Politics

Journalism and politics are inescapably inter-twined.

What RBI's Business Bloggers are saying about the General Election Members Public

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Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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Generally Electing Members Public

[http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/assets_c/2010/05/4583934532_fa10d1630a_b-1638.html] Like so many others, I stopped off to vote on the way in to work this morning. I had three separate ballot papers: for the national government, for the local council and for the local mayor.I was

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
elections

Journalism and Hung Parliaments Members Public

Don’t you love blog posts that save their most interesting observation for the last paragraph [http://www.charliebeckett.org/?p=2821]? > Of course, if we do get a deeply hung parliament then that will also raise all sorts of interesting procedural issues for journalists – especially the BBC. Generally,

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
bias

On Political Tribalism Members Public

Stephen Fry just articulated withastonishing clarity and wit [http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/05/04/how-i-will-vote/] exactly what I was trying to say last week [http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2010/04/an_electoral_retreat_from_twitter.html] . Choice quotes:> For a Labour voter to hate a Tory voter

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
elections

Electoral Fraud and Violence Against Journalists Members Public

I’m surprised by how little reaction to this story has cropped up amongst the social spaces I inhabit online: > I didn’t, but I explained I was a journalist for [The Independent](http://www.independent.co.uk/ "The Independent") looking to speak to a man at

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
elections

Can Party Affiliation Affect Your Twitter Followers? Members Public

The reaction to my recent post to Twitter and politics has been, well, stimulating. By way of exploring this issues raised a little further, I thought I’d run a quick poll: [Would you unfollow someone for expressing support for a political party?](http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/3122577/)[Market

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Politics

An Electoral Retreat From Twitter Members Public

I am a perpetual floating voter. I have political opinions, but no strong party loyalty – and I’ve voted for all the main parties and some minority ones in the elections I’ve participated in over the last couple of decades. There’s a simple reason for this: I believe

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

OR318 Members Public

Read more about the campaign [http://www.march18.org/] and the man [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omid_Reza_Mir_Sayafi].

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
bloggers