Another speaker from the media world was television presenter Esther McVey, who is bidding to become a Tory MP.

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Jonathan Holmes, the presenter of ABC's Media Watch, also offers some telling insights on this genre of reportage.

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Jim was a frequent presenter at many industry events including many IDEMA conferences, the Head and Media Technology Review Conference, the 100th Anniversary of Magnetic Recording and Information Storage at Santa Clara University (SCU) as well as other events put on by the Institute of Information Storage Technology at SCU, and at his own DataStorage Conferences.

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Chief Constable Andrew Trotter, who leads on media issues for the Association of Chief Police Officers, denied that the naming of BBC presenter Stuart Hall when he was arrested on charges of indecent assault resulted in more victims coming forward.

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