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Originally Posted by Matt D
The Sun - Strongly supported the war in Iraq, hence won't give much coverage to anything which portrays the war, or the decisions leading up to the war, in a bad light (such as the AG's advice etc etc).
The Mirror - Was strongly against the war (under Mr Moron especially), but...it's a traditionally Labour-supporting paper, & we're heading up to an election. So, although the legal advice & other stuff is relevant, I think they've chosen not to cover it much as it's not good for Blair & the Government.
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That's an explanation. But what about the lack of coverage of other election issues that this research reveals? To ignore, or at least not provide effective coverage of a General Election campaign does kind of highlight a) how divorced from the importanvce of politics people seem to have become and b) what a sham our democratic system has become (and that's without talking about proportional representation!). As an aside, TV news audiences also drop at election time.