| Damage concerns politicians and media more than public ArgumentOpposé1 #2630 People outside politics and the media tend to be less obsessed with the nuances of every political news story than politicians and the media and often have a better grasp of the essential facts than they credited with by politicians and the media. |
Claim made by Andrew Gilligan in The Observer: "Normal people aren't like politicians and journalists. They don't follow every news story; they make up their minds on the overall balance of the evidence disclosed to them. Media attacks only work if they fit with the grain of the facts." |