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Oysters on Overground ...
On 13 May, 08:38, "Tim Roll-Pickering"
wrote: Tom Barry wrote: Boris's campaign could have done without the headache of the row over routemaster costs. And which newspaper made an issue of it? The Guardian. *Dave Hill's piece appeared around about the first week in March and proved to be entirely correct. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...london08.boris When did the Standard lay into it? Before then - late February and earlier in March. Their website keeps crashing my browser but amongst the search results: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...443386-details... http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...448187-details... There is a substantial difference between stories which point out the candidates were "clashing" over an issue, as above, and those which make ficationalized ad hominem attacks against one - and only one - of them. Running a story that Livingstone had pointed out that Boris's sums were rubbish isn't specifically anti-Boris, it's just basic reporting. Running a story that one of Ken's campaign chiefs was an active terrorist - which was, you know, not true - is extremely anti-Ken; the equivalent would have been to splash with "BNP CAMPAIGNS FOR BORIS", which they didn't do. You seem like a bright enough chap. I don't honestly believe you can't see the difference in scale there. Anyway if you want an anti-Boris Livingstone-nostalgic paper, buy the Grauniad. Or try getting "The Evening Communist" started and successful. If you like your transport finances to pass more than a superficial examination you're a Communist? *Interesting. *makes note* I meant that more for the sore losers currently whining about the Standard and claiming it swung the result of the election against their beloved Ken.. (Although I find all the "I'm devastated for London" or "Not in my name" comments from Labour activists far worse - they're not fooling anyone.) Never mind the fact that other papers were vehemently anti-Boris or that the newspaper market is the way it is. Yes, the newspaper market is the way it is in that the Standard has a monopoly in London. That's offensive at the best of times, before they start swinging an election based on their own personal prejudices. The Guardian, of course, isn't a London newspaper. Jonn |
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