Election Year or Fear!

[SithHappens]

Meanwhile Reform have lost 25% of their MPs overnight.

Of course if the allegations against Lowe prove to be true its the right course of action. A lot of support for him online, suggestions it's only happened after he questioned the direction of the party.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Your interpretation is correct.

The interesting things in the article to me are (a) how the online versions of what were printed press seem to be less extreme than the printed ones (b) how little difference there is in the numbers of people citing "biased" news sources (14% to 10% right over left) when compared to the hardcopy printed press circulation figures (c) how little influence the printed papers have as sources of news.

[ramAnag]

Your interpretation is correct.

The interesting things in the article to me are (a) how the online versions of what were printed press seem to be less extreme than the printed ones (b) how little difference there is in the numbers of people citing "biased" news sources (14% to 10% right over left) when compared to the hardcopy printed press circulation figures (c) how little influence the printed papers have as sources of news.

Fair comment.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Swale: - "to describe it (the Guardian) as a left wing news source is just another example of an ill informed person spouting crap."

It was the Press Gazette that rA cited which described the Guardian as left wing, so take it up with them! It's an interesting article on the way people source news and the biases existing in those sources. I urge you to read it. Of course much depends how much bias on bias exists within the Press Gazette itself....

[ramAnag]

Swale: - "to describe it (the Guardian) as a left wing news source is just another example of an ill informed person spouting crap."

It was the Press Gazette that rA cited which described the Guardian as left wing, so take it up with them! It's an interesting article on the way people source news and the biases existing in those sources. I urge you to read it. Of course much depends how much bias on bias exists within the Press Gazette itself....

I think the Guardian was only described in the article as ‘left leaning’, GP. I’d imagine that most reasonable people would identify it as no more than ‘centre left’.

[Andy_Faber]

Swale?is just another example of an ill informed person spouting crap."
..

Is this me taking paraphrasing too far?

[ramAnag]

Is this me taking paraphrasing too far?

‘Moderator’ - common synonyms…arbiter, intermediary, pacifier, alleviator, judge, peacemaker, conciliator, adjudicator, diplomat.
Just saying, in case of any confusion.

[swaledale]

‘Moderator’ - common synonyms…arbiter, intermediary, pacifier, alleviator, judge, peacemaker, conciliator, adjudicator, diplomat.
Just saying, in case of any confusion.

Mm I guess 1 out of 9 ain't bad!

[Geoff Parkstone]

And the Mail was defined as right leaning....

[ramAnag]

And the Mail was defined as right leaning....

Indeed, but my point was that there are far more ‘right leaning’ publications than ‘left leaning’. To what extent this is reflected in other media forms would be interesting to know. Personally I’m inclined to think of the BBC and Ch4 as being reliably objective and even handed (should give Tricky palpitations ) while the remainder seem to me to all appear more ‘right leaning’ to some greater or lesser degree.