Payback? Osborne’s raid on BBC gives Murdochs exactly what they wanted
Ideologically-driven Conservatives have seized the economic crisis to knock back the BBC – and it only took 48 hours, writes Left Foot Forward’s Joy Johnson.
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Migrationwatch need to go back to school and learn how to count
Unfortunately, and not for the first time, Migrationwatch’s report on the cost of educating ‘migrants’ is not a useful basis for discussion.
Getting worklessness wrong, again
‘Worklessness’ is one of those terms which means one thing in specialist usage and something quite different in political discourse and media commentary.
Vince Cable warned of Murdoch’s unregulated media power
Vince Cable has been warned that a combined News International and Sky would lead to “a reduction in media plurality to an unacceptably low level.”
Censored? Media silence over latest Coulson claims
Tonight’s Dispatches programme, to be screened at 8:00 on Channel Four, makes further allegations against David Cameron – yet the media has hardly reported it.
Red, Dead and Scarlet: right-wing press struggle to define Ed
The Red Ed myth refuses to die. In spite of Mr Miliband’s direct rebuttal of it during his speech yesterday, the right-wing press are not relenting in their attempts – reported by Left Foot Forward earlier this week – to portray Labour’s new leader as the puppet of the trade unions.
Miliband poll: The Times fails to see the Sun
In spite of sharing the same proprietor as the Sun, The Times has virtually ignored the YouGov results. They are buried at the very end of an 800 word article reporting a “leaked” Populus poll for the Conservatives which finds David is seen as the more prime-ministerial brother. And it seems that the significance of the Populus poll’s findings can be called to question.
Murdoch press’s inaccuracies and half truths about Ed Miliband
The Murdoch press has wasted no time peddling inaccuracies and half truths about Ed Miliband; other members of the right-wing press have been more responsible.
The great DWP conjuring act on worklessness figures
The Department for Work and Pensions is under pressure to improve levels of transparency and accountability following a FullFact.org investigation yesterday.
Brogan wrong to credit Osborne with lowering interest rates
Ben Brogan, reporting comments by Conservative MP and former George Osborne advisor Matthew Hancock, has argued that the Coalition’s fiscal policies have lowered interest rates; here we show he is wrong.