Continuing with our election coverage (comparing the BBC, Sky and ITV news websites at the same time every day)...
Sky News is, again, not leading with election, preferring to go instead with those "nine Britons" who've been "arrested 'trying to enter Syria'". Their two election stories (ranked #2 and #3) are evenly spread between the two largest parties:
(1) Tories Continue To Chase Down Business Support: The Conservative co-chairman is emailing business leaders asking them to add their names to a 100-signature support letter.
(2) Miliband: Epidemic Of Zero-Hours Contracts: Ed Miliband says he will outlaw the "exploitative" contracts where workers are at company's "beck and call" but have no security.
ITV News, again, leads with the election. (The "nine Brits" attempting to enter Syria come second). Their angle also balances the messages of the two largest parties:
More than 100 business leaders have declared their support for the Conservatives, warning a "change of course" after the general election would "put the recovery at risk." While Labour have unveiled plans to restrict zero-hours contracts.
BBC News, like ITV, again leads with the election. (The "Britons held on the Turkey-Syria border" are in fourth place). Their main story also balances the messages of the two main parties...
The Conservatives welcome an "unprecedented" endorsement by 100 business leaders - as Labour pledges to tackle the "epidemic" of zero-hours contracts.
...but the BBC has two accompanying stories - Miliband targets zero-hours and Has there been zero-hours explosion? which appear to tilt the focus firmly onto the Labour Party's campaign theme of the day.
However, there is also Robert Peston's prominently-placed blogpost Business v Economists which moves onto the Conservatives' talking point of the day - albeit only to undermine it with the counter-points of critical economists.
The other accompanying articles are more generalised - What parties pledge on economy; Is politics on Twitter a man's world?; and Poll tracker: How close is the race?
The other accompanying articles are more generalised - What parties pledge on economy; Is politics on Twitter a man's world?; and Poll tracker: How close is the race?
For the second day running I think the Labour Party will, I think, be happier with the BBC than the Conservatives.
The 'other' parties aren't getting an obvious look-in tonight.
The 'other' parties aren't getting an obvious look-in tonight.
