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Originally Posted by punky
I thought a newspaper wasn't supposed to tell its readers to go for anyone? I thought The Grauniad criticises The Sun for telling people to vote Tory?
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I think they criticise The Sun for the style of all out campaigning, such as filling the paper with pro-Tory stories and anti-Clegg/Brown stories. The Guardian had no problem reporting that
Cameron won the debate. The Sun printed Cameron had won last week when almost every other poll gave it to Clegg etc.
There is a difference between editorialising (which is what the Guardian, Times, Telegraph do) and turning the paper into a propaganda machine. Look at the stories at The Sun for example:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/election2010/
Although I agree that it would be better if papers didn't back anyone, it's an odd thing.