| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Good news - post Brexit | |
| Posted by: | Ken Munn | |
| Date/Time: | 20/07/16 21:34:00 |
| Claire, Treat nothing you read in any newspaper as gospel - every journalist has a point of view which colours what they write, intentionally or otherwise. Then the sub-editors and the editor might inject more opinion. Then, for a front page story, the headline will be tailored to make it shout 'buy me' from the newsagent's shelf. There used to be a fact-checking profession in the UK press, but those jobs disappeared long ago. If you've ever been involved in a story, when you see it reported you'll find it almost always varies in one or more ways from what you heard, saw, knew or understood about it. There's been an analysis of the attitudes of the UK press towards Brexit which is summarised here by Huffington: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-sun-newspapers-leave-brexit_uk_575fd33fe4b07701cbdbbe29 You'll see the researchers found that the Express only ran 21.3% of neutral or remain coverage, compared to 78.7% which was pro-leave. It was the worst of the nationals in this respect. Try entering 'daily express brexit front pages' into the images section of your search engine and see what happens. My favourite headline "Gove to lead us out of the EU." They sure didn't get that one right. I've got a pal who used to work at the Express. Apparently their most longed-for headline was 'Maddy and Princess Diana found alive in sudden blizzard'! |