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• What the media made of the Baby P case

  By Emma Maier All but two of the main national newspapers (The Independent and the Daily Mail) ran front page stories on Wednesday about the death of Baby P , the 17-month-old boy who suffered more than 50 injuries, including a broken spine, caused by... Posted Nov 13 2008, 09:34 AM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Media, child protection, social workers, television programme, social work, Emma Maier, Baby P

• Fiona's story misses point

  By Derren Hayes BBC drama Fiona's story (Sunday 31 August, 9pm, BBC1) promised an unsensational exploration of the fallout from a father and husband being busted for viewing child pornography on the internet. Read More... Posted Sep 02 2008, 02:51 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Media, child protection, children, television programme, Addiction, crime, paedophiles, child pornography, internet

• Pick your outrage

  There's nothing as fun as media-engineered moral indignation, and given that we are in the midst of what is commonly termed "silly season", you can pretty much take your pick as to whether you want to be offended about disability, race or... Posted Aug 12 2008, 06:27 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Media, disability, ethnic minorities, mental health, sport, television programme, Learning Disabilities

• Michael Heseltine's drug's strategy: hit the Chelsea party set!

  by Adam McCulloch On last night's Question Time (BBC1) Michael Heseltine, in answer to a question on the government's cannabis u-turn, put the surprising view that any successful drugs strategy should “start at the top”. He singled out the “Chelsea... Posted May 09 2008, 11:11 AM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Media, Politics, Adam McCulloch, drugs, television programme, Piers Morgan, michael heseltine, Rachel Johnson, BBC1, Question Time, Menzies Campbell, Addiction

• Strictly Baby Fight Club: Channel 4's kids fighting shocker

  by Adam McCulloch Don't like to use this medium to depress people, especially so soon after dismissing the Children's Society poll on children's well-being as being too pessimistic, but most people who saw Channel 4's Strictly Baby Fight... Posted Apr 25 2008, 02:07 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Media, child protection, Adam McCulloch, children and young people, children's society, channel 4, strictly baby fight club, sport, nspcc, television programme