This news just in: we hoped the middle- and upper-class capture of the media would lessen. It’s got worse | Carl Cullinane https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/18/sutton-trust-media-journalism-middle-upper-class-privilege #UniversityofCambridge #Newspapers&magazines #Oxbridgeandelitism #Nationalnewspapers #UniversityofOxford #Highereducation #Privateschools #Classissues #TheGuardian #Inequality #Newspapers #Education #Schools #Media #BBC

This news just in: we hoped the middle- and upper-class capture of the media would lessen. It’s got worse
Since our last survey, we find more columnists, podcasters and executives are from privileged backgrounds. That’s too narrow a segment of society, says Carl Cullinane, director of research and policy at the Sutton Trust