Ted Brocklebank, Culture Spokesman for the Scottish Tories, said: “If the SNP government has being trying to use taxpayers’ money to undermine the impartiality of STV then there must be an investigation.”.
“If [Mr Salmond] has been using taxpayers’ money to buy favour and influence, then that would be a serious breach of power.”
Iain Gray, leader of Scots Labour, said: “The suggestion that Alex Salmond tried to manipulate Scotland’s largest commercial broadcaster is deeply concerning.”
Iain Smith, the Liberal Democrat Culture Spokesman, said: “Independent broadcasters aren’t there to act as PR agencies for the government.”
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So who hosted these shows which were undermining the impartiality of STV, which were an attempt to buy favour and influence, manipulated a commercial broadcaster, and turned STV into public relations consultants?
Kirsty Wark, Labour supporter, friend of former First Minister Jack McConnell MSP.
Charlie Kennedy MP, former leader of the Liberal Democrats.
Alastair Campbell, one time gentle persuader for Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair.
You can see how that twists it all towards support for the SNP, can't you?
Mind how you go!
They may be synthetic, they are certainly personal smears in line with what Loraine Davidson described as Labour's Scottish Strategy, they may be unquestioned regurgitating of labour press releases by a media that increasingly looks biased and unbalanced but they are making an impact and the SNp should be worried.
ReplyDeleteI would have loved to have seen their faces when they were given the poll results from MORI. 'How do we spin this in favour of Labour?'
ReplyDeleteone weeps for them