{"id":100150,"date":"2017-02-16T14:03:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T14:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=100150"},"modified":"2017-02-16T14:03:39","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T14:03:39","slug":"daily-mail-journalism-good-enough-for-government-not-good-enough-for-wikipedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/daily-mail-journalism-good-enough-for-government-not-good-enough-for-wikipedia\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Mail journalism: good enough for government, not good enough for Wikipedia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Political Communications experts have hailed <\/u><\/a>the appointment of The Daily Mail\u2019s political editor James Slack as Theresa May\u2019s official spokesperson as \u201ca super smart move\u201d.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

According to PR Week, a Westminster source said: \u201cHe’s come in at Theresa’s request. [Daily Mail editor] Dacre really likes James, thinks he’s shit hot, Theresa really likes James. You see they’ve got a common interest; they’re not going to kick up much of a fuss about it. It shows the alignment between The Mail and Downing Street right now.<\/p>\n

\u201cJames will be a much more high-profile role than a normal PMS. Technically he’ll be a civil servant but he’s going to have parity, pretty much, with Katie [Perrior, Downing Street director of communications].\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, political communications heavyweight, Will Walden, Public Affairs MD at Edelman and former comms director under Boris Johnston said: \u201cSlack\u2019s appointment is a super-smart move by Number 10. He\u2019s a good operator, he\u2019s trusted by the lobby, and he\u2019s no-nonsense. Inevitably his ex-colleagues will now expect more of an insight than they\u2019ve been getting.<\/p>\n

“If they\u2019re wise, Number 10 will give him what he needs – unfettered access to the decision-making and greater autonomy in his dealings with the press.”<\/p>\n

But while the Government is putting a lot of faith in the man from The Daily Mail, his newspaper is facing embarrassing claims that its journalism is not trustworthy.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia, has reportedly<\/u><\/a>\u00a0banned editors from using Daily Mail articles as sources on the online encyclopaedia.<\/p>\n

Katherine Maher, executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, told journalists: \u201cWe are always looking for what characterises reliability, and the various characteristics of reliability, and what the [discussion about using the Mail] really focuses on is issues of fact-checking prior to publication and the issuing of corrections when articles are wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my understanding that in this instance they were looking at how well the Daily Mail adheres to those standards of reliability. I presume that should circumstances change, Wikimedians would be very open to reconsidering the usage of the Daily Mail as a source they can use as widely as in the past. There\u2019s nothing to stop it being used again.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an age when trust in journalism and government is increasingly placed under the spotlight, has the government made a mistake by putting so much faith in The Daily Mail or will its \u201cpopulist\u201d approach gloss over any embellishments in the newspaper\u2019s relationship with the truth?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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