Oxford Media Society

Daily Star Whistleblower Richard Peppiatt: The Anti-Careers Talk

Wednesday of 1st (4th May), 8pm, Lecture Room 23, Balliol

Richard Desmond, the media mogul who once said 'I've got so much money it's ridiculous', attracts enemies almost as much as his papers, the Express and Star, attract opprobrium. Now one of his former servants, Richard Peppiatt, has turned whistleblower, telling the world the inside story of Desmond's Northern & Shell empire in quite spectacular fashion, via this (https://nexus.ox.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=6344cae354bc4f898e4f2aa90b4a9d6f&URL=http%3a%2f%2fbit.ly%2fhvSr6J) longest suicide note in history as he resigned from the company last month.

The letter criticised the Star's 'hatemongering' anti-Muslim propaganda and admitted that the paper's stories were regularly made up. 'At 6pm and staring at a blank page I simply plucked it from my arse,' he wrote.

This term, Peppiatt comes to Oxford to deliver an antidote to the careers talk - or at least a 'how not to do it'. He will reveal more about the two years he spent on the Star to the Oxford Media Society and then answer questions on the ethics of journalism.

Giving the inside story on journalism today, Peppiatt's talk will be of interest to anyone who reads a paper, not just future journos.

£2 entry; free for Media Soc members

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