via @tomlondon6 (Twitter)>>>> Currently in the UK, this agenda is set, almost invariably, by a small group made up of national editors, journalists and commentators who will themselves have been influenced or pressured by politicians and lobbyists and others. These people decide what to put on the front pages of the national newspapers or what to run at ten past 8 on the Today programme or what should lead the 10 o’clock TV News and so on. (The influence of social media, while growing, is still far less significant in setting the agenda for the national political conversation.) The agenda set by this small group very often fails to reflect the concerns of much of the population. For example, according to Oxfam, one in five of the UK population, that is over 13 million people, live below the official poverty line. The issues that these people face are rarely on the national political agenda. In contrast, whereas only some 300,000 people pay the top rate of income tax, issues of concern to this group are often on the front pages or lead the bulletins. This matters for our democracy. When millions of people see no connection between the issues they care about and the national political conversation they become disconnected from the political system itself. tomdlondon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/a-radical-and-practical-proposal-to.html
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 21:53:53 +0000
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