🧵 9/9
As attention turns towards the 2026 Senedd election, understanding these differences in framing will be an important part of assessing how audiences encounter political information across the UK’s media landscape.
#impartialityproject #Caerphillybyelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics
As attention turns towards the 2026 Senedd election, understanding these differences in framing will be an important part of assessing how audiences encounter political information across the UK’s media landscape.
#impartialityproject #Caerphillybyelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🧵 9/9
As attention turns towards the 2026 Senedd election, understanding these differences in framing will be an important part of assessing how audiences encounter political information across the UK’s media landscape.
#impartialityproject #Caerphillybyelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics
As attention turns towards the 2026 Senedd election, understanding these differences in framing will be an important part of assessing how audiences encounter political information across the UK’s media landscape.
#impartialityproject #Caerphillybyelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics
🧵 8/9
Read our latest blog post on the coverage around the Caerphilly by-election here: tinyurl.com/yc46mcpw
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection #byelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics #Reform #PlaidCymru #Labour #WelshLabour
Read our latest blog post on the coverage around the Caerphilly by-election here: tinyurl.com/yc46mcpw
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection #byelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics #Reform #PlaidCymru #Labour #WelshLabour
Contrasting media coverage of the Caerphilly by-election in Wales with UK-wide news: how did broadcasters balance parties and leaders? — Researching the impartiality of political news
In UK-wide media, the Caerphilly by-election result was framed around Reform UK’s defeat, the terminal decline of Labour in Wales, and the implications for Keir Starmer’s UK government in Westminster....
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November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🧵 8/9
Read our latest blog post on the coverage around the Caerphilly by-election here: tinyurl.com/yc46mcpw
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection #byelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics #Reform #PlaidCymru #Labour #WelshLabour
Read our latest blog post on the coverage around the Caerphilly by-election here: tinyurl.com/yc46mcpw
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection #byelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics #Reform #PlaidCymru #Labour #WelshLabour
🧵 7/9
Overall, the analysis suggests that UK-wide & Welsh news outlets approached the by-election through different editorial lenses: one centred on UK political trends, the other on devolved & local context.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphillybyelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics
Overall, the analysis suggests that UK-wide & Welsh news outlets approached the by-election through different editorial lenses: one centred on UK political trends, the other on devolved & local context.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphillybyelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🧵 7/9
Overall, the analysis suggests that UK-wide & Welsh news outlets approached the by-election through different editorial lenses: one centred on UK political trends, the other on devolved & local context.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphillybyelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics
Overall, the analysis suggests that UK-wide & Welsh news outlets approached the by-election through different editorial lenses: one centred on UK political trends, the other on devolved & local context.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphillybyelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics
🧵 6/9
Individual candidate mentions on TV & online were also relatively evenly distributed, with Reform UK’s Llŷr Powell referenced most often due to ongoing reporting relating to Nathan Gill.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphillybyelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics #Reform
Individual candidate mentions on TV & online were also relatively evenly distributed, with Reform UK’s Llŷr Powell referenced most often due to ongoing reporting relating to Nathan Gill.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphillybyelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics #Reform
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🧵 6/9
Individual candidate mentions on TV & online were also relatively evenly distributed, with Reform UK’s Llŷr Powell referenced most often due to ongoing reporting relating to Nathan Gill.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphillybyelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics #Reform
Individual candidate mentions on TV & online were also relatively evenly distributed, with Reform UK’s Llŷr Powell referenced most often due to ongoing reporting relating to Nathan Gill.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphillybyelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics #Reform
🧵 5/
Across the Welsh TV, online & X output, Labour, Reform UK, Plaid Cymru & the Conservatives were among the most frequently referenced parties, with Labour receiving the most coverage as the governing party in Wales & the party defending the seat.
#impartiality #Caerphillybyelection #Labour
Across the Welsh TV, online & X output, Labour, Reform UK, Plaid Cymru & the Conservatives were among the most frequently referenced parties, with Labour receiving the most coverage as the governing party in Wales & the party defending the seat.
#impartiality #Caerphillybyelection #Labour
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🧵 5/
Across the Welsh TV, online & X output, Labour, Reform UK, Plaid Cymru & the Conservatives were among the most frequently referenced parties, with Labour receiving the most coverage as the governing party in Wales & the party defending the seat.
#impartiality #Caerphillybyelection #Labour
Across the Welsh TV, online & X output, Labour, Reform UK, Plaid Cymru & the Conservatives were among the most frequently referenced parties, with Labour receiving the most coverage as the governing party in Wales & the party defending the seat.
#impartiality #Caerphillybyelection #Labour
🧵 4/9
Mentions of parties & leaders broadly reflected their roles in the campaign, their positions in the Senedd, & key events.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection #byelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics #Reform #PlaidCymru #Labour #WelshLabour
Mentions of parties & leaders broadly reflected their roles in the campaign, their positions in the Senedd, & key events.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection #byelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics #Reform #PlaidCymru #Labour #WelshLabour
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🧵 4/9
Mentions of parties & leaders broadly reflected their roles in the campaign, their positions in the Senedd, & key events.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection #byelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics #Reform #PlaidCymru #Labour #WelshLabour
Mentions of parties & leaders broadly reflected their roles in the campaign, their positions in the Senedd, & key events.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection #byelection #Senedd #Welshpolitics #Reform #PlaidCymru #Labour #WelshLabour
🧵 3/
Welsh broadcasters placed greater focus on Plaid Cymru’s victory & the local significance of the result, while also covering the wider implications for Labour, Reform UK & other parties.
#impartiality #Caerphillybyelection #Welshpolitics #Reform #PlaidCymru #Labour #WelshLabour
Welsh broadcasters placed greater focus on Plaid Cymru’s victory & the local significance of the result, while also covering the wider implications for Labour, Reform UK & other parties.
#impartiality #Caerphillybyelection #Welshpolitics #Reform #PlaidCymru #Labour #WelshLabour
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🧵 3/
Welsh broadcasters placed greater focus on Plaid Cymru’s victory & the local significance of the result, while also covering the wider implications for Labour, Reform UK & other parties.
#impartiality #Caerphillybyelection #Welshpolitics #Reform #PlaidCymru #Labour #WelshLabour
Welsh broadcasters placed greater focus on Plaid Cymru’s victory & the local significance of the result, while also covering the wider implications for Labour, Reform UK & other parties.
#impartiality #Caerphillybyelection #Welshpolitics #Reform #PlaidCymru #Labour #WelshLabour
🧵 2/9
UK network news tended to frame the by-election in relation to UK political dynamics, including Labour’s performance & Reform UK’s position in national polling.
Plaid Cymru’s win featured within this wider context.
#impartiality #Caerphillybyelection #Reform #PlaidCymru #WelshLabour
UK network news tended to frame the by-election in relation to UK political dynamics, including Labour’s performance & Reform UK’s position in national polling.
Plaid Cymru’s win featured within this wider context.
#impartiality #Caerphillybyelection #Reform #PlaidCymru #WelshLabour
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🧵 2/9
UK network news tended to frame the by-election in relation to UK political dynamics, including Labour’s performance & Reform UK’s position in national polling.
Plaid Cymru’s win featured within this wider context.
#impartiality #Caerphillybyelection #Reform #PlaidCymru #WelshLabour
UK network news tended to frame the by-election in relation to UK political dynamics, including Labour’s performance & Reform UK’s position in national polling.
Plaid Cymru’s win featured within this wider context.
#impartiality #Caerphillybyelection #Reform #PlaidCymru #WelshLabour
🧵 (7/7)
The research in this blog post was conducted by @stephencushion.bsky.social, @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social, @maxwellmodell.bsky.social & myself.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
The research in this blog post was conducted by @stephencushion.bsky.social, @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social, @maxwellmodell.bsky.social & myself.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🧵 (7/7)
The research in this blog post was conducted by @stephencushion.bsky.social, @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social, @maxwellmodell.bsky.social & myself.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
The research in this blog post was conducted by @stephencushion.bsky.social, @mattwalshjourno.bsky.social, @maxwellmodell.bsky.social & myself.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
🧵 (6/7)
These findings raise questions about how impartiality, agenda-setting & visibility interact during election periods — particularly when UK & devolved political narratives collide.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
These findings raise questions about how impartiality, agenda-setting & visibility interact during election periods — particularly when UK & devolved political narratives collide.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🧵 (6/7)
These findings raise questions about how impartiality, agenda-setting & visibility interact during election periods — particularly when UK & devolved political narratives collide.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
These findings raise questions about how impartiality, agenda-setting & visibility interact during election periods — particularly when UK & devolved political narratives collide.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
🧵 (5/7)
Social media coverage was balanced but low in depth, with few direct quotes or detailed policy discussions.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
Social media coverage was balanced but low in depth, with few direct quotes or detailed policy discussions.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🧵 (5/7)
Social media coverage was balanced but low in depth, with few direct quotes or detailed policy discussions.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
Social media coverage was balanced but low in depth, with few direct quotes or detailed policy discussions.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
🧵 (4/7)
Welsh broadcasters gave greater space to local issues & candidates, while UK network news focused on the result’s meaning for Labour & Reform nationally.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
Welsh broadcasters gave greater space to local issues & candidates, while UK network news focused on the result’s meaning for Labour & Reform nationally.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🧵 (4/7)
Welsh broadcasters gave greater space to local issues & candidates, while UK network news focused on the result’s meaning for Labour & Reform nationally.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
Welsh broadcasters gave greater space to local issues & candidates, while UK network news focused on the result’s meaning for Labour & Reform nationally.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
🧵 (3/7)
Plaid Cymru, despite winning the seat, received less UK-wide coverage than Reform UK, whose campaign was often framed through Westminster implications.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
Plaid Cymru, despite winning the seat, received less UK-wide coverage than Reform UK, whose campaign was often framed through Westminster implications.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🧵 (3/7)
Plaid Cymru, despite winning the seat, received less UK-wide coverage than Reform UK, whose campaign was often framed through Westminster implications.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
Plaid Cymru, despite winning the seat, received less UK-wide coverage than Reform UK, whose campaign was often framed through Westminster implications.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
🧵 (2/7)
Reform UK received almost as much attention as Plaid Cymru, driven by Nigel Farage’s visibility & the Nathan Gill controversy.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
Reform UK received almost as much attention as Plaid Cymru, driven by Nigel Farage’s visibility & the Nathan Gill controversy.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🧵 (2/7)
Reform UK received almost as much attention as Plaid Cymru, driven by Nigel Farage’s visibility & the Nathan Gill controversy.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
Reform UK received almost as much attention as Plaid Cymru, driven by Nigel Farage’s visibility & the Nathan Gill controversy.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
🧵 (1/7)
Key findings include:
Labour dominated overall coverage — reflecting its position as the governing party in Wales & the seat’s long Labour history.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
Key findings include:
Labour dominated overall coverage — reflecting its position as the governing party in Wales & the seat’s long Labour history.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🧵 (1/7)
Key findings include:
Labour dominated overall coverage — reflecting its position as the governing party in Wales & the seat’s long Labour history.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
Key findings include:
Labour dominated overall coverage — reflecting its position as the governing party in Wales & the seat’s long Labour history.
#impartiality #impartialityproject #politicalreporting #politicaljournalism #journalism #politicalcommunication #Caerphillybyelection
A new blog post from the impartiality project at @cujournmedcul.bsky.social, analyses how BBC Wales & ITV Wales covered the Caerphilly by-election across TV, online & social media.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc46mcpw
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#impartiality #impartialityproject #journalism #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc46mcpw
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#impartiality #impartialityproject #journalism #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
Contrasting media coverage in Wales of the Caerphilly by-election with UK-wide news: how did broadcasters balance parties and leaders? — Researching the impartiality of political news
In UK-wide media, the Caerphilly by-election result was framed around Reform UK’s defeat, the terminal decline of Labour in Wales, and the implications for Keir Starmer’s UK government in Westminster....
www.enhancingimpartiality.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A new blog post from the impartiality project at @cujournmedcul.bsky.social, analyses how BBC Wales & ITV Wales covered the Caerphilly by-election across TV, online & social media.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc46mcpw
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#impartiality #impartialityproject #journalism #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc46mcpw
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#impartiality #impartialityproject #journalism #Caerphilly #Caerphillybyelection
@sashasimic.bsky.social in today's @mstaronline.bsky.social says the #Caerphillybyelection was a reason to be cheerful.
#FuckRacistReform
#FuckRacistReform
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
@sashasimic.bsky.social in today's @mstaronline.bsky.social says the #Caerphillybyelection was a reason to be cheerful.
#FuckRacistReform
#FuckRacistReform
rubbish welsh place
#caerphillybyelection #wales #caerphilly #plaidcymru #reform #goawales
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#caerphillybyelection #wales #caerphilly #plaidcymru #reform #goawales
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Caerphilly Silly-Billies Swear-Iny Daffodily Nationalists
Without fail, one wails when they think of Wales. Cold, raining, Llyod George – it's all ‘y’s and ‘g’s and very little else. Norfolk is mile...
heebeegbnouz.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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October 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Peter Brookes @BrookesTimes @thetimes on #Caerphilly #CaerphillyByelection #PlaidCymru #Starmer - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Peter Brookes @BrookesTimes @thetimes on #Caerphilly #CaerphillyByelection #PlaidCymru #Starmer - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Dave Brown’s #RoguesGallery after #GuillaumeFouace @Independent on #Caerphilly #CaerphillyByelection #PlaidCymru #Farage #Starmer #Badenochm - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Dave Brown’s #RoguesGallery after #GuillaumeFouace @Independent on #Caerphilly #CaerphillyByelection #PlaidCymru #Farage #Starmer #Badenochm - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Eluned Morgan says Wales is at a crossroads, and it’s a battle that will resonate across the UK buff.ly/o7atW7j #chartist48 .@PrifWeinidog #caerphilly #caerphillybyelection
buff.ly
October 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Eluned Morgan says Wales is at a crossroads, and it’s a battle that will resonate across the UK buff.ly/o7atW7j #chartist48 .@PrifWeinidog #caerphilly #caerphillybyelection
Is Welsh Labour’s perfect dictatorship faltering?
#caerphillybyelection
Prescient erthygl gan Morfil Mawr
yserengoch.cymru/2025/06/23/w...
#caerphillybyelection
Prescient erthygl gan Morfil Mawr
yserengoch.cymru/2025/06/23/w...
Welsh Labour – the perfect dictatorship/Wales’ Ozymandias
The reason for bringing up the PRI in a piece about Welsh Labour is that there is one immutable fact that in every single year the ‘perfect dictatorship’ was dominant in Mexico, Labour has been dom…
yserengoch.cymru
October 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Is Welsh Labour’s perfect dictatorship faltering?
#caerphillybyelection
Prescient erthygl gan Morfil Mawr
yserengoch.cymru/2025/06/23/w...
#caerphillybyelection
Prescient erthygl gan Morfil Mawr
yserengoch.cymru/2025/06/23/w...
Good late night emergency podcast from the New Statesman’s Harry Clarke-Ezzidio & Ben Walker on the #CaerphillyByelection & familiar problems for Labour of lack of consistent branch-level campaigning outside elections podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Labour loses Caerphilly for first time in over 100 years
Podcast Episode · The New Statesman: politics and culture · 24/10/2025 · 17m
podcasts.apple.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Good late night emergency podcast from the New Statesman’s Harry Clarke-Ezzidio & Ben Walker on the #CaerphillyByelection & familiar problems for Labour of lack of consistent branch-level campaigning outside elections podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...