#Media Frenzy - This Is Not About @UKIP >> @RealFareUK @UnemployedNet @WowPetition @unemploymentmov It is clear to anyone who has been witnessing the media frenzy around UKIP, or has been campaigning on issues of national importance like #Fracking and #Disabled People’s rights, that there has been a media blackout on #progressive voices in society and a strengthening of the voice of reaction. This can be roughly traced back to the end of the #Occupy protests, when after the rise and rise of anti-establishment protest movements, and societal reaction against austerity and police brutality (as in the riots), the new heads of BBC News, (who are Tory peers), aligned with the #rightwing #press, to avoid discussing progressive #politics in totality, even to deride it. Reporting social security news becomes even more biased towards 10 Downing Street, head of news at Department for Work and Pensions - DWP joins the #BBC Please sign petition regarding Bias in Election Reporting t.co/kjJyP16MXK & #RespectPetition t.co/bHg7eM2pZS More friends of the Conservatives take over lead positions within the license funded broadcaster. BBC News communications chief brings in Department for Work and Pensions head of news Jonathan Reed Reed’s move follows two years at the DWP, including time working as press secretary to Chris Grayling. He joined the department after working as a political reporter for a number of regional titles. One BBC insider added the move was a part of a broader effort to sharpen up the BBC’s operation. This cannot go on.....
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 15:48:16 +0000
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