Saturday, 7 December 2019

Lead stories



There's a fascinating contrast in lead stories this morning. The BBC News website is leading with Johnson and Corbyn clash over Brexit in BBC debate while Sky News is leading with Leaked documents cited by Corbyn 'tied to Russian group', says Reddit and ITV News is leading with US-UK trade talks cited by Corbyn 'leaked' by Russian group'

Another similarity between Sky and ITV here is that both use the word "refused" in connection to Labour's behaviour over the Reddit story (Sky: Labour has again refused to discuss where it obtained the documents; ITV: Labour has refused to disclose where it obtained the sensitive documents), whereas the BBC is going with the softer-sounding "has not commented" (BBC: The Labour Party has not commented on how they obtained or became aware of the documents.)

Update (3.30 pm): Main headlines now:

Sky -  Corbyn bats away Russian links to his leaked NHS documents
ITVUS-UK trade talks cited by Corbyn 'leaked by Russian group'
BBCOceans running out of oxygen say scientists

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