[Bluecortina]

Quite a scathing review of the election coverage from ex-BBC boss Roger Mosey, particularly of the BBC. I don't think I would be as strongly critical as he is here, but I can see where he is coming from to an extent.

www.newstatesman.com 

I don't watch BBC News at all so can't directly comment. We do watch C4 news and ITN's NAT. I'm broadly in agreement with Mosey's comments. Night after night I've found myself muttering at the telly - "That's not news" or "That's gossip" or "That's your opinion, it's not news". We have been badly let down by PSB news operations, far too often they pursue a particular narrative and if it doesn't fit it - they don't broadcast it. Partial instead of impartial, herding voters in one direction and not the other. And people don't even realise they're being manipulated it's so subtle.

I'm old enough not to worry about it, I'll be gone. But I really do fear for the young. I'm not a conspiracy theorist but in my opinion Ofcom has singularly failed to show leadership and general intervention here.