Brian McNair's guest appearances

Brian McNair

The Lesley Riddoch Podcast

Robert Brown

Mark Blyth

David Robertson

Kevin Williamson

Germaine Greer

Jeremy Paxman

Alex Salmond

Bruce Anderson

Paul Sweeney

Nicola Sturgeon

Brian Wilson

Nick Clegg

Hilary Wainwright

Nigel Farage

John Park

OwlTail

Charles McGhee

Pete Wishart

Lesley’s guests on Riddoch Questions this week were: Charles McGhee, former editor of The Herald; Brian McNair, Professor of Journalism &amp; Communication at the University of Strathclyde, and Pete Wishart, MP and the SNP’s culture and media spokesperson.They discussed the result of the Norwich North by-election – how much does the press shape public opinion on Labour?; swine flu – is unnecessary panic being whipped up by the media?; job cuts – there’s concern about a lack of journalists at Westminster reporting for Scottish newspapers; and the future for Scottish media in the age of Google and Twitter.

Lesley’s guests on Riddoch Questions this week were: Charles McGhee, former editor of The Herald; Brian McNair, Professor of Journalism &amp; Communication at the University of Strathclyde, and Pete Wishart, MP and the SNP’s culture and media spokesperson.<br><br>They discussed the result of the Norwich North by-election – how much does the press shape public opinion on Labour?; swine flu – is unnecessary panic being whipped up by the media?; job cuts – there’s concern about a lack of journalists at Westminster reporting for Scottish newspapers; and the future for Scottish media in the age of Google and Twitter.

Charles McGhee, Brian McNair and Pete Wishart