So, by criticising the media for not presenting the positive aspects of EU membership, Mr Vaz is in effect asking the press to put the case for an argument that ministers themselves are not prepared to make. It is an absurd position, and one that was rightly derided by Charles Moore, anti-euro editor of the Daily Telegraph. There are many people in favour of membership of the EU who are against abolishing the pound. This is constantly obscured by the government. In any case, it is hardly the responsibility of the media to do the government's job for it.
Great newspapers ought to tell the truth and put the facts out before the British people.