Vote now: Is the Welsh media racist in its coverage of the scandals involving the First Minister?
Supporters of First Minister Vaughan Gething have sparked controversy over the weekend with claims that coverage in the Welsh media of the scandals engulfing him in recent months is racist.
Several MSs and Labour activists pursued this line of attack over the last 48 hours in the face of a considerable social media backlash.
Nation.Cymru CEO, Mark Mansfield, News Editor Emily Price and Associate Editor Martin Shipton have fiercely rejected the claims, which they say are an attempt to close down legitimate journalistic scrutiny of Mr Gething.
Controversy
Since he announced his campaign to replace Mark Drakeford as First Minister, Mr Gething has been embroiled in controversy.
His problems include the revelation that he accepted a £200,000 campaign donation from a convicted criminal and publication of a leaked message in which he said that he was deleting iMessages relating to discussions during the Covid pandemic.
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No racism, merely distraction politics at work by VG and his supporters!
Reporting and analysis on these issues around FM by Martin Shipton, Emily Price, and Ben Wildsmith in Nation.Cymru have been evidence based it seems to me.
I wanted to vote no but it didn’t allow it!
Has someone else voted on the same I.P address Richard?
That is possible Mark.
I wanted to vote “NO!”
It’s limited to one vote per IP address Richard but you would be on a different IP if you voted on your phone’s 3G, 4G or 5G.
Thank you!
“the Welsh media”! As if it is all the same?
The “Welsh Media” should be the vanguard for truth & honesty! Unfortunately they have “laid off” Drakeford, Water’s & now Gethin, which can only mean one thing – corruption is deeper than I thought!
One cannot (or at least shouldn’t) be seen as the bad guy based solely on the colour of his/her skin, but can’t be absolved of guilt on that basis either.
When reading this article I thought I was on Facebook for a while. The outcome of the vote has no real meanining. Better for NC to stick to what it does best rather than straying into vox pop journalism. You’ve certainly pushed one of my buttons, but I won’t be clicking yours.
Obviously missed the poll, but where is the result?
The last refuge of an incompetant spiv is to play the “race card”!