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It is not very often these days that I wander through the websites of our national newspapers. To say that I find their reporting distasteful would be an understatement.
Today I came across a link to the Daily Mail and a piece about the launch of the British National Party General Election manifesto. I was curious to see how it would be reported so followed the link.
I cannot say that I was surprised by the lack of journalistic integrity on display because it has become what I expect. Here is my review of the piece which I have provided a link to at the end. Please feel free to check for yourself if you doubt me at all.
- Declare the manifesto launch and include a brief quote from Nick.
- Choose to selectively quote lines which will incite left wingers
- Insult the BNP support team and Nick
- Bring up protesters whose presence is only possible because the ‘invited guests’ gave them instructions on where to go so that they could interview and photograph them
- Speak to a protester who happens to be a director of an anti-bnp group and quote him extensively, not forgetting to include the protesters ‘analysis’ of a manifesto that they could not possibly have seen yet.
Check it out for yourself: The BNP unveil a 'serious piece of kit' - their 2010 Election manifesto
The sooner the dead tree press either regains some understanding of journalistic integrity or goes out of business the better.
Personally I have no preference.
