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Victims of Spin

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Morning Magazine,

Presenter

Damian Smith

Published

Monday 15th March

Just how much of what we read in the newspaper is driven by PR?

Online news site Crikey and the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism have spent six months trying to find out, and they reckon they have a good idea.

Morning Magazine’s Damian Smith spoke with Crikey editor Sophie Black to find out the magic number, and the worst offenders.