I think the the Gaurdian and BBC are two of the main culprits for misleading public opinion, I also believe I understand the Corbyn intepretation of "Marxist" is different from the Chinese version, the "BLM" version or other "World" versions.
'Marxism is a political and economic way of organizing society, where the workers own the means of production. Socialism is a way of organizing a society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the proletariat. Marx proposed that this was the next necessary step in the progress of history.'
I don't deny left wing media the right of self expression, I am one of the people in the centre of thought I believe, I am ordinary, free thinking, believes in equality for all regardless of pigmentation, religon, sexuality and gender, the majority of us can decipher what we read, hear and view and that was proven when the majority voted leave and voted for a majority government when "Corbynism"was offered to see it through.
Yeah I didn't mean to get into a debate over Marxism, I just meant it as an example. But I'd challenge your final bit, in that I don't think I'm denying anyone the right to express their views. I just think if the best 'sources' of news for the right wing are really the tabloids, then that really says it all doesn't it? They are well within their rights to print them, such is the freedom of expression. But we are also within our rights to mock their ridiculousness and to encourage people away from lies.
Even just this very day, the Express are claiming that the Tories plan to break international law is somehow a 'remainer plot'. Utterly, utterly false. Not a shred of fact in that. Add to that the Daily Mail claiming the EU want to ban selling eggs by the dozen, the Express claiming that the EU was banning school playgrounds. I'm sure I could use Google to find ten more just from the past week, it's that bad.
And once again, this is without bias. The Mirror is a left wing tabloid and is equally terrible. Fact is, we have far and away the least trusted media in Europe, and the consequences of printing lies are absolute zilch, seeing as there is no significant legal penalty for printing a lie and ruining a life. It wasn't until the phone hacking scandal occurred that it woke everybody up, and they let it blow over and implemented barely anything afterwards. The government has no interest in tightening the laws or implementing recommendations from Leveson because, until very, very recently, they were helping them get into and stay in government.
And that is exactly the problem. Through these papers Murdoch and his mates can push and influence policy. Just take this as a recent example - in the past months some of those being hit hardest by Covid now are the owners of commercial buildings, who are getting next to no rent as people work from home. London is a ghost town (I was there the other week), just imagine the amount of rent they are missing out on. Sheer millions. So what do they do to fix this? They guilt-trip people into going back to the office, risking their lives, and encourage people to go back to Pret and the like.
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This isn't coincidence. It's contrived - they decide what policy they want to push beforehand and then spout it across their portfolio of publications. And during Brexit, that has mainly been immigration, immigration and immigration. And ultimately it's the tabloids that can get away with the most blatant examples of it, and with the most blatant lies if needed.
Never forget, Murdoch has never, ever lost an election. Every party his papers have backed have gone on to take Parliament. They have a massive influence on this country, and in particular the older generations. I'm all for reading papers, but the tabloids are just absolute crap.
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