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Lib Dem Voice: reporting the news six months ahead of the Telegraph
Six months after we covered the story of people being asked to supply National Insurance numbers when they register this year, the Daily Telegraph catches up...
What drives traffic to news websites?
Cross-posted from the Mandate blog: The Newspaper Marketing Agency’s latest (September) figures (PowerPoint slides) for the sources of web traffic to newspaper websites paintsa useful picture of which social media sites really matter – and which don’t. The top ten domains that referred UK traffic to newspapers during the month were: Google Yahoo MSN News.bbc.co.uk [...]
Nine months on, Daily Telegraph catches up on our Glenda Jackson story
Today’s Telegraph story about Labour MP Glenda Jackson and how she repaid £8,000 in expenses that had gone on Labour Party campaigning may seem vaguely familiar to readers of The Voice.
That’s because, ahem, I broke the story back at the start of September, following which a complaint went in that resulted in her having to [...]
Vince Cable rejects Telegraph speculation of deal with Labour
Both yesterday and today the Telegraph has reported that Gordon Brown is thinking of asking Liberal Democrats, including Vince Cable, to join the government in a major post-European elections reshuffle. Vince’s response when asked about the story on TV this morning was very robust and clear:
“I’m part of the Liberal Democrat team. We’re fighting to [...]
The Daily Telegraph has a little legal problem
Bit of a legal blunder at the Daily Telegraph website today, with a story appearing about the sentences handed down following the death of Baby Peter. One problem: the story includes just under a big photograph, “PLEASE LEGAL (esp, can I say Baby P’s killer?)”: The answer, by the way, I think is “no” as [...]
Dawn Butler’s whirlpool bath
When blogging earlier today about how Labour MP Dawn Butler was one of those who blocked reforms to MPs’ expenses last year it crosseed my mind to make a satirical comment. Good thing I didn’t try really, as it would have been topped straight away by the latest Daily Telegraph revelation - that she claimed [...]
Does the Daily Telegraph know its up from its down?
Daily Telegraph, 12 December 2008: “Recession pulls hemlines down“.
Daily Telegraph, 6 March 2009: “Hemlines rise during economic downturns”.
But perhaps it is neither up nor down?
Daily Telegraph, 5 February 2009: “the relationship between fashion and the economy is often more subtly complex than that”.
Never let it be said the Daily Telegraph doesn’t cover [...]
