by Justin Schlosberg Last night’s television debates featuring Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May marked the return of the general election to the top of news agendas, and the start of the crucial final ten days of campaigning. But the programme also reflected one of the most consistently proven distortions in mainstream coverage of recent elections. In 2015, a study by … [Read more...]
Election coverage alert 15 May
As election manifestos are rolled out, journalists must take care to give equal and proportionate scrutiny to new policy proposals on all sides. This morning on Radio 4's Today Programme, John Humphries conducted an exemplary interview with the Conservative minister for health and pensions, Damian Green. Every question was focused on the Conservatives' recently announced … [Read more...]