08/11/2004
Compare and contrast the treatment of Christopher Booker's story in
The Sunday Telegraph on the new electrical rules for domestic dwellings, and
The Daily Telegraph's treatment of the same story in todayâs
business section, this one written by Richard Tyler
Apart from the more sober headline, though, the interesting thing about Tylerâs version is that, unlike Booker, nowhere does he mention that these rules are EU based. Instead, he treats the issue as a domestic story, leaving the reader under the impression that the British government is responsible.
One can never be sure whether omissions like this reflect the amateurism of the journalists involved, or whether more sinister forces are at play. Either way, the net effect is that the hidden hand of the EU stays hidden and the people are thus less informed than they have a right to be.