Should some newspapers be more careful about researching their sources?

[Annsan_In_Him]

Publish and be damned is not always a good motto! There is another recent example of this with the report initially failing to mention that the man in question was a Conservative Councillor who had said such things in that capacity, before switching to UKIP. The minute he did, the press jumped on his statements, inferring that UKIP is full of such people with similar views. But for at least two years, he had been saying all of that as a Conservative Councillor! The report (BBC, no less) now makes it clear that the chap was a Conservative who took Mr Cameron to task before switching to UKIP.

However, there is prejudice against UKIP and reporting in order to try to bring down a Party that is now threatening the two-horse race that is British politics. AiH