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yepIs this piece of shit one of Murdoch's ?
yepIs this piece of shit one of Murdoch's ?
Of course we had the Queen's speech telling us that theyre going to fund education and make it best in class while forgetting to mention their cuts since 2010 are the reason the system is grossly underfunded. It's comedy goldNow the Times is blaming special needs kids for the government not funding schools properly.
Picked this up on another forum, but a really good discussion about how the media reports information from government and the use of unnamed sources. The original article from Peter Oborne, who I consider a good and principled journalist:
British journalists have become part of Johnson’s fake news machine
It’s chilling. From the Mail, The Times to the BBC and ITN, everyone is peddling Downing Street’s lies and smears. They’re turning their readers into dupes.www.opendemocracy.net
The reply from Robert Peston:
"My job is to draw back the veil": Robert Peston responds to Peter Oborne
"In politics, democracy is served when we know how those in power think and speak," says ITV's political editor.www.opendemocracy.net
Peston also referred to it on Twitter - and received a bit of a kicking in the comments!
Making for a good debate for those of you interested in journalism.
Yup - part of a much wider conflict. Much the same in the US, too - one half of the media shilling from Trump, the other for Hillary et al., and few actually stopping to question anything. Any journalist who does question is attacked mercilessly.This has been rumbling on for some time. FWIW, Peston is in danger of playing the useful idiot for Dom and Boris
I think we all know that thanks John, but thanks for pointing it outOMG have some of you at last woken up to the bleeding obvious
Of course every Newspaper has its own agenda (usually set by the Owners) when as it ever been any different
The most disturbing fact is the News Channels (which are supposed to be Independent) are now following suit, most are either following what the editors or News readers believe, very little of balance is now on show, except for such as Andrew Neil who at least interviews armed with facts and ‘grills’ the ‘Victim’ with equal vigour no matter what he personally thinks
The days of Richard Dimblebye (or even David) are long gone among the rest
And as per usual, eventually tucked away somewhere difficult to find, weeks later.
Im sorry but this is in no way accidental and causes real problems with the freedom of the press. Is that freedom a carte blanche to spread wanton lies?
Knew what I was voting for thanks.... and a few months later, on the back of a campaign with big focus on controlling our borders, we voted Leave. Of course, we DID know what we were voting for ?
Did you vote to leave? That automatically qualifies you for the grand prize of not knowing anything about anything according to regardless and the radical far left that infest the political threads.Knew what I was voting for thanks
Of course we had the Queen's speech telling us that theyre going to fund education and make it best in class while forgetting to mention their cuts since 2010 are the reason the system is grossly underfunded. It's comedy gold
Now the Times is blaming special needs kids for the government not funding schools properly.
Well worth a watch I will let you make your own minds up.
ROBERT STUART - 'FABRICATION IN BBC PANORAMA'S 'SAVING SYRIA'S CHILDREN'
Will try to find time to look at that later, Rob - looks interesting.
A lot of the Syria narrative we were fed now seems to be unravelling under closer scrutiny. Will be interesting to see how this all plays out - especially considering the abuse dished out to anyone asking questions about these 'rebels'.
It is (although even that line of reasoning met with resistance at the time) - I am more on about anyone questioning the nature of the various chemical attacks and whether some were staged or committed by the rebels. Even journalists asking questions about the narrative received abuse from their fellow journalists - pro-Russia, Assad-lovers etc.I thought it was well established that we used terrorists and Islamic fundamentalists to fight Assad
Well worth a watch I will let you make your own minds up.
ROBERT STUART - 'FABRICATION IN BBC PANORAMA'S 'SAVING SYRIA'S CHILDREN'