Media guidelines: Reporting the TaxPayers’ Alliance
Here's an unmissable tool for journalists tackling tax and public spending – our free-to-download media guidelines for reporting the TaxPayers' Alliance.
The guidelines feature our essential top 5 reporting tips, and a handy flowchart to help you plan your story.
And if you're not a journalist, the guidelines make a great gift to send to those reporters who've perhaps been a little too credulous in their coverage of our favourite campaign group.
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Posted by Clifford Singer at 12:13pm on 27 August 2009
Comments
Very funny! 
Posted by Alex Ross at 06:53pm on 27 August 2009
Absolutely spot on.
I wrote to the BBC about this months ago, when The Alliance was quoted on Today as if they were experts not just political activists looking for air time. They were never challenged. The response I got from the BBC was weak.
Also they were on the BBC in a programme about pensions in the public sector. A lot of what they said was factually inaccurate and misleading.
Does anyone know their backers? I cannot find out.
Posted by Bruce White at 02:57pm on 9 October 2009
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/oct/09/taxpayers-alliance-director-tax
Posted by Pete R at 04:52pm on 10 October 2009
Media guidelines: reporting the TPA
TaxPayers' Alliance quote generator