In every general election during the twentieth century [apart from 1997] editorial opinion was to the right of electoral opinion … [in 1983, 1987, 1992] press support exceeded by at least half the Conservative Party’s share of the vote.
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| — | James Curran, Newspapers: The Sociology of the Press in Briggs & Colby (eds) (2002) The Media: an Introduction (2nd Ed) |
