, both the NUJ and ACTT threatened the makers with having their membership of these organisations being taken away if cuts were not made (by vested interests within the organisations ). Naturally Vida/Triple Vision ignored the warnings and went ahead in releasing the tape uncut.” – Terry Flaxton