Getting the balance right

IF the recent soap opera starring Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks has taught us anything, it is the sheer power and influence the media has on shaping opinions of societies.

What we hear on the radio, see on the news, and read in the papers ultimately shapes our perceptions of events. However it has also highlighted society’s insatiable thirst for controversy and scandal, and the now derided phone hackings carried out by The News of the World were only done in an effort to quench that thirst.

Over the past few years a lot has been made about the role The Sunday Game panellists and other commentators have in terms of influencing the way in which our games are perceived along with how disciplinary procedures are conducted.

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