Hidden among the election-orgy is the news item of how the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee has recently published a report pondering the future of local and regional media.
Among the many conclusions is that there is significant abuse activity by local authorities who use free newsletters to promote only the good stuff about the council. Anyone who has the misfortune to have the Swansea Leader stuffed through their letter box every other month will recognise the trend. The committee stopped short of stating the the existence of council funded propaganda sheets are actually harmful to the future of local newspapers. They have recommended that the Office of Fair Trading should conduct a review.
Few outside the cabinet can profess to thinking that eight pages of happy, smiling faces and simply masses of good news about excellent council services and the splendid folk who provide them is either informative or even value for money. Then again, how many local authorities could produce as masterful a headline as this one which appeared in yesterday's Beans on Toast?
2 Comments:
Why do you make use of every opportunity to malign and ridicule the South Wales Evening Post (the best selling newspaper in Wales). What is your agenda???
I am not a regional newspaper.
Is that you, Ap William?
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