Kettle pot black?
I have only just noticed that Harry Mount has attacked the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ in his blog for the Telegraph over my report on Newsnight on Tuesday night.
He accuses us of being "infantile" and "patronising", of both "sexing up" serious news and "dumbing down".
"Why," he writes, "does the patronising Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ insist on presenting electioneering in the style of a children's programme?"
OK, I'll admit . And indeed, there are occasions when he might have a point.
However, is this the same Telegraph, I wonder, whose daily paper almost always has a very large photo of a woman on its front page, and usually a rather attractive woman at that?
And the photo selection in its news pages seems to show a similar marked preference for young and pretty females.
Sexing up? Dumbing down? Patronising? Perish the thought.
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Comment number 1.
At 9th Apr 2010, Ben G wrote:I loved the ice cream sequence. Not as good as James Caan changing his mind on NI, but fun nonetheless.
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Comment number 2.
At 9th Apr 2010, jauntycyclist wrote:one has to agree its mainly froth. but then election is all froth. froth in froth out.
as for mr bean popping up what about popping up in Helmand and ask the troops about how they feel not being able to vote given that is what they were fighting to defend. under the new churchills choice its not anymore.
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Comment number 3.
At 10th Apr 2010, JunkkMale wrote:The concept of two wrongs... make no difference while a compulsory licence fee is alive and well, apparently.
Hence I would like to hold the objective national broadcaster I am required to cofund to a higher standard. If in vain.
If there is to be a section on inter-media hissy-fits, can it be put in a section perhaps more accurately billed than 'any story there's usually something the politicians would prefer the world not to know.'?
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Comment number 4.
At 10th Apr 2010, IHReg wrote:While the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ maintains the good old tradition of showing women as making up about 10% of the population -- less in many newsworthy countries. It is obviously unnecessary to actively seek to include women's lives -- who cares except other women, and they are such a small and valueless part of the world.
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