Channel 4's move to Leeds could turn the tide

The Leeds Corn Exchange, as the city has been chosen as the location for the channel’s new national headquarters.It is in the DNA of most journalists to feel a profound sense of scepticism about new schemes, especially if they started as dodgy ill-thought through political initiatives.Leaving aside that the organisation is only committed to moving one quarter of its 840 staff to Yorkshire, the decision could be a proper attempt to withstand the economic tide destroying news outside London.