Tories getting better press

Media analysts, CMS Precis, said yesterday that an examination of press articles showed that the Tories' share of negative press…

Media analysts, CMS Precis, said yesterday that an examination of press articles showed that the Tories' share of negative press coverage dropped from 68 per cent in the first week of the campaign to 50 per cent in the third. Labour's nearly doubled from 26 per cent to 46 per cent in the same period.

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