tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post3915451392212800533..comments2023-05-08T10:46:34.371+01:00Comments on Y Cneifiwr: Open Letter to the Editor of the Carmarthen JournalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-47810174333944171542012-09-10T08:00:03.614+01:002012-09-10T08:00:03.614+01:00"Real journalism consists of what someone doe..."Real journalism consists of what someone doesn't want published, all the rest is public relations." (George Orwell)<br /><br />That's why I don't buy the local advertising rags, which are little more than the "Carmarthenshire News" propaganda sheet. Plus, their dead tree versions will all be closed within 5 years anyway. It will be up to the "citizen investigative journalist" to do the work their paid colleagues used to do.<br /><br />Apart from Private Eye of course, which will survive for decades I expect in paper form because it hasn't sold its soul and is full of stuff you can read, rather than just put under the cat litter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-8796153881041407452012-09-09T23:42:13.395+01:002012-09-09T23:42:13.395+01:00Yes, but that is the commercial right of the newsp...Yes, but that is the commercial right of the newspaper. The right to transact thier business as they see fit, just as the right to buy (or not to buy) the paper is your right. If County Hall are bullying the paper ("press management" it is called) then that is a matter that needs to be taken up with the County Council through the elected members.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-54051523636248002892012-09-08T20:17:20.977+01:002012-09-08T20:17:20.977+01:00It's not about being impartial - it's abou...It's not about being impartial - it's about reporting major items of news about Carmarthenshire which are being picked up by the Western Mail and even, on occasion by London newspapers.<br /><br />And there is strong evidence to suggest that the reason these stories are not being reported is because of bullying by County Hall.<br /><br />It is deplorable and a disgrace in a democracy that people fought and died for in two world wars.<br /><br />Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-88199233337123513572012-09-08T19:03:57.000+01:002012-09-08T19:03:57.000+01:00A newspaper has no obligation to be impartial or b...A newspaper has no obligation to be impartial or balanced.<br /><br />If you don't like it, don't buy it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-118857435900510280.post-18110504747972867752012-09-08T15:06:11.772+01:002012-09-08T15:06:11.772+01:00Let us know if they published it.Let us know if they published it.glynbeddauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933352430631144936noreply@blogger.com