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April 30, 2010

BBC proves to be Rolls Royce of party leader debates

By Press Gazette

It was the debate where how to cut public spending was the top of the agenda so it was perhaps ironic that Terry Taxpayer footed the bill for the most lavish debate staging so far.

The BBC party leaders debate last night was by far the classiest of the three – it was a Rolls Royce to ITV’s Ford Focus and Sky’s shiny red Porsche.

The journalistic lesson of three party leaders’ TV debates was when it comes to reporting politics – show, don’t tell works.

To read the rest of this piece go to Dominic Ponsford’s Editor’s Blog.

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