Maybe Crick should consider exactly what it was he’d unearthed, and you never know, it might eventually come back to bite him on the bum.
This is superb. https://t.co/NCj9WtMgBO— Joel Hills (@ITVJoel) November 25, 2019
Caught in the act! Meet Lee Anderson, Conservative candidate for Ashfield, who forgets his MailPlus mic is on. Click here to see our film and his ruse to set MailPlus up with unusually friendly voter. https://t.co/0gFSdXnFLk— Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) November 25, 2019
That was a fair cop, Sue. I think Mr Anderson's political career has bitten the dust.
ReplyDeleteYes, it was a fairish cop - but on your average scale of fraudulent and sneaky election stunts, I think Crick has inflated it beyond its worth, mainly for the self-aggrandisement of Crick. It kind of pales into insignificance when compared with, say, the shenanigans re the Peterborough by-election.
DeleteAs if most 'spontaneous' reality TV isn’t ‘set up’ anyway.
As a firm believer in the concept of agency, I think 'know thine enemy' should be at the fore-front of the mind of anybody dealing with modern journalists.
DeleteThe Gordon Brown microphone incident and the release of Trump's pussy-grabbing footage were both strict no-no's in media world where I used to work. The gloves are off and only a fool would remotely trust fair play from the media.
Aah, Peterborough, another story in the history of cowardly journalism. I just accept that that's where we are now. Until a few more of them feel some shame and choose a hill to die on over future employability, I'm afraid that's where we'll stay.
Guido commenters basically say one day the BBC to have a similar open mic incident
ReplyDelete"Right you're coming on as just a normal member of the public, we won't mention that we know you are a Labour Party activist"