1066familyman
Radio User
- Jan 15, 2008
- 15,185
...have them do you think?
I ask in light of a bit of controversy over the latest edition of our local rag - Hastings Observer (among other locals in the group) featured a front page 'wrap around advertisment' for the Conservatives.
http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2...ront-page-ad-wrap-appears-on-regional-papers/
http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2...r-apology-over-weeklys-disgraceful-tory-wrap/
I don't buy the observer , but whenever I have read it I've always felt it tends to lean to the right. So when I saw a copy of it today I didn't even realise it was an ad and not their genuine front page on first glance.
Do you think ads in this style are acceptable, even if they really are available to any party to buy?
What do you think is the political leanings of your local rag, or do you think it's unlike the nationals and is genuinely impartial?
I ask in light of a bit of controversy over the latest edition of our local rag - Hastings Observer (among other locals in the group) featured a front page 'wrap around advertisment' for the Conservatives.
http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2...ront-page-ad-wrap-appears-on-regional-papers/
http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2...r-apology-over-weeklys-disgraceful-tory-wrap/
I don't buy the observer , but whenever I have read it I've always felt it tends to lean to the right. So when I saw a copy of it today I didn't even realise it was an ad and not their genuine front page on first glance.
Do you think ads in this style are acceptable, even if they really are available to any party to buy?
What do you think is the political leanings of your local rag, or do you think it's unlike the nationals and is genuinely impartial?