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In contrast to Messers Peston and Easton, the lovely Stephanie Flanders has posted an article on her blog (which you will all know is called Stephanomics) that plays fair:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/stephanieflanders/2010/04/april_fools.html
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In it she dismantles Labour's latest dodgy dossier on the Conservatives 'Credibility Deficit'.
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The comments beneath are full of surprise:
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8. At 2:15pm on 01 Apr 2010, Rose Norman wrote:
Jolly good, Stephanie, you are starting to look at matters from a slightly less partial viewpoint.
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11. At 2:34pm on 01 Apr 2010, NBeale wrote:
Well done. People were beginning to wonder about the objectivity of the BBC.
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18. At 2:54pm on 01 Apr 2010, BugHunter wrote:
At last - a BBC report which does not just regurgitate the Labour line. Impressive, ma'am! You will be sent to Coventry in the BBC canteen; mark my words!
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28. At 3:33pm on 01 Apr 2010, Mike wrote:
Steph, you ain't gonna last long at the BBC with this kind of impartial reporting
Well done in the meantime
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38. At 4:08pm on 01 Apr 2010, Jom Forest wrote:
At last a non biased non partisan view from the BBC
Furher more for the first time ever I actually understood what was being said.
More Laura less Nick
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104. At 00:49am on 02 Apr 2010, Cynosarges wrote:
It is nice to see one BBC reporter who shows a semblance of neutrality in reporting on the election. Congratulations, Stephanie.
All the BBC needs to do now is to persuade the Labour supporters who make up the other 99% of the BBC's reporting force to meet the BBC's duty of neutrality, and the BBC will no longer resemble a Labour party political broadcast.
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One swallow doesn't make a summer, of course. Still it's a relief to see any swallows on the BBC's blogs!
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Not a sheep also pays tribute here:
http://notasheepmaybeagoat.blogspot.com/2010/04/stephanie-flanders-bbcs-economics.html
Merry Christmas from the Guido Team
20 hours ago
Wonders will never cease. I have added a couple of posts to Steph's blog under the handle "Isatou", taking my wife's name in vain. "Awaiting moderation", so let's see.
ReplyDeleteAh, 'Isatou' posts again on the BBC blogs!
ReplyDeleteA blog from BBC that isn't anti-Tory? I don't think so. It was posted on April 1st. I may be dim but I don't think I'm that dim.
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