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Originally Posted by Chris
Local radio stations are already under enforced neutrality due to the terms of their broadcasting licences, same as TV. As for the Press - how would you legislate for that? Would the political parties be prevented from printing their own in-house magazines? What about independent, but politically partisan pamphleteers?
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Printed material from the parties is reasonable. However free and biased publicity from the press is not. I only read the local Cameron Gazette (Witney Gazette) and avoid all national papers. Whilst I can appreciate a local MP is a newsworthy item for the local paper, during the election this should stop.
Our local press put a huge interview with DC in the paper (nicely timed with the postal votes) with nothing similar for any of the other candidates in subsequent weeks. I am fully aware I live in blue balloon on a string territory (both hubby & I work here so no silly suggestions of moving to be able to have my vote count) so no matter what we will get a Tory, however just for that short period a bit of neutrality would be wonderful.