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Mark Pack

Damian McBride, Derek Draper and the smears against Tories

By Mark Pack | Sat 11th April 2009 - 9:55 am

The Telegraph has reported:

Row as Number 10 emails ‘smear Tories’
The emails, which made a number of unfounded, innuendo-laden suggestions about the private lives of David Cameron, George Osborne and other Conservative MPs, came into the possession of Paul Staines, who writes the Guido Fawkes political blog…

The prospect of publication alarmed ministers, who feared that they would be accused of orchestrating a smear campaign against senior Tory figures. Some of the emails made lurid claims about Mr Cameron, the Tory leader, and Mr Osborne, the shadow chancellor.

However, there appears to be a degree of trying to spike the story …

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Mark Pack

Does the Daily Telegraph know its up from its down?

By Mark Pack | Mon 23rd March 2009 - 6:20 pm

Daily Telegraph, 12 December 2008: “Recession pulls hemlines down“.

Daily Telegraph, 6 March 2009: “Hemlines rise during economic downturns”.

But perhaps it is neither up nor down?

Daily Telegraph, 5 February 2009: “the relationship between fashion and the economy is often more subtly complex than that”.

Never let it be said the Daily Telegraph doesn’t cover all the angles.

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Mark Pack

How The Telegraph misreported today’s YouGov poll findings on immigration

By Mark Pack | Fri 27th February 2009 - 2:39 pm

The Daily Telegraph today has its regular monthly YouGov poll. They’ve headlined their report:

Immigration is top issue for both Labour and Tory voters, YouGov poll shows

They go on to say:

A Daily Telegraph/YouGov survey shows that it is the top concern that people want an incoming Conservative government to deal with.

Problem is, that isn’t really what the poll says.

One of the plus points of the paper using a polling firm that is a member of the British Polling Council is that we can get ready access to much fuller information than that in the report. If you have a look …

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Stephen Tall

LDV readers say: BBC not justified in banning Carol Thatcher

By Stephen Tall | Wed 11th February 2009 - 3:30 pm

Last week, in the wake of the whipped-up hysteria surrounding Carol Thatcher being banned by the BBC from The One Show for using the term ‘golliwog’, LDV asked our readers if you thought the corporation was justified in its actions.

Here’s how you voted:

Yes, the BBC was justified – 44% (116 votes)
No, the BBC wasn’t justified – 52% (139)
Don’t know – 4% (11)
Total Votes: 266. Poll ran: 5th-10th February 2009

So, a bare majority of you think the BBC over-reacted to Carol Thatcher’s use of racially-loaded language.

The poll was picked-up by the Telegraph’s James Kirkup, who used it …

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Mark Pack

Reasons to doubt that Darwin poll

By Mark Pack | Wed 11th February 2009 - 11:54 am

Last week, an opinion poll supposedly showing relatively low levels of public belief in Darwin’s theory of evolution did the media rounds. Typical was this write-up from the Daily Telegraph:

Poll reveals public doubts over Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution
Belief in creationism is widespread in Britain, according to a new survey.

Having heard some more coverage of the poll this morning, I thought I’d take a look at what the poll actually said. It was conducted by ComRes, a reputable polling firm (and, regularly readers of my posts about BPIX will be glad to hear, a member of the British Polling …

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