Less Ordinary

I am irritated by (mostly) politicians and (also) media-types referring to "ordinary people". I don't mind being a regular, normal, ordinary chap, but when they wield it, the phrase comes with the patronising implication that they are somehow better than ordinary. And as we have seen for a long time and especially in recent years, many politicians in particular and journalists in general tend to range from 'ordinary' downwards. I log occurrences here and send offenders a postcard.

Thursday 30 April 2015

#26 The Sun, reported on R4

BBC Radio 4's Today programme promoted the newspaper slot to
the headlines when reporting that the Scottish Sun is supporting Sturgeon and the SNP, while the [rest of the UK] Sun is supporting the Tories.
The BBC's Scotland correspondent, Colin Blane reported at both 7o'c and 8o'c that the Southern Sun states "the Tories are the best bet for millions of ordinary people".
For the first time in my life, I bought a copy of the Sun today and the beginning and end of the piece are shown right.
Colin Blane is, I guess, innocent as a mere mouthpiece and will therefore be postcard-less, but he could have distanced himself by inserting a 'so-called'. Maybe a postcard to the editor [sent 2nd May].

Less Ordinary

Thursday 30 April 2015

#26 The Sun, reported on R4

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