tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post5693024200670195607..comments2024-03-26T13:27:26.499+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Evening Standard IN UBER’S POCKETTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-76480730210167649302018-05-31T12:31:14.494+01:002018-05-31T12:31:14.494+01:00One of Open Democracy's commenters on the piec...One of Open Democracy's commenters on the piece on Osborne's latest dodgy deal has kindly pointed out the following:<br /><br /><i>The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 -<br />http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1277/schedule/1/made contains this offence...<br /><br />11. Using editorial content in the media to promote a product where a trader has paid for the promotion without making that clear in the content or by images or sounds clearly identifiable by the consumer (advertorial). ‘Product’ is defined widely to include services.<br /><br />Trading Standards and/or the Competition & Markets Authority should be looking into this.</i>Steve Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075595969939640945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-3503664680786235152018-05-31T11:32:41.122+01:002018-05-31T11:32:41.122+01:00Anybody who thinks this commercial propaganda &quo...Anybody who thinks this commercial propaganda "new" simply hasn't studied the history of mass media ownership.<br /><br />Either that or they're "intellectually deficient".<br /><br />As for Osborne......What else did anyone expect? Altruism and decency from a tory? As when Hunt was poised to hand over more media to ratarse Murdoch - until the hacking corruption was exposed - all Osborne is is a bureaucrat for a capitalist media protection racket.<br /><br />And Osborne was once Chancellor......Yet another reason to laugh right in tory faces when they bullshit about "values".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com