Gryphon accused of bias in LeadLUU coverage
But no one reads the Gryphon
Another day means another scandal for the Union Leadership race.
The Gryphon has been accused of leaving candidates out of an article covering the LeadLUU Question Time event on Thursday. Twitter user Max Sherrard who studies Poltics and Middle Eastern Studies at Leeds called this “clear bias”.
Clear bias piece by @TheGryphonNews failing to mention anything of @talya_stitcher @RiForActivity focusing ONLY 1 candidate policy #LeadLUU pic.twitter.com/OWXNexgFFS
— Max Sherrard (@MaxSherrard) February 10, 2017
The article in question focuses on the Activities debate which only mentions 3 of the 5 candidates running for the position of Activities officer, leaving out Talya Stitcher and Rianna Julian.
. @_TheGryphon unfair coverage by 0 mention of @talya_stitcher & I/noticed you chose to live tweet every QT except for ours🤔👎🏻 pic.twitter.com/1yZ3sRsmW7
— Rianna Julian (@RiForActivity) February 10, 2017
The article also only talks about one of the policies in the debate, Jess Bassett’s loyalty card scheme which would offer students points for using Union facilities and joining societies, but didn’t mention any policies of the other candidates.
Although let’s be honest, what is all the fuss about? No one reads The Gryphon anyway.




