Wow, this clip covering the launch of the BC-STV campaign fell short of being of public value and it was very one-sided.
The journalist (and whoever edited the clip) fell short of doing their job. Instead of showing how the ballot would look like, interviewing a member of the Citizens Assembly, pointing to where people can get more info (he could have stayed unbiased by showing the URLs of both yes and no campaigns), the journalist spent 29% (36 seconds) of the 126 second clip interviewing ignorant people about the referendum or being critical of the spending to educate the public on civic matters.
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