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This article is a masterclass in how to do pro-Westminster and anti-Welsh bias, and its writer and editor should take partial responsibility for the deaths that will result if it weakens the current Welsh lockdown.
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Yes, I mean that...
There& #39;s no limiting adjective before the word & #39;peers& #39; in the headline - making it appear that there was a *vote* to condemn the Welsh Govt. There was not.
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There& #39;s no limiting adjective before the word & #39;peers& #39; in the headline - making it appear that there was a *vote* to condemn the Welsh Govt. There was not.
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& #39;Peers& #39; is plural in the headline. Only one peer is quoted using the term & #39;arbitrary& #39; in the article. Headline writers who cannot differentiate between singular and plural should be unemployed.
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No Labour peers are quoted. But if you were reading quickly and carelessly, you& #39;d assume that Lord Callanan "admitting" that the Welsh govt got something wrong would mean he in some way represented Wales or Labour.
He& #39;s a Tory minister. The word should have been "claimed"
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He& #39;s a Tory minister. The word should have been "claimed"
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There is no mention of where the "necessary" items restriction came from. This is really odd, given that it came from the Tories.
ht. @yescymru & @ifanmj btw. ITV Wales follows both these accounts, so they knew.
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ht. @yescymru & @ifanmj btw. ITV Wales follows both these accounts, so they knew.
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"It comes as retailers in Wales ..."
Which retailers? Supermarkets. As you& #39;ll discover if you follow the link.
Supermarkets don& #39;t like the fact that their sales are being restricted because the Welsh govt sought to protect smaller businesses (at the suggestion of a Tory).
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Which retailers? Supermarkets. As you& #39;ll discover if you follow the link.
Supermarkets don& #39;t like the fact that their sales are being restricted because the Welsh govt sought to protect smaller businesses (at the suggestion of a Tory).
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Breaking with normal tv and newspaper practice, in *both* these article (the Peers and the Supermarket ones, both published today) ITV has failed to close with the Welsh govt& #39;s reply.
Over a clearly contentious matter.
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Over a clearly contentious matter.
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You could be forgiven, reading the article, for thinking it based on something more substantial than two softball questions choreographed by a minister and his friends in order to distract from a threat to the Tories.
You& #39;d be mistaken. /8
You& #39;d be mistaken. /8
"Tesco was forced to apologise for wrongly suggesting sanitary towels were & #39;non-essential& #39; "
That& #39;s down to ... Tesco. Unless you live in ITV Wales land, which seems to be inside the head of a Tory peer.
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"This forced the Welsh govt to meet with retailers..."
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That& #39;s down to ... Tesco. Unless you live in ITV Wales land, which seems to be inside the head of a Tory peer.
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"This forced the Welsh govt to meet with retailers..."
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Again, ITV demonstrating a total incapacity to differentiate between "retailers" and "supermarkets".
It& #39;s almost as if their advertisers are putting pressure on them to spread confusion about basic vocabulary.
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It& #39;s almost as if their advertisers are putting pressure on them to spread confusion about basic vocabulary.
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This would also explain why they have a whole article on the supermarkets& #39; precise negotiating position on & #39;non-essential items& #39;.
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It& #39;s lazy & bad journalism that disregards the growing sense that Wales is overwhelmingly behind its government& #39;s (long belated) decision to break with Westminster& #39;s horrifically flawed response to Covid.
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Shame.
Luckily, we have some real media in Wales now, as well as the state and corporate pet outlets.
Start here for daily @NationCymru
Here for working-class investigative journalism @voice_wales
Here for covid stats @LloydCymru
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Luckily, we have some real media in Wales now, as well as the state and corporate pet outlets.
Start here for daily @NationCymru
Here for working-class investigative journalism @voice_wales
Here for covid stats @LloydCymru
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