Breadline Britain...
I'll just post this link but I think it says it all without comment from me...
Misleading reporting by the media(University Of Kent's Social Policy Team)
Misleading reporting by the media(University Of Kent's Social Policy Team)
posted by The Great Gildersleeve | 7:11 pm
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This has happened all my life Gildy. I am now 50. Many elderly people certainly have always been ashamed/too stubborn/scared of forms to claim what is their due benefit.
Yes, I have heard this all my life too and you get stick when you do take what is rightfully yours. I wish the media/politicians would avoid whipping up the hatred and paranoia that it does but it gets a good reaction...
I read a free national newspaper last night and the letters page was full of hatred about anyone on benefit, not one letter offering an alternative view...
Good for the newspaper but biased so it colours the views of the reader.
This is one criticism of the news we have today because it is often opinion based rather than fact, similar to a newspaper editorial...
At least when Alistair Cooke did Letter from America you knew it was his take on things...
They are all coming online for download...
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