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Trust in BBC journalists declines sharply – but still ahead of every other sector of the media

Trust in BBC journalists declines sharply – but still ahead of every other sector of the media

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Great table from YouGov on their “Trust Tracker”.Though there’s been a big decline BBC journos still most trusted twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) November 13, 2012 The polling impact of recent traumatic events Some interesting data published by YouGov which it calls its “TrustTracker”. Inevitably given the current series of issues the BBC was going to take a hit but what is also interesting is how most of the other media has also shown a decline. I love getting data…

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After the Mitchell resignation David Herdson asks: Who lied?

After the Mitchell resignation David Herdson asks: Who lied?

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The Mail brings all the negative stories for the government into one common theme. Not good for Number 10. twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/st… — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 20, 2012 Who can’t we trust: a minister or a PC? Andrew Mitchell did not resign because he swore at a policeman. For all that such a comment might be unacceptable, he’d probably have survived had that been all that the story was about. One aspect would have been the jobsworth nature of the officer…

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The other Olympic hero – James Murdoch

The other Olympic hero – James Murdoch

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His support was central for Wiggins & co James Murdoch, son of Rupert, has had a pretty rough year in the UK so much so that the part that he personally has played in the development of British cycling is perhaps overlooked. For it was James Murdoch’s decision after the 2008 Olympics to invest €15m a year in the creation and ongoing funding in Sky ProCycling that has been central to Britain now being the world leader in road cycling….

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Will Hunt have to go?

Will Hunt have to go?

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Is he set to become the 4th cabinet casualty? Rebekah Brooks’ testimony to the Leveson enquiry didn’t produce a smoking gun but will not have been at all comfortable listening for Jeremy Hunt. In particular, the e-mail from Hunt’s advisor looks at best like a private office out of control and gives the suggestion of indirect but improper ministerial contact with News International. However, it is just suggestion rather than established fact and as such we’re into the good old…

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After the resignation, what’s in the Sundays?

After the resignation, what’s in the Sundays?

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Could taxes on flights (and facelifts?) be a political battleground? Fox may be firmly back at home and on the backbenches (and how many of you had winning bets on his departure – or Hammond’s arrival?), but the reverberations continue in today’s Sunday papers. The Sunday Telegraph reports that Werritty received money from donors to “promote their political agenda but were furious to discover the cash was used to fund his lavish lifestyle” – and donors expecting to remain secret…

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