Humbert Wolfe once wrote
"You cannot hope to bribe or twist
(thank God!) the British journalist.
But, seeing what the man will do
unbribed, there's no occasion to."
Two extreme examples this weekend.
Referring to how the Mirror covered his most recent polling survey of the position in marginal seats (of which more anon), Lord Ashcroft posted the following tweet this morning:
I can't think of a worse form of misrepresentation than to quote someone but miss out a negative such as "no" or "not."
"You cannot hope to bribe or twist
(thank God!) the British journalist.
But, seeing what the man will do
unbribed, there's no occasion to."
Two extreme examples this weekend.
Referring to how the Mirror covered his most recent polling survey of the position in marginal seats (of which more anon), Lord Ashcroft posted the following tweet this morning:
'Labour have made no progress in the past two years" I said in my marginal poll. The Mirror omitted the key word of "no" in their report.
— Lord Ashcroft (@LordAshcroft) September">https://twitter.com/LordAshcroft/statuses/379095002518798336">September 15, 2013
I can't think of a worse form of misrepresentation than to quote someone but miss out a negative such as "no" or "not."
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