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Comment number 1.
At 9th Jul 2010, Stephen Richardson wrote:Of course, another thing missing from your analyses is the cost of the free advertising provided to the three 'main' parties by yourself, the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ and the media in general.
If the cost (if the time had been provided as paid for advertising) of air time allotted to each party were calculated and added in then I think this would make a massive difference to your figures.
This coverage has a massive effect on the way people vote so if you calculate the cost per vote then surely you are being very disingenuos.
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Comment number 2.
At 9th Jul 2010, Graham Smith wrote:³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Cornwall did provide an opportunity for all Mebyon Kernow, Green Party and UKIP candidates to take part in hour-long "Any Questions?" programmes for each constituency. Listeners must judge for themselves whether these programmes went any way towards redressing the huge gap in spending power between the rich and poor parties. There is of course no advertising on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ local radio.
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Comment number 3.
At 9th Jul 2010, Stephen Richardson wrote:Ah but the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ guidelines suggest allowing a massive amount more air time for the three 'main' parties in news stories. For political parties this is tantamount to free advertising. When you try and calculate the cost per vote a figure for this should be included. Of course radio is a much lesser form of 'news' or 'free political advertising' and the cost of the free advertising on TV should be included as well.
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Comment number 4.
At 9th Jul 2010, Graham Smith wrote:Radio a "lesser" form of news? An outrageous slur! I would hope most ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio Cornwall listeners can tell the difference between journalism and advertising. And if you are suggesting that all news coverage is always "positive" I would have to disagree - news is just what it is; it's what happens; it's what we find out. Remember Gordon Brown and "bigot-gate"? - hardly "free advertising" for the Labour Party.
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