Comments on: Election coverage should be balanced. http://sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/2010/01/19/election-coverage-should-be-balanced/ Fair is worth fighting for Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:23:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: eamonn ward http://sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/2010/01/19/election-coverage-should-be-balanced/comment-page-1/#comment-9 eamonn ward Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:55:13 +0000 http://sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/?p=2468#comment-9 Steve, Don't blame the journos who are poorly paid and overworked in an industry in crisis. Like it or not, The Star reflects the word we live in and we need to bring a well argued common sense approach to their pages in a non confrontational way to help redress the balance. Steve,

Don’t blame the journos who are poorly paid and overworked in an industry in crisis. Like it or not, The Star reflects the word we live in and we need to bring a well argued common sense approach to their pages in a non confrontational way to help redress the balance.

]]> By: smileysteve http://sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/2010/01/19/election-coverage-should-be-balanced/comment-page-1/#comment-8 smileysteve Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:20:38 +0000 http://sheffieldgreenparty.org.uk/?p=2468#comment-8 Good letter Gray and well put. I know that the Sheffield Green Party, in general, supports the Sheffield Star...as a vehicle of democracy for contact with and from local people. Fine, BUT, in my humble opinion, it is a mainstream media clapped out rag..and it's second rate reporters/journos reflect this. They learn nothing...or appear not to...for example...in the year that Jillian Creasy became the First Sheffield GP councillor...the Star had previously reported on the local election as being clear cut for Labour and nothing would change. In fact, I believe it was also the year that the Lib Dems had more seats than new Labour, but, thanks to Jillian, it was a hung council. That, I think, was in 2004 or 2005.?..and the Star Paper is STILL deriding/ignoring true democracy and the other parties today in 2010. Shoddy at best. Thing is...I think a LOT of local peoples DO still read this rag...mores the pity - in it's present state. Best wishes Gray and all the Greenies for the up and coming (ahem) democratic, elections. Good letter Gray and well put.
I know that the Sheffield Green Party, in general, supports the Sheffield Star…as a vehicle of democracy for contact with and from local people.
Fine, BUT, in my humble opinion, it is a mainstream media clapped out rag..and it’s second rate reporters/journos reflect this.
They learn nothing…or appear not to…for example…in the year that Jillian Creasy became the First Sheffield GP councillor…the Star had previously reported on the local election as being clear cut for Labour and nothing would change.
In fact, I believe it was also the year that the Lib Dems had more seats than new Labour, but, thanks to Jillian, it was a hung council. That, I think, was in 2004 or 2005.?..and the Star Paper is STILL deriding/ignoring true democracy and the other parties today in 2010.
Shoddy at best.
Thing is…I think a LOT of local peoples DO still read this rag…mores the pity – in it’s present state.
Best wishes Gray and all the Greenies for the up and coming (ahem) democratic, elections.

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