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The reaction, they have absolutely doubled down on their response. they spoke to a reporter. some of them didnt engage at all and blocked him. the ones that did engage just absolutely stood by their comments and they trotted out a lot of the misinformation that you hear all the time. you know, "we shouldnt be letting these people in this country, everyone who arrives in the country is getting a free car by priti patel." some of the real nonsense you can see circulating on social media. or even i...

Company. the familys run papers for centuries, but the titles we have now, newspapers include the kent messenger, the daily free press, the cambridge independent. we run lots of websites, kent online being our biggest one. and also have radio stations down in kent. so, a real big media portfolio. fantastic, and rebecca whittington, im going to bring you in here because youre the brand—new online safety editor at reach. you only started this role, i think, a fortnight ago. congratulations. whic...

Because i think youre one of the last family—owned newspaper groups. we are indeed. iliffe itself is a very long—established publishing company. the familys run papers for centuries, but the titles weve got now, newspapers include the kent messenger, the daily free press, the cambridge independent. we run lots of websites, kent online being our biggest one. and also have radio stations down in kent. so, a real big media portfolio. fantastic, and rebecca whittington, im going to bring you in ...

Rebecca whittington, im going to bring you in here. youre the new online safety editor at reach. does this sound familiar, this, you know, business about, you know, whether to have reader comments on, how people respond, you know, what to do in these sorts of situations? yes, absolutely. i mean, its not a new problem, unfortunately, and its something thats... obviously, organic growth of digital has meant that theres kind of been lots of trial and error over time. and i think social media and co...

The brand—new online safety editor at reach. you only started this role, i think, a fortnight ago. congratulations. which newspaper titles will you be working with at reach? well, im going to be working across the board at reach, so kind of group—wide, so thats the national titles and the regionals as well. obviously theyre quite different in terms of what they do, but actually this issue is an issue across the board. well, thats great. welcome to the programme. and im going to start, of cou...

You know, we shouldnt be letting these people in this country, everyone who arrives in the country is getting a free car by priti patel. some of the real nonsense you can see circling on social media. or even if people are entitled to hold some of those kind of views, its the sense that, you know, theyre revelling in peoples deaths, a tragedy? actually because it was always my view that its actually not the job of the press to police what views people hold, it is ourjob to present the facts and ...

Absolutely, because its actually not the job of the press to police what views people hold, it is ourjob to present the facts and allow people to make an informed decision. rebecca whittington, im going to bring you in here. youre the new online safety editor at reach. does this sound familiar, this, you know, business about, you know, whether to have reader comments on, how people respond, you know, what to do in these sorts of situations? yes, absolutely. i mean, its not a new problem unfortun...

But well start the programme with that question i posed at the top, the role that reader comments play in journalism. ian carter is editorial director at iliffe media, and, ian, before we get into your experiences last week, tell us more about the titles youve got. because i think youre one of the last family—owned newspaper groups. we are indeed. iliffe itself is a very long—established publishing company. the familys run papers for centuries, but the titles we have now, newspapers include ...