Massive. For all the wrong reasons.

The very few exceptions reporting a true picture will be labelled as negative and accused of playing down or sabotaging this government’s massive success.

Many comments beneath this article are a case in point: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20131118/local/the-draw-of-foreign-passports.495185#.Uonq8su9KSM

So many, too many, just parrot on what they are fed without bothering to find out what the difference between residency and citizenship means. And when some point out this flaw in their thinking, the reaction is “mhux xorta”, “kemm intom negattivi, tikkritikaw biss”, or “you don’t want to admit this government is being successful”. They will never be convinced otherwise.

The core LP supporters, like Privitera, need to cling to this belief. Acknowledging their flawed thinking and the unethical behaviour of this government would shatter their world, since they would have to question their own self, past and present behaviour and everything they are. It is psychologically safer for them to continue creating their own reality and filtering out the uncomfortable truths.