Comments on: Who scooped the Hoon – Hewitt plot?

By: Nina

Nina — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:54:54 +0000

The answer to questions like ‘why the New Statesman’ usually comes down to personal contacts doesn’t it?

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By: Pace

Pace — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:22:59 +0000

So why the New Statesmen?

Any ideas?

‘cos if the plotters had chosen the Spectator, the PLP would have thought it was a wind-up.

If they’d chosen the Guardian, they’d have thought it was a misprint.

The Mail, a lie.

The Sun, a bigger lie.

etc etc

By: Charlie Beckett, POLIS Director » Blog Archive » Snow storm political reporting

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:28:57 +0000

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By: Daniel Hoffmann-Gill

Daniel Hoffmann-Gill — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:50:52 +0000

I’m with Hermeneutical in that it does matter, as a matter of interest and curiosity as to who was ‘chosen’ as a device to share the story, that surely is of some significance.

So why the New Statesmen?

Any ideas?

By: Hermeneuticals

Hermeneuticals — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:35:18 +0000

A good question Sunny.

I saw it come up on the BBC website without a pic. and w/ a broken link. I realized it was breaking so I googled it. The only hit was on Yahoo News sourcing to Reuters.

I think who broke it is very significant.

By: sunny hundal

sunny hundal — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:01:28 +0000

@CharlieBeckett Hi Charlie – think you missed a few things out there: http://bit.ly/5e0U2s

By: The Orator

The Orator — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:48:34 +0000

Who cares who broke it? Or is this just another bit of Sunny H’s rather overcast attitude to all things Guido?

By: Alisdair Cameron

Alisdair Cameron — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:30:27 +0000

It’s not exactly Woodward and Bernstein is it?

By: Lucy Thorpe

Lucy Thorpe — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:26:31 +0000

What if the BBC got it first and just held onto it ? It’s not the law to tweet your scoops is it ?

By: Halloway

Halloway — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:59:35 +0000

I first read about it on Popbitch, if that’s any help.

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