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1 (2) Paul Waugh
2 (1) Political Betting
3 (10) FT Westminster Blog
4 (3 Nick Robinson
5 (4) UK Polling Report
6 The Vibe
7 Malc in the Burgh
8 (41) Ed West
9 (13) Boulton & Co
10 (8) Craig Murray
11 (6) Slugger O'Toole
12 Rod Liddle
13 (9) J Arthur MacNumpty
14 (27) Bagehot's Notebook
15 (20) Hen Rech Flin
16 (11) Vaughan Roderick
17 Mark D'Arcy
18 (18) Matthew Taylor
19 The Sauce
20 (25) Blether with Brian
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19 comments:
Does this poll have any credibility when it shows Nick Robinson as "non-aligned"?
Surely he is a Labour spinner (i.e. works for the BBC)
Non-aligned = boring.
Er, Paul Mason is in there TWICE, at number 40 and number 50. How does that work?
Well spotted. Seems to be human error. Have corrected it. David Ottewell should have been there.
How is that Nick Robinsons entry is on this list? Surely it should be counted as a Labour blog
Err, think you've made a mistake. Surely Nick Robinson should come under Labour blogger
20 (25) Blether with Brian
Sorry Iain you obviously have never read the Labour spin at work.
Blether with Brian IS aligned--with the Unionist line that is perpetrated by the BBC in Scotland.
It's not a proper blog anyway--"Brian" does not deign to relate to/argue with posters, but assumes an all-knowing silence. Many people don't read this blog now for these reasons,and the number of comments on any of his blogs is diminishing too.
William Brown
Rod Liddle unaligned my arse. He even admits in the Sunset Times to being a lifelong Labour supporter.
What's your definition of non-aligned? No 'declared' affiliation?
I'd argue that many of these are 'aligned' if one considers their apparent political stances.
By what yardstick can Nick Robinson be judged non-aligned?
If Paul Waugh is non aligned why does he publish so much that is fed to him by CCHQ.
Craig Murray has declared fro and joined the LibDems.
On a more serious level is it really possible for anyone with anything interesting to say about politics not to resist the temptation to take a position on most things and hence be aligned. Those who pretend neutrality often hold very strong views and fool no one in their dishonest attempts to disguise them (why does Humphrys come to mind). Personally I would prefer journalists to drop the dishonest pretence of being nonaligned/impartial.
No.9 Boulton & Co!
It would be news to me that Adam Boulton is non-aligned but apart from that the blog has the most puerile and illiterate set of respondents imaginable as well as a lynch-mob system of moderation.
It really does not deserve to be No.9 on the list of the top anythings.
"Tax Research UK" is non-aligned? Aligned to the left wing of the Labour Party and gunded indirectly by the TUC, but otherwise unaligned.
Methinks the FT is anti-Tory.
Matthew Taylor unbiased? Um.
(Makes a change from Nick Robinson....)
Don't know about the journalists whose non-alignend credentials are being questioned, but I doubt if J Arthur Macnumpty (Will Patterson) has ever claimed to be anything other than a Scottish Nationalist.
"Personally I would prefer journalists to drop the dishonest pretence of being non-aligned/impartial."
If the BBC were upfront about its Leftist assumptions this would as foolish as the Pope declaring that the Catholic Church is not the only legitimate authority for the interpretation of the life and teachings of Jesus.
The essential function of the BBC is to promote the views and interests of the Leftist establishment. If the BBC were to admit their Leftist assumptions people would wonder - as they wondered about the Catholic Church at the end of the Middle Ages - why everybody should be forced to pay for it?
that Nick Robinson is decried as being a Labour supporter because of working for the Beeb, his previous employer was the Tory party, and it shows in all his work
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