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The retreat of liberalism goes on
As communism seemingly disappeared from view at the end of the 1980s, in a sudden and unexpected blow-out, there was plenty of triumphal...
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As communism seemingly disappeared from view at the end of the 1980s, in a sudden and unexpected blow-out, there was plenty of triumphal... -
It's all go at the University of East Anglia it would seem. Not only has prominent Tory blogger Iain Dale gone up there this past week ...
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Hubris, it seems, comes to everyone in time, even apparently invulnerable and all conquering media magnates. Or so it must seem to anyone o...
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Well, different papers, with different agendas, will always try to present their views to the public in a way that will suit them the most. After all, it is not as if papers are politically neautral.
Though, I must beg the question, should papers be politically neautral? The spending review is just a bit of a deal in the U.K. and if cetain newspapers represent their views in certain ways, then they can really have an effect on the votesr choices.
An interesting question, given the responsibility of broadcasters to be neutral (something that Rupert Murdoch is keen to over-turn). On the whole, I think the bias of newspapers is well enough known for readers to interpret their 'news' accordingly, although I may be being unduly positive about the average newspaper reader.
Generally research shows papers reflect views; you pick up the one that adopts your already-held preconceptions. They actually change little.
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