By Peter Ungphakorn
POSTED OCTOBER 27, 2019 | UPDATED OCTOBER 27, 2019

Some hard-hitting comment has been written recently about the dangers of using of unnamed sources in reporting about Brexit. Less attention has been paid to how the main broadcasters put different aspects of Brexit into separate reporting categories — particularly “politics” — and how this affects the debate.

The two issues are linked, though. The priority given to what the “sources” say colours the meaning of “political” reporting too. Journalists compete to get the scoop instead of providing the most informative coverage. They are not the same.

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Parliamentary #Labour Party #BollocksToBrexit may elect its own chair. An election in which #Corbyn might participate as a candidate & have one vote, but no more. PLP may turn #JC4PM2019 into a non playing Leader of the Opposition …

“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”

Elizabethan courtier Sir John Harington

The Parliamentary Labour Party may elect its own chair. An election in which Jeremy Corbyn might participate as a candidate and have one vote, but no more.

The PLP may turn the Leader of the Labour Party into a non playing Leader of the Opposition …