Jonathan Dimbleby: We all like gossip and 24/7 news distracts from what matters [su_youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wb0bypQ0_GQ"] As part of our series on the news industry's focus on the new, the controversial, the negative and the political - rather than the important, the consensual, the… BY Tim Montgomerie By Michal Bělka (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Tim Montgomerie was most recently a columnist and comment editor for The Times of London. Before that journalistic turn he was steeped in centre right politics, founding the Conservative Christian Fellowship, then the Centre for Social Justice and, just over ten years ago, ConservativeHome.com. Add to favourites August 11, 2017 montie August 11, 2017 Filed under: Audio/VideoJonathan Dimbleby interviewsNewsaholics Anonymous Share: As part of our series on the news industry’s focus on the new, the controversial, the negative and the political – rather than the important, the consensual, the positive, and the cultural, technological and religious – we spoke to the veteran British journalist Jonathan Dimbleby about how journalism has changed during his time at the centre of British current affairs. We’ll publish his observations in a series of video clips – beginning with his thoughts on how competition between 24/7 news platforms distracts us from what matters… Cartoon by Ben Jennings for UnHerd Jonathan Dimbleby’s interview for UnHerd was recorded on 12th July and his remarks also appear in our audio documentary on the news industry. Clip two is now online: Listening to today’s constantly transmitting journalists, I worry they lack thinking time Comment Invalid API Key To get involved in the discussion and stay up to date, join UnHerd. It's simple, quick and free. Sign me up