Recently there was an OFCOM check on how the Reach ( previously Trinity Mirror ) approach to the Express would diminish a plurality of views in UK newspapers. OK so far seems to be the result. More on another blog probably but not sure which one. Come back later..
Today print version of Express leads with "tough-talking" May on EU "risking lives" by not agreeing to her ideas on security.
Page five, third to last para, May added " we will be bringing the Cabinet together within the next week". Other reports have suggested this is quite important as news because the EU cannot work out what the UK priority is until there is more clarity. Readers may miss this bit as there is a headline for Brexiteers who urge "talk trade or quit negotiations" with a photo of Rees-Mogg. They expect a trade deal to be sorted soon as if the £40 billion is not linked to the transition phase.
Reach doing a solid job. No grounds for complaint.
Friday, 29 June 2018
Corbyn on ITV, fact check yourself on YouTube
Nothing posted for a while as things seem to be fixed or going round in circles. But maybe there is something happening fairly clearcut.
Last night in an unusual chat show following the football there was comment about David Cameron , his role in calling the referendum, and a statement by Jeremy Corbyn.
Seems reasonable to ask Jeremy Corbyn how he voted in the referendum because the reporting since has been so misleading. "Blame Jeremy Corbyn" was so well prepared it was in the press release for the official Labour campaign. See earlier posts in this blog for my take at the time on what Jeremy Corbyn actually said. As in this clip not a "catastrophist" backer of extreme views as in what has been described as "project fear". He has a balanced view but it can be persuasive. Unfortunately for the Remain case he was not much reported and Labour supporters in media circles , influenced perhaps by Lord Mandelson and others, decided to follow the Cameron approach. Lord Darling shared a platform with Osborne to repeat the concerns for UK economy and the City.
So good to see some update on Corbyn. Please view the whole clip.
Meanwhile I look at the websites for Independent and Guardian. Independent at least mentions that Corbyn "insisted he voted to remain in the EU" but the Guardian has nothing on Corbyn at all. Somehow the UK media has managed to obscure what Corbyn said in the referendum to the point where his support for Remain appears unknown or open to question.
Cameron could be asked a question about how the internal problems for the Conservatives caused some risk for the UK.
UK media could be asked some questions about how their opposition to Corbyn has blocked reporting on Brexit.
By the way, all the alarm about the UK economy and the City could turn out to be right. But those worried about this could consider working with Corbyn views if they want political support. Accurate reporting would be a start.
Last night in an unusual chat show following the football there was comment about David Cameron , his role in calling the referendum, and a statement by Jeremy Corbyn.
Seems reasonable to ask Jeremy Corbyn how he voted in the referendum because the reporting since has been so misleading. "Blame Jeremy Corbyn" was so well prepared it was in the press release for the official Labour campaign. See earlier posts in this blog for my take at the time on what Jeremy Corbyn actually said. As in this clip not a "catastrophist" backer of extreme views as in what has been described as "project fear". He has a balanced view but it can be persuasive. Unfortunately for the Remain case he was not much reported and Labour supporters in media circles , influenced perhaps by Lord Mandelson and others, decided to follow the Cameron approach. Lord Darling shared a platform with Osborne to repeat the concerns for UK economy and the City.
So good to see some update on Corbyn. Please view the whole clip.
Meanwhile I look at the websites for Independent and Guardian. Independent at least mentions that Corbyn "insisted he voted to remain in the EU" but the Guardian has nothing on Corbyn at all. Somehow the UK media has managed to obscure what Corbyn said in the referendum to the point where his support for Remain appears unknown or open to question.
Cameron could be asked a question about how the internal problems for the Conservatives caused some risk for the UK.
UK media could be asked some questions about how their opposition to Corbyn has blocked reporting on Brexit.
By the way, all the alarm about the UK economy and the City could turn out to be right. But those worried about this could consider working with Corbyn views if they want political support. Accurate reporting would be a start.
Sunday, 22 April 2018
Update on single market and Corbyn
Still looking at newspapers but not much to blog about. also lots of repeats when I do. But there may be news next week re Single Market and votes in Commons.
Quite obscure though, newspapers not leading on this, maybe Brexit is boring or maybe the case for a rethink is going over better than widely supposed.
Sunday Times has a small piece on front page continued page 2 , policy on Customs Union may change. Mail on Sunday an inside report, there will be trouble if this happens. Notice there is not the welcome you might expect from previously, seems the Mail is as one every day of the week. Not sure about this, not buying papers so often.
Watching Sunday morning telly there was an interview with Nicky Morgan but not much about Labour on this policy. Just my impression but it still seems that knocking Corbyn is the priority for much of the "centrist" reporting. We seem to be heading back to when his leadership started. Maybe I am imagining this but I guess people like Lord Adonis could choose to draw attention to official Labouyr policy on Single Market and make that an issue. I can see why LibDems want to suggest Remainers should vote other than Labour. But if Brexit will be opposed by persuading the people who have supported it so far then maybe Labour is well placed to do so.
I still think Corbyn was effective during referendum, talking about EU as support for environment, worker rights and also discussing policy to support areas with problems around immigration. It may turn out the blog will continue around the same set of topics.
But not looking hopeful from a Remainer point of view, much too metro globalist. Even for a BBC studio.
Quite obscure though, newspapers not leading on this, maybe Brexit is boring or maybe the case for a rethink is going over better than widely supposed.
Sunday Times has a small piece on front page continued page 2 , policy on Customs Union may change. Mail on Sunday an inside report, there will be trouble if this happens. Notice there is not the welcome you might expect from previously, seems the Mail is as one every day of the week. Not sure about this, not buying papers so often.
Watching Sunday morning telly there was an interview with Nicky Morgan but not much about Labour on this policy. Just my impression but it still seems that knocking Corbyn is the priority for much of the "centrist" reporting. We seem to be heading back to when his leadership started. Maybe I am imagining this but I guess people like Lord Adonis could choose to draw attention to official Labouyr policy on Single Market and make that an issue. I can see why LibDems want to suggest Remainers should vote other than Labour. But if Brexit will be opposed by persuading the people who have supported it so far then maybe Labour is well placed to do so.
I still think Corbyn was effective during referendum, talking about EU as support for environment, worker rights and also discussing policy to support areas with problems around immigration. It may turn out the blog will continue around the same set of topics.
But not looking hopeful from a Remainer point of view, much too metro globalist. Even for a BBC studio.
Monday, 12 March 2018
Has Vince Cable got a point on Empire ?
The Sun attack on Vince Cable suggests he may have a point, not just about racism but an idea of Empire as memory for older voters. Here is a clip of the full remarks.
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
During EU referendum, what actually happened? #2 Daily Mail
It may be just me but I think the Daily Mail has gone a bit ott. Maybe I do not read it much so it could be like this all the time. But my guess is they are on some sort of energy buzz. Could be the EU situation or maybe press regulation. Tom Watson is in the spotlight.
Saw Channel 4 News last night with interview Max Mosley. "Treachery" headline on editorial page is opinion from Stephen Glover after recent Corbyn speech. Blames CBI, BBC, Japanese owned FT. Some memebers of the ruling class...."pretty treacherous". So the recent spy claims might just involve a missing fact around a sound opinion.
Anyway, main thing that strikes me is the claimed link on page 12, National Action and Thomas Mair, killer of Jo Cox MP through the slogan " death to traitors, freedom for Britain". At the time as memory serves it was mostly online that such connections were made. The newspapers did not much look at right wing politics as background. Some related issues were given much publicity.
Could Channel 4 investigate the content of newspapers during the referendum? Not just the Daily Mail of course, but given the approach in these reports on Max Mosley there are some reasonable questions to ask.
Page 13 explains that the Daily Mail did end support for the Blackshirts and also mentions comparison with the Express, Evening Standard and the Times.
Saw Channel 4 News last night with interview Max Mosley. "Treachery" headline on editorial page is opinion from Stephen Glover after recent Corbyn speech. Blames CBI, BBC, Japanese owned FT. Some memebers of the ruling class...."pretty treacherous". So the recent spy claims might just involve a missing fact around a sound opinion.
Anyway, main thing that strikes me is the claimed link on page 12, National Action and Thomas Mair, killer of Jo Cox MP through the slogan " death to traitors, freedom for Britain". At the time as memory serves it was mostly online that such connections were made. The newspapers did not much look at right wing politics as background. Some related issues were given much publicity.
Could Channel 4 investigate the content of newspapers during the referendum? Not just the Daily Mail of course, but given the approach in these reports on Max Mosley there are some reasonable questions to ask.
Page 13 explains that the Daily Mail did end support for the Blackshirts and also mentions comparison with the Express, Evening Standard and the Times.
During EU referendum, what actually happened? #1 Corbyn
Going back in time, follows Today prog on rhetoric and back story.
If the Remain lobby wants Corbyn to front anything, could be time to look at hat he actually said during referendum.
This morning BBC TV Breakfast mentions Corbyn "U Turn" so his support for Remain during referendum may have been forgotten,
Canary has a solid story on main events and a link to a longer one. See the first posts in this blog for more.
What happened with TV ? repeating recent post but seems a bit crucial. Channel 4 News now very keen on open access to original documents. See next post on Daily Mail. Corbyn appears on Last Leg. Uploaded full clip to YouTube. Blocked by Channel 4. I have a screen shot on previous post.
In the future some memoir ot other will reveal what control Corbyn has as leader of the Labour Party at that time. How was it decided for Lord Darling to share a platform with Osborne to announce a threat budget? Was that the style Corbyn would have chosen? anyway rambling on see previous posts.
If by chance anyone has a VHS tape now would be a good time to test another upload. Maybe Channel 4 have a revised policy on social media presence. Or else send it to FT or Bloomberg. Change is coming.
If the Remain lobby wants Corbyn to front anything, could be time to look at hat he actually said during referendum.
This morning BBC TV Breakfast mentions Corbyn "U Turn" so his support for Remain during referendum may have been forgotten,
Canary has a solid story on main events and a link to a longer one. See the first posts in this blog for more.
What happened with TV ? repeating recent post but seems a bit crucial. Channel 4 News now very keen on open access to original documents. See next post on Daily Mail. Corbyn appears on Last Leg. Uploaded full clip to YouTube. Blocked by Channel 4. I have a screen shot on previous post.
In the future some memoir ot other will reveal what control Corbyn has as leader of the Labour Party at that time. How was it decided for Lord Darling to share a platform with Osborne to announce a threat budget? Was that the style Corbyn would have chosen? anyway rambling on see previous posts.
If by chance anyone has a VHS tape now would be a good time to test another upload. Maybe Channel 4 have a revised policy on social media presence. Or else send it to FT or Bloomberg. Change is coming.
Monday, 26 February 2018
Thank You Adam Boulton but I still think there is a problem
Tweet reply from Adam Boulton lets me know that there was news about Ben Bradley in the print version of Sunday Times yesterday. Page Four top of inside column.
But I count 36 words as well as the headline. I am not surprised I missed it. Also not surprised it was not mentioned in the Marr Show paper review.
Adam Boulton also mentions two pages in News Review but i think this could have been written before the news on Saturday.
Thing is, how to compare the press space based on not very much that turned out to be fact with the actual news of a legal result?
Is there any news about resignation or questions being asked? Apart from talk of online politeness, what about competence? Who is supposed to be promoting the Conservative Party on social media? Has this episode helped?
Anyway if Adam Boulton or anyone is still reading this I would like to ask about how Corbyn was reported during the referendum. My guess is that he still did not influence much of the Labour Party communications or media contacts. The case he made in support of Remain was about worker rights, the environment, things he also mentioned today. Not much reported as I remember. The "Blame Corbyn" phase was well prepared but would anyone go back and look at the facts? It may be that some views have changed, who knows what might be said?
Faisal Islam talk with youth was a good one. Still on YouTube I think. Corbyn a bit rambling but persuasive.
But I count 36 words as well as the headline. I am not surprised I missed it. Also not surprised it was not mentioned in the Marr Show paper review.
Adam Boulton also mentions two pages in News Review but i think this could have been written before the news on Saturday.
Thing is, how to compare the press space based on not very much that turned out to be fact with the actual news of a legal result?
Is there any news about resignation or questions being asked? Apart from talk of online politeness, what about competence? Who is supposed to be promoting the Conservative Party on social media? Has this episode helped?
Anyway if Adam Boulton or anyone is still reading this I would like to ask about how Corbyn was reported during the referendum. My guess is that he still did not influence much of the Labour Party communications or media contacts. The case he made in support of Remain was about worker rights, the environment, things he also mentioned today. Not much reported as I remember. The "Blame Corbyn" phase was well prepared but would anyone go back and look at the facts? It may be that some views have changed, who knows what might be said?
Faisal Islam talk with youth was a good one. Still on YouTube I think. Corbyn a bit rambling but persuasive.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)