"The papers should promote minority views as well as mainstream argument and should encourage dissent."
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Rusbridger (2008) on ' priorities, cited in: Richard Lance Keeble, John Tulloch, Florian Zollmann (2010) Peace journalism, war and conflict resolution. p. 301.
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Alan Rusbridger
Alan Charles Rusbridger (born 29 December 1953) is a British journalist. Originally a reporter and a columnist, he became editor of The Guardian in 1995, remaining in the post until 2015 when he was succeeded by Katharine Viner. He was the editor of the British magazine Prospect from 2021 until the end of 2025.
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