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12-09-2008, 12:27 AM
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Planning permission for gardens?
On 11/9/08 21:44, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote: In article , Sacha writes: | On 11/9/08 16:09, in article , | "Charlie Pridham" wrote: | | But Nick has a point, I used to read a paper untill a run of stories | about stuff I actually knew something about, these articles were so wrong | so often, that I formed the view that the chances were high that all the | other stories were probably wrong most of the time as well so apart from | the crossword it made reading the thing a waste of time! .... | | I can't think of *one* newspaper that doesn't have a bias of some sort. So | for me, the answer is to read what comes along and have a large dish of salt | on the side! Yes, but the point isn't the fact they have a bias - even the Independent does - but whether they deliberately distort and even falsify facts in order to propagate their prejudices. That is propaganda. And the simple fact is that the Daily Telegraph is probably the worst newspaper in the UK for doing that, though the Sun runs it close. The article that started this thread is an example, though we have had much clearer ones before. Regards, Nick Maclaren. To be frank, Nick, I wouldn't put a pin between them for that. I think it's a question of what one is inclined to agree with oneself. I've read the Mail for years and I know it's a pernicious habit. I laugh at some of its reporting and I am furiously indignant at other bits. THEN and this is the really significant bit - we also read the Western Morning News which is owned by Associated Newspapers which also owns the Daily Mail. The reporting style in the WMN is locally slanted so while the DM might e.g. slag off the Prince of Wales or the Duchess of Cornwall (especially if Richard Kay is writing the piece) the WMN will universally praise them because they're popular in the west country and do actually know a thing or six about rural life! You really do have to know not just the owners but what they *perceive* to be the agenda of their readers. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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