NO - Tim Gopsill, editor of The Journalist magazine, National Union of Journalists
They have no such duty, of course not. The media have a duty to report fairly but they don't have a responsibility to give a positive image of anybody. If they are unfair to young people then that is wrong because they are unfair, not because they are not positive. I've read an awful lot about how badly the media treat young people but I've never noticed it myself.
The way that most young people get into the press is when they have done something notable such as athletics, sport, pop music, culture, or that kind of thing. I don't think there is a problem here at all, I just think the young people's interest groups are trying to get better publicity.
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