Londonist: Whale Whacked Following Boris Booster

esotericbadger

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:32:58 +0000

But hang on... you say that it's the 'decision to fire an employee for biased reporting in the run-up to an election could set a new precedent' - and there's no question the Guardian was doing the same. If you do want to make facetious comparisons to Pravda* you'd be better off looking at The Londoner** than the Evening Standard. *(a state run newspaper dedicated to reporting the activities of the government in a positive light) ** (see *)

DeanN

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:04:52 +0000

Dear Mr. Badger - I don't think Zoe Williams (admittedly awful) article, nor Dave Hill's online-only piece, quite equate to the spectacular campaign that Gilligan ran in London's only paid-for newspaper. Future students of political propaganda will be foregoing the old copies of Pravda and instead scanning dear Andrew's columns.

sover_99

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:53:18 +0000

By 'record number of complaints' I assume you mean the THREE people that complained to Ofcom. Probably Red Ken, Brian Paddick and Diane Abbott. So because of 3 people millions of happy, satisfied listeners must forgoe their evening enjoyment. So much for power to the people. Power to the beaurocrats anybody?

driftwords

Tue, 06 May 2008 17:42:22 +0000

Well he had to go, since he was Broadcasting, i.e. over the air (and hence in Ofcom's remit), unlike AG, ZW and other presspersons, who can write what they like.

esotericbadger

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:28:34 +0000

And for the sake of balance... Maybe Dave Hill and Zoe Williams might be found crying into their frappucinos? http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/dave_hill/2008/04/the_london_list.html http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/zoe_williams/2008/05/be_afraid_be_very_afraid.html