Hard News as interview, comment on Guardian and Daily Express

Today in Guardian, interview about new editor of Daily Express. Very interesting take on immigration and past policy during referendum. Much to come back to when there is more time.

Background, Reach was Trinity Mirror. Printing resource needs more titles as circulation declines. Expect more of this sort of info exchange with Guardian, also printed by Reach. Contract for five years from 2018. Look at a graph and guess on UK total newspaper print requirement in 2023.

Mail is maybe shifted from what it was. Backing May deal on Brexit seen as moderate?

Sun and Telegraph still on the case.

Apparently UKIP is too right wing / racist etc but Brexit Party and Farage gets no critique so far. things may change. Sample story.

Back to referendum, forward to Trump UK visit

Trying to think more around the story, not just news events. Or the situation, there is no story. Not sure, see blog trying to understand " the coming crisis of cognition" .

Blog has been mostly about Brexit but starts with the newspapers, Fleet Street. They are writing about Trump visit to UK coming up in June. Seems to help explain how the referendum happened. Also events such as Trump election may fit.

Sunday Times reports that Boris Johnson may dine with Trump. How long has this been going on? Breitbart links to Trump and Brexit. Waiting on further study for detail.

Observer background on US / UK diplomacy but not much on the time just after Trump elected. Farage offered to act as a UK envoy. FO upset. As memory serves the State Visit offer was speeded up as catchup. Meanwhile Michael Gove was working as a journalist for Times and got an interview at Trump Tower. Was Murdoch nearby? nobody knows but the #PlanetFox story seems to make sense. Look to the Times / Sun for best guide to Trump moves around UK.

This next bit not very confident about how to back up with evidence, but keeps returning. Brexit case is made in absence of effective messages to the contrary. Labour / Corbyn are doing a job but not reported. This is now, could have been the same in referendum. The "liberal" media don't want to cover this set of interests. Observer today, like Guardian. bashing away on what Corbyn must do re second vote. Almost no reporting on local elections or what Corbyn actually has to say. My take based on this and Twitter is that the Remain case is not going to persuade anyone. It is self indulgent, quite rude. Labour has a complex conversation going on that I think will block Brexit eventually as intended by Conservatives. But not helped by the supposed liberal end of the media. Not a failure of Corbyn, maybe a consequence. Will study this a bit more.

Local election results will be interesting. Labour could do well. TIG not standing, seems they not interested in locality, just a fairly simple pitch at Remain frustration.

This blog about cyberspace as well as Europe. Mostly this means USA media, where cyberspace comes from. Trump / Brexit getting closer to one stream on Twitter. ( Might just be me in one bubble but I think not ) also CNN on cable, much more range than BBC, imho.

BBC news note

Maybe just one sample but worth a note.

BBC Radio 4 news at 8 this morning leads with anti Corbyn story #1 from Sunday Times on antisemitism and then anti Corbyn story #2 from Observer on second referendum.

My take, there are other racism stories of interest. Corbyn supports conference policy. He prefers a general election. Most people understand this. Few will switch to another party on one issue.

This follows a week in which Farage has had more airtime on BBC than I can remember for any other launch event.

So this blog will have to do more about how broadcast works with newspapers. Even as print circulation declines. Maybe they need them so much they will invent equivalents.

More later.

Notes on Sunday Papers

Mostly I just add comments to tweets. I realise there has not been the updates on this blog as previously. Things just seem to continue as before. I am concluding that the media opposition to corbyn is deep and consistent over time. Explains much of the reporting on Brexit. I am even beginning to think the problem facts about Corbyn are discovered roughly in proportion to how large the problem is for government and Conservative Party. Just seems to take up the news without reporting what is happening. Observer yesterday mostly about antisemitism. How much are they really concerned about Brexit? Is the second referendum really an issue or just another issue to knock Corbyn? Seems to have vanished this week after the clarity on policy. Tey might have had some space just to underline it. Sunday Times headlines an ERG peace offer turns out to be a set of demands. Following a tweet from Paul Mason I went back to find some hidden paragraphs  ona poll showing fairly solid support from Labour voters for Labour policy. I missed it the first time, page mostly graphics of the "big beasts" - David Davis and Boris Johnson. So investigative reporting has become a plug for latest ERG views. Telegraph today claims that negotiations have given up. So Murdoch and Telegraph still pushing away at Brexit. Corbyn not reported for anything positive he actually has to say. Same in referendum. Guardian / Observer may think they have a smaller possible audience anyway with the higher prices so why bother with Labour voters. they may imagine a shiny centre somehow. Trouble is it fails as reporting. there is a lot happening but can only be guessed at. Media frantic for spin, not sure what. Politics games of dare and chicken. Expect a news event to be reported online somewhere not in the UK although this is where it will happen. Not sure what but current situation very strange.

By the way, Corbyn punched but this is not news.

Link to Reading the Guardian blog

Recent post in blog about reading the Guardian - here

Seems the chances for crashing out are now quite high. How another split helps is beyond me. A by-election or several would at least test how wide the support for another referendum / back to Remain would be.

Most of Fleet Street still doing a great job supporting the PM /  explaining crashing out would be just fine / ignoring reports on Mueller and Brexit.

BBC Today prog and newspapers, 2019 continues Brexit story

This morning I heard most of the Today prog and it seems things continue as before. Longish chat to John Redwood and Ken Clarke so both ends of the Conservative Party represented as balance. Labour voice against Oliver Cromwell though I could not follow what this was about. Main mention of Labour on Brexit through Polly Toynbee ( balanced by Sun ) so agreed quite fast no real possibility of general election so no point in what Corbyn proposes to talk about with EU. Moves on to the consensus for a new referendum.

So within the two hours nothing on what concerns are part of the Labour discussion, shared with those who might have suported Brexit / need to be persuaded for another referendum to get a different result. As memory serves and as in this blog whenever I check back, this is similar to how it started. Media see it as a story inside the Conservative Party. BBC more than most. Guardian not that interested in most Labour concerns, mostly some sort of shny centre.

BBC TV probably will be much the same. Depends on newspapers so ignores the falling circulation.

By the way, impression from Twitter is that a lot of new referendum supporters have given up any pretense at supporting Corbyn. Obviously using Brfexit as another form of attack. History of Polly Toynbee views on Corbyn is an issue.

Ken Clarke not the best rep for Remain. Chance of him being represented as isolated Westminster quite high.

Reporting Corbyn, Guardian sketch example

Much continues as previously. This is worth a note though. Example of Guardian not reporting Corbyn or so slightly they could just as well not bother. I still think this is a large explanation of how Brexit came about. The voters Corbyn connects to are not represented in mainstream media.

The print version of Guardian as bought in Exeter has a John Crace sketch with no mention of corbyn motion as announced at end of debate. The web version just checked has got a mention right at the end with comment it is a bit pointless as no time available. Looks to be a late addition.

My take is that the Guardian has stayed mostly on an anti Corbyn position since he was elected. I won't post the evidence every time.