Oh, so now this is the new style of newspaper reporting?
The Labour leader goes on Super One radio, records an interview to be broadcast after he has gone on vacation to Italy, and the newspapers pick up what he said and report it as fact – the fact being that he said it, as in ‘Joseph Muscat said X’, when newspapers should be dealing with the factuality of the content of what he says, ignoring everything else.
So let’s see now: if I were the Labour leader I could be interviewed by one of my employees on my own radio station and say whatever I like to create a story, knowing that the newspapers will obligingly pick it up and make that story.
timesofmalta.com reports this morning:
At least 10 government MPs were unhappy with Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi’s leadership, Opposition Leader Joseph Muscat claimed yesterday.
Dr Muscat made the comment in an interview broadcast on One Radio, although he failed to substantiate it or provide further details.
If he declined to provide further details, then why report it? Just ignore it, because he is obviously piggybacking on what the newly independent MP said in parliament last month.
Instead of focussing on whether government MPs are at odds with Lawrence Gonzi, how about we take a look at the other side and the massive potential for steaming problems that exists there?
I hardly think all Labour MPs are absolutely delighted with Joseph Muscat’s so-called leadership and with the fact that he has surrounded himself by dinosaurs from amother era.
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Did anyone run after Adrian Vassallo and pressured him into saying what REALLY happened for him to change his mind after that outburst on Bondi+?
No, of course not. They just reported what Vassallo said.
Regarding the comment whether all Labour MPs are absolutely delighted with Joseph Muscat’s leadership, that might be the image they try to project.
Unfortunately let us not forget that ignorance breeds arrogance which in turn provides the most fertile ground for greed and personal agendas.
Is this the cohesive force that binds the LP?
And didn’t 33 MP’s, including Debono and Mugliett, issue a joint statement, categorically denying what You Know Who implied?
Joseph has to be careful here, Laburisti haven’t taken lightly to their leader hanging onto YKW. They think it makes their party, I quote, look like a ‘partit ta’ mazzetta’.
Smoking has its advantages, a vox pop in every bar tal-pjazza.
I’ve said this for a while now: The Times is going to the dogs.
The Times has gone to the dogs.
In Adrian Vassallo’s words:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsRiZC6jL4w&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I have said it many times before and have no problem to repeat myself.
The Times of Malta have
– an open agenda in favour of Labour
– their reporters (not journalists) have a secret agenda in favour of Labour
– their reporters have no idea what investigative journalism is all about
Take your pick. The correct answer could be one or more of the above
The Times of Malta will soon be embracing the same logo of the PL media… ONE – One big fu**ing Mess.
This has been the style of newspaper, radio and TV, reporting for a very long time, Wonder why you realised now what was happening?
Has anyone lately noticed how journalists ‘grill and pressure’ to put words in the mouths of certain NP members of parliament regarding the present situation, whilst they always seem to ask weak and subtle questions to Labour members of parliament (or are scared shitless to do so) therefore using the ‘kid gloves’ technique?
Is this a figment of my imagination, or what?
I would think all Labour MPs are not happy, given that despite all they haven’t managed to topple Gonzi – correct me if I am wrong but there are more than 10.
clinching to the very last few straws. Kuragg!
Hi Daphne
This is my third attempt to contact you as the internet from my hotel room is repeatedly disrupted.
I am currently in Malaysia and this morning I read an interesting article published in the local paper ‘New Straits Times’, about comments made by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, just yesterday.
I would like to send them to you. What is your email address?
[Daphne – [email protected]]
The newspaper’s aim is to compete with Malta Today and attract the Labour readership. They did that by lowering the quality, so that the latter can feel at ease with The Times.
Agreed P Shaw, but there’s more.
With current polls strongly indicating that the “reformed” MLP under Joseph Muscat will soon be in power for at least five years, the business people at The Times are more than just hedging their bets.
And as someone (sorry, bad with names) noted under another posting, PN persons with close ties to The Times may not be too unhappy should the outcome of the election lead to the departure of the present PN leader.
Ma niskantax jekk hemm 10 kontrih.
Il-verita sagrosanta hi li l-prim ministru huwa bniedem gust u tal-affari tieghu u minnu ma tihux dak li ma jisthoqqolokx.
Allura min mhux tal-affari tieghu jista jaghti l-kaz li jkun kontra GonziPN.
It’s hilarious when they compare him to Mons.Mikiel Gonzi and the whole mizbla thingy.
I’ve been a journalist for 20 years and I can safely say that the newsroom at The Times is staffed by slobs who wouldn’t know a good story if it slapped them in the face.
Half of them can barely write English.
The other half are Daphne wannabes.
They consistently fail to ask the right questions, usually only get half the story and far too often report speeches as statements of fact without any thought of the real story or the spin behind the speech.
I get the real Malta news of the day from The Daily Daphne, not The Times.
I’ll save my thoughts on Malta Today for another time.