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From News to Noise: How Broadcast Media Became Entertainment

Date & Time

📅 Wed, Feb 4, 2026

🕐 7:30 PM

Ends: Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM

Location

📍 Mara

58 The Shore, Leith, EH6 6RA, United Kingdom, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6RA

🏙️ Edinburgh

About This Event

An insider look at how media has shifted from reporting to entertainment, with stories from debates and insight into what comes next.

Title: From News to Noise: How Broadcast Media Became Entertainment
Speaker: James Matthewson, Writer & Broadcaster.

The world of news media is changing. Impartial reporting is giving way to an increasingly polarised world of political commentary where opinions rule and bias is blatant. In this talk, political adviser turned broadcaster and writer, James Matthewson, leads us through this transformation and explores what could be next in this new dawn of ‘political entertainment’.
Expect to hear inside stories and anecdotes about political debates as we seek to come away with a deeper understanding of how the press differs from broadcast and how politicians are using this new media landscape to communicate their messages to you.

Key audience takeaways

Understanding political media. Insider information. A look behind the curtain into the world of television debates.

Doors - 7:30pm - first come first served on seating

Intros - 7:50pm

Talk - 8pm

Q&A - 8:40pm

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58 The Shore, Leith, EH6 6RA, United Kingdom, Leith, Edinburgh, EH6 6RA

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1 hour 30 min

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