Much of the political coverage by newspapers in this country has an obvious bias and I accept it and usually see through it. One that has confused me recently has been the Daily Mail's love fest with Gordon Brown. The Daily Mail was one of the few papers that seemed not to fall for Tony Blair and yet they can hardly get through an issue without a pro Brown article or two. Gordon Brown has recently seemed to be proposing policies that would specifically appeal the the Daily Mail's readership, such as cancelling the Super Casino, looking at reclassifying cannabis and looking at the 24 hour licensing laws. Much of the pro Brown tone has been set by the Editor Paul Dacre who is reputed to be a personal friend of Gordon Brown, see Wikipedia "In 2002, when Brown was Chancellor of the Exchequer, Dacre commented: "I have an awful lot of admiration for Gordon Brown. I feel he is one of the very few politicians of this administration who's touched by the mantle of greatness"" I do wonder how this goes down with the Daily Mail readership who do tend to be rather less appreciative of Gordon Brown than Paul Dacre.
Today an interesting article at
Iain Dale's Diary reports that "There is a growing sense of concern among some Daily Mail writers and editorial executives about their newspaper's devotion to Gordon Brown. "Some of us are starting to feel we're writing for a Labour paper like the Mirror," says one" Take a read of the comments to the article as well, much food for thought.
Whilst you ponder this matter, take a look at this
and thank
Theo Spark for alerting me to the image.
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