Saturday, March 21, 2009

we have the most negative, anti-politics media in the world

Some remarks form Alastair Campbell on the political media in this country

I travel a fair bit still and I would reckon we have the most negative, anti-politics media in the world. We also have the most introspective. Even amid the recognition that the current economic crisis is global in cause, scale, and solution, coverage here tends to focus on Britain, and in particular Britain's political leaders.


He compares the French media and asks

Imagine how the UK news would have been yesterday if roughly the same number of people who marched against the war in Iraq had marched through the streets of London to protest at GB's handling of the economic situation.

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