The most misleading phrases in political journalism | You Ask Us
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
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🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Andrew Marr joins the team in the studio this week to answer listener questions.
John writes in to ask which often used misleading expressions in political journalism might warrant the use of a 'broadcaster swear jar'. Meanwhile, Xia asks the podcast team which policies they're most optimistic about that might be put in place by a Starmer government.
In this episode we also hear from Freddie Hayward, politics correspondent, and Zoë Grunëwald, politics and policy correspondent.
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| 1:28.1 | podcast. This is an episode we like to call You Ask Us. you ask us. Hello I'm Freddie Haywood political correspondent at The New Statesman. |
| 1:45.0 | And joining me in the studio I have Zoe Grunervold, our politics and policy correspondent and |
| 1:48.9 | Andrew Mar, political editor. |
| 1:51.0 | They've been digging around in our virtual mailbag and I've brought a couple of questions |
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| 1:55.6 | Andrew, would you like to go first? |
| 1:56.6 | Ruffle, Ruffle, this is a question from John who wrote in to say, what political |
| 2:01.9 | descriptions, narratives or expressions should there be a swear |
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