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 Public Policy Editor at the Financial Times, Peter Foster. For more information on the database click here.

Education

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Peter Foster was educated at fee-paying independent school Ampleforth College, York then studied English Language/Literature at Oxford University (source)

Revolving Door

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Peter Foster has no significant experience working in rival fields to the media

“Establishment” Connections

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None.

Salary/Indications of Wealth

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Neither Peter Foster or the FT disclose his salary but it is likely to be significantly more than the UK average.

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

Summary

Peter Foster, like an uncanny amount of the Top 100 “fearless, independent” UK journalists, attended a fee-paying private school then Oxbridge.

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