Question for those currently or recently resident in the UK or otherwise familiar with the UK media:
- Do social media like Xitter exercise a similar influence on British public opinion to that of tabloids in the 70s, 80s, and 90s?
#UKPolitics #UKMedia #SocialMedia #Tabloids
https://www.grunge.com/1139419/the-disturbing-history-of-the-british-tabloids/
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cixgmtrg7nzy4gkmyfeosaox/post/3mnu7fv4slc25
I'm praying that the BBC will not do for Lowe what it did for Farage.
#UKPolitics #UKMedia #BBC #RupertLowe #RestoreBritain #FarRight #ExtremeRight
Why is The World At One reading out Rupert Lowe's posts on the Northern Ireland attack, at the start of the bulletin? He leads a party that is polling at about 3%. This is not about "censorship": it's about the choices media outlets make concerning which voices to amplify.
"Things UK Journalists Can't Say Out Loud"
#FourthEstate #UKMedia #SkyNews #BBCBias #NigelFarage #FarageRiots #Farage #TwoTierPolicing #Whiteness
Here AOAV finds that UK media outlets frequently present retired senior military figures as independent defence experts without disclosing their commercial ties to defence, security, intelligence, and technology industries, potentially obscuring conflicts of interest in public debates over war and military spending.
UK media fails to disclose defence sector links in nearly 60% of cases
#HackerNews #UKmedia #DefenceSector #Transparency #Journalism #MilitaryLinks #Accountability
Here AOAV finds that UK media outlets frequently present retired senior military figures as independent defence experts without disclosing their commercial ties to defence, security, intelligence, and technology industries, potentially obscuring conflicts of interest in public debates over war and military spending.
Gosh.
Sky and ITV insiders say takeover deal is 'weeks away' amid onslaught of US streamers
One of the tabloids - I think itβs the Sunday Express - has a headline along the lines of βFears Labour turmoil will wreck Brexitβ.
Wreck Brexit! Do you cry or laugh? No need in the UK for a wormhole to travel to a parallel universe.
#ukpolitics #brexit #SundayExpress #Labour #LabourParty #tabloids #ukmedia #UK_politics #labourLeadership #rightwingmedia #ukpolitics2026
"Reform want to round up migrants and detain them indefinitely in areas that donβt vote for them.
Yet for most of our media, itβs those marching for Palestine who are creating hatred & fear.
These disgusting plans are an affront to democracy β and must be fiercely opposed."
β #JeremyCorbyn
https://bsky.app/profile/jeremycorbyn.bsky.social/post/3mkzrndbrdk2z
Reform want to round up migrants and detain them indefinitely in areas that donβt vote for them. Yet for most of our media, itβs those marching for Palestine who are creating hatred & fear. These disgusting plans are an affront to democracy β and must be fiercely opposed.
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