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Old 14-09-2017, 00:23   #38
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Re: Brexit discussion

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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
Why is it his duty to be positive? He's a reporter not a cheerleader. I imagine you could take a lot of topics and find that reporter sentiment is largely negative from the NHS to transport. Things make news when they're going wrong, not when everything is working smoothly, and for that matter the reporting can reflect the reality of the situation.

This is about trying to shut people up from criticising the government by pretending balanced coverage means 50% positive and 50% negative reporting.
Agreed. Surely reporters are there as checks and balances to keep Government in check. So they will be critical about things and seek out problems that the Government would prefer were avoided.
On Brexit, we know some of what we're losing but pretty little of what we're gaining. City AM, one of the many pro-Brexit media, made the point reluctantly in an editorial that it had not seen a business case for Brexit for the UK service industry. That sector makes up 80% of the UK's exports. If a pro-Brexit publication can be critical about the Government's efforts here, rest assured less biased ones will be even more critical.

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing View Post
Where's Nick Clegg to tell us again that an EU army is a dangerous fantasy, everything Juncker said today shows exactly why brexit is happening and also shows the EU hasn't learnt a damn thing just gone back to their usual expantionist federal head in the sand approach.
The Clegg family are promoting Bloodwise at the moment due to their son's fight against cancer. I imagine an EU army is not at the forefront of their minds.
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