Man in a Shed: The Sting

Monday, March 23, 2015

The Sting

One of the noticeable things about this general election campaign is how the media is playing the man, rather than the ball.

What do I mean by that ?

Well I can't remember as many stings being executed at all of the legacy parties before. It's like the MSM had a particular axe to grind.

Not that I'm complaint mind, just saying...

2 comments:

Rich Tee said...: I have just read something that made me realise that these stings are a side-effect of the change to fixed-term parliaments.

Since the media and other organisations now know when a General Election will occur, they have more incentive to set up stings that can be revealed during the campaign period.; 1:21 am
Man in a Shed said...: Yes that's a good point.

There are a number of other implications for campaigning of fixed term parliaments - not least is the use of parliament itself as a campaigning tool. PMQs favour incumbent parties over insurgents.; 7:06 am

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