British voters 'turned off' by media hype and cynical blogs

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/nov/05/hazel-blears-politics-media-labour

Corrosive cynicism, fuelled by politically nihilistic blogs and a retreat from dispassionate reporting, is endangering British political discourse, Hazel Blears, the communities secretary, will tell a Hansard Society conference today on growing political disengagement in Britain.

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Created by Niluccio on 05 November 2008

Niluccio's thoughts:

Some might ("cynically"?) say that Hazel would complain about the bloggers wouldn't she.

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