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Comment/Analysis
Tory election win may prompt cheers from national press but fears from broadcasters
Political parties must stop imitating newspapers in election campaign materials
Breaking Fleet Street's 'code of omerta' to discuss the so-called 'crisis in journalism'
Non-profit local news body could bring about 'sea change' in public interest journalism