The Matrix Project is an effort to document personal factors that undermine powerful journalists’ claims of objectivity and impartiality. Are factors such as an elite education, establishment connections, personal wealth and interests in rival fields compatible with journalistic integrity? 

This page looks at ITV News editor Paul Brand. For more information on the database click here.

Education

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Paul Brand attended a local comprehensive school and then a non-Oxbridge university (source)

Revolving Door

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Paul Brand has no significant experience in either business or politics.

“Establishment” Connections

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Primary

Paul Brand’s husband, Joe Cuddeford, is a deputy director in the UK government’s cabinet office. (Source)

Secondary

None.

Salary/Indications of Wealth

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Neither Paul Brand nor ITV have disclosed his annual salary. As an editor he is likely to earn significantly more than the UK national average.

As a point of reference, the Office for National Statistics list the average UK salary for 2021 as £26,193.

Summary

Paul Brand is married to an influential civil servant and earns a salary that is likely well in excess of the UK national average.

Impartial? Independent? Holding the powerful to account?

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