The Sunday Mail - Journalism with an Agenda

Commentry on the Article in The Sunday Mail:
Why Mr X does not deserve your vote 11 Nov 2007

I was very disappointed to see the Sunday Mail discard even the appearance of media impartiality recently when it called for voters to reject rival Senate candidate Nick Xenophon.

This was not an editorial, not did it name the article's author. It was talking on behalf of the newspaper:

"The Sunday Mail firmly believes South Australians should not vote for him [Xenophon] this time around."

and

"For all these reasons, the Sunday Mail cannot endorse Mr Xenophon's bid to be elected to the Senate"

This is not a case of my support of Mr Xenophon (as he is a rival candidate for the Senate), this is a case of a newspaper with an agenda.

Newspapers should present the facts to the public without intention to persuade. Too much media coverage is commentry on the news, rather than the news itself.

This one article has tarnished the reputation of this paper. How many other news items also have an agenda, when we really think they are unbias and impartial?