For reasons I cannot fathom, my maths went astray over the press award shortlists yesterday (see posting immediately below). Between them, the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday are named 11 times in the shortlist. I apologise to them and to you, dear readers, for the error. It means that, by adding the 11 to the 14 red-top nominations, the popular papers account for 25 of the 87 total.
Furthermore, two editors - who have spoken to me off the record - have now offered "tactical voting" explanations for the relatively low popular press score. They say that red-top editors favoured serious titles in order to avoid voting for their red-top rivals!
