Nothing to do with their money grubbing ways…

UPDATE: Iain posts in the comments

“Not sure which of your monkeys posted this, but did they actually listen to it? Probably not, it would seem, otherwise it wouldn’t have such a preposterous headline.”

Well, Iain, the Organ Grinder heard you say “I think the cynical way that people in the media deal with politics and politicians is corrosive.” On his new blog (we are paying attention) he said

“Our public life is being corrupted by a permanent sneer and cynical outlook by those who report on it. Yes, to some extent it’s the fault of those who serve in public life. The trouble is that the way politics is now reported in the print and broadcast media, it’s a wonder anyone wants to go into it. And this is why increasingly we will get a political class made up of geeks and obsessives. Normal people, people who actually want to do good, will turn their efforts elsewhere, and who can blame them?”

So the headline to do justice to Iain’s argument should perhaps have read “Iain Dale blames corrosive media for creating political class made up of unpopular weirdos”. Happy Iain?