Following remarks by Lord Heseltine on how very rich people , happens to be men , control the newspapers - Mail, Sun, Telegraph - I have been thinking about the express and policy of Reach. This is getting to be a news event as intense debate inside Conservatives. Most election phases I guess Lord Heseltine has had fewer concerns with the papers. Reach bought Express to fill the press space left by declining sales. Probably not an option to buy much more but could happen, Will stock market be ok with an Express that moves more to a Brexit Party viewpoint? Maybe not an issue now but could be if City gets upset with NoDeal.
Anyway, look at today. Sunday Express page One -Britain Has Lost Faith In MPs - headline over most of it, thought to be thye main line from No10 at this time. Continues page 4 with Commentary from Arron Banks / Leave.eu and weekly wisdom from Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Sunday Mirror has got a story about Jeremy Corbyn, exclusive from Political Editor Nigel Nelson. But given the news value it is strange to my mind that this is at the bottom of page 11. It details plans for a referendum, election, and presentation to other parties. Top of the double pages are stories about new Cameron book and the LibDems. Then an opinion slot for Tony Blair, Former Labour Prime Minister - white type reversed out of red. There is a small photo of Corbyn and the word "Corbyn" same font size as Nigel Nelson but not in bold.
I heard about this Sunday Mirror story on the BBC Radio 4 news paper review. It was not mentioned on #Marr. ( They did cover Mirror story on Gareth Thomas ) but #Marr did mention Mail on Sunday story about Sir Keir Starmer plot to challenge Corbyn. Polly Toynbee questioned the credibility of this speculation. But you only have to look at the Mail page layout compared to the Mirror to realise why the #BBC would miss this Corbyn news.
The news is not only that Corbyn has a policy about the next few months and is ready to talk about it. Blair is supporting Corbyn to some extent. This is very different to what happened during the referendum. Lord Mandelson and some close to him had major influence on how Labour MPs and Lords spoke. Media contacts tended to report this rather than Corbyn. See previous posts on this blog. I will return to make this case. But for evidence just look at how the Mirror is presented, compared to Express.
To be fair some readers may prefer reporting to churned opinion. The Mirror is right to have reporters. Gareth Thomas story worth seeking out.
( next post comment on Cameron )
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