On 2009-06-09 14:35:00 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:34:34 +0100, Sacha wrote:
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Most of the UK media is right wing. What do you expect?

Is it? The Times is owned by a republican, and supported Blair in the
2001 and 2005 elections; the Daily Mirror is left wing, The Sun once
supported Mrs Thatcher but then came out in support of Labour and cost
the Tories 500k votes according to one observer in 1997; the Grauniad
and the Independent are left wing, though the Indy probably tries to do
a better balancing act, the FT is largely regarded as being pretty
neutral while the Daily Mail and the Telegraph are right wing, as is
the Daily Express, though its readership has fallen off quite badly,
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I think if you look at the newspapers you list, only the Guardian and
the Mirror
are consistent supporters of the Labour party. I don;t know about the Peep hole
I had forgotten it existed. The Dirty Digger and his newspapers supports
whichever newspapers he thinks will do him the most benefit.
I don;t see any signs in the Observer of Labour support. The BBC seems to upset
everybody. Some interviewers give Tories an easy ride others give
Labour an easy
ride. The BBC political editor is horribly biased. I'm amazed he has
survived so
long.

I think there's a difference between clear support for a particular
party and a slight or considerable bias towards conservatism or
socialism (lower case!)
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