Comments on: Press vs politicians, who is more in touch with the public? http://www.edelmangraduatescheme.com/2007/01/11/press-vs-politicians-who-is-more-in-touch-with-the-public/ The 2009 Edelman Graduates Blog Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:14:53 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stephen Davies http://www.edelmangraduatescheme.com/2007/01/11/press-vs-politicians-who-is-more-in-touch-with-the-public/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Stephen Davies Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:29:21 +0000 http://blog.edelmangrads.co.uk/?p=78#comment-91 I think the gap between politicians and the public is quite scary and it's increasingly growing. My opinion is the media are much more in touch with the public as opposed to politicians. The media deal with regular people all of the time. Be it for interviews, vox pops, investigations and the like. It seems (and this is just my view) that politicians only come in to contact with real people when there's a photo opportunity there. Am I the only person who thinks this? I doubt it. However, my opinion has been changed slightly since working at Edelman. Talking to people like Luke and Jamie actually restored my opinion that some people who work in politics do it because they actually want to make things better for people. I think the gap between politicians and the public is quite scary and it’s increasingly growing. My opinion is the media are much more in touch with the public as opposed to politicians.

The media deal with regular people all of the time. Be it for interviews, vox pops, investigations and the like. It seems (and this is just my view) that politicians only come in to contact with real people when there’s a photo opportunity there. Am I the only person who thinks this? I doubt it.

However, my opinion has been changed slightly since working at Edelman. Talking to people like Luke and Jamie actually restored my opinion that some people who work in politics do it because they actually want to make things better for people.

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