Laura Kuenssberg
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An Illusion Of Protection: The Pandemic, The ‘Criminal’ Government And Public Distrust of The Media
Any notion that the UK government actually considers that its primary responsibility is to protect the health and security of the country’s population ought to have been demolished in 2020. The appalling death toll that continues to mount during the coronavirus pandemic is largely rooted, not merely in government ‘incompetence’, but in criminal dereliction of… Continue reading
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In just two tweets Laura Kuenssberg blew the lid on dangerous Tory racism By Fréa Lockley
On 25 March, parliament voted to take back control of the ongoing Brexit chaos. Meanwhile, Laura Kuenssberg – the BBC‘s supposedly impartial political editor – sent out two tweets which some people felt betrayed dangerous casual racism. She reported that some hard-line Brexiteers ‘informally’ use the name ‘Grand Wizards’. This term has also been used… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Bowing Down Before The BBC: Polly Toynbee and The Role Of A Liberal Propagandist
A standard technique deployed by corporate journalists to fend off challenges from the public is to point to selected examples of ‘abuse’ and then tar all reasoned criticism with the same mucky brush. Or, if that doesn’t work, to sneer at claims of ‘conspiracy’ or ‘plots’, thus permitting instant dismissal of the arguments made. Polly… Continue reading
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Media Lens: BBC Propaganda Watch: Tell-Tale Signs That Slip Through The Cracks
Even the most powerful systems of propaganda inadvertently allow uncomfortable truths to slip out into the public domain. Consider a recent BBC News interview following the death of Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro. Dr Denise Baden, Associate Professor in Business Ethics at the University of Southampton, who has studied Castro’s leadership and Cuban business models,… Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘Our Only Fear Was That He Might Pull His Punches’ – BBC Caught Manipulating The News
While some may believe that the corporation’s failure to provide fair and balanced journalism is a relatively recent phenomenon, many others will recognise that it stretches back many decades: coverage of the West’s destruction of Libya in 2011; the invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003; Nato’s war on the former Yugoslavia in… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 