Mail and Telegraph pull anti-tax dodging ads

[nxylas]

Source: Left Foot Forward

Right-wing (UK) papers the Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph have pulled 38 Degrees’s anti-tax-dodging “Artful Dodger” ads – despite having agreed prices with the group. Upon seeing the advert, the Telegraph refused to run it while the Mail upped their quote hugely, though Associated News said it would run the ad in today’s Metro – yet spiked it at the last minute.

David Babbs, executive director of 38 Degrees, told Left Foot Forward:

“Our adverts ran today in the i, the Independent, and the Guardian – but we were prevented from running them in the Telegraph or any of the Daily Mail papers.

“It shows that our tax dodging campaign is touching a raw nerve, and that those papers most supportive of the Conservative-led government are willing to exercise editorial control even over advertising.”

Read more: http://www.leftfootforward.org/2011/01/mail-and-telegraph-pull-anti-tax-dodging-ads/

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More proof that the right-wing media's claim to be solely driven by the market are bogus, and that media owners will rally to protect the interests of their class when necessary. For those who don't know the British media scene, Associated News is the group that owns both the Daily Mail and Metro, the latter being a free newspaper targeted at commuters that is distributed on trains and buses here in the UK.

[Joanne98]

1. Conservatives hate freedom!

[freshwest]

2. And they've taken the gloves off!