February 04, 2004

Media Bias

Today’s Royal Gazette gives us a rundown of the PLP hopefuls, albeit with a rather gushing and mischevious headline.

The PLP, have been taking some deserved lumps lately for lacking diversity and running a racially divisive campaign - but Alex Scott has been cranking up the PR machine and trying to portray his party as diverse and representative of all Bermudians.

The Royal Gazette kindly obliges in this article by saying that the PLP candidates "impress with their diversity". I'm sure Mr. Scott appreciates the early Valentines Day gift!

Couple that with the other gushing article by Mr. Johnson about new PLP Attorney General Sen. Larry Mussenden and I'm starting to this that Ms. Webb is right about her media bias, she's just got it backwards!

The RG seems to have gone completely pro-PLP.

CORRECTION: The line "mischevious headline courtesy of Ayo Johnson" was corrected to say "mischevious headline". Reporter's rarely if ever write their own headlines. However this one was pulled directly from the first line of the RG story where it stated that "The line-up of potential Progressive Labour Party (PLP) candidates for the Sandys North (district 36) by-election on March 4 is impressive in its diversity".

Posted by Christian S. Dunleavy