Compare and contrast

Posted by Scott on Tuesday 27 May 2008, 2:21 pm
Categories: Politics  Tags: Tags: , , ,

The leader of political party X releases a cost-of-petrol policy. A leak to the media reveals that a senior minister in that party thinks policy is bad.

The leader of political party Y releases a cost-of-petrol policy. A leak to the media reveals that a senior minister in that party thinks the policy is bad.

Two almost identical events interpreted in two very different ways by the media and assorted commentators. The coverage of party X’s leak is almost entirely in the context of leadership while coverage of party Y’s leak is about the policy itself and the control that the party seems to have over internal dissent.

Interesting, is all I’m saying.



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