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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Just came up on my FB news feed about how the Daily Express has reported 2 near identical policies by Labour and the Conservatives 2 months apart so differently from each other.
Labour to raise minimum wage to £10 an hour immediately and the headline....
Labours minimum wage of £10 could cost you your job and send unemployment soaring
Conservatives to raise minimum wage to £10.50 an hour by 2024 headline....
Boris Johnson's plan to raise wages across the country receives huge boost from expert
I've no love for labour but this shows again how thick the media thinks we are and the twisting of the facts and how they report them, is it really a shining example of having a free and relatively unregulated press.
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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago
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"Just came up on my FB news feed about how the Daily Express has reported 2 near identical policies by Labour and the Conservatives 2 months apart so differently from each other.
Labour to raise minimum wage to £10 an hour immediately and the headline....
Labours minimum wage of £10 could cost you your job and send unemployment soaring
Conservatives to raise minimum wage to £10.50 an hour by 2024 headline....
Boris Johnson's plan to raise wages across the country receives huge boost from expert
I've no love for labour but this shows again how thick the media thinks we are and the twisting of the facts and how they report them, is it really a shining example of having a free and relatively unregulated press.
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i think you missed the point one was immediately and for 16 y/o too the other was to be phased in over four years there is a difference on the impact to business. |
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By *ara JTV/TS
over a year ago
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I flicked through the Sun this morning.
First time in ages - went for breakfast at a cafe in Playa del Ingles and the waiter offered me the bar copy.
Well, it was all Corbyn this, Corbyn that, none of it positive.
Johnson on the other hand got a free run.
Constant propaganda is bound to have an effect over time. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Just came up on my FB news feed about how the Daily Express has reported 2 near identical policies by Labour and the Conservatives 2 months apart so differently from each other.
Labour to raise minimum wage to £10 an hour immediately and the headline....
Labours minimum wage of £10 could cost you your job and send unemployment soaring
Conservatives to raise minimum wage to £10.50 an hour by 2024 headline....
Boris Johnson's plan to raise wages across the country receives huge boost from expert
I've no love for labour but this shows again how thick the media thinks we are and the twisting of the facts and how they report them, is it really a shining example of having a free and relatively unregulated press.
i think you missed the point one was immediately and for 16 y/o too the other was to be phased in over four years there is a difference on the impact to business. "
Interesting but I don't see the cataclysmic effects you obviously do. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I flicked through the Sun this morning.
First time in ages - went for breakfast at a cafe in Playa del Ingles and the waiter offered me the bar copy.
Well, it was all Corbyn this, Corbyn that, none of it positive.
Johnson on the other hand got a free run.
Constant propaganda is bound to have an effect over time."
It does and it shows on this forum   |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I look at most of the main papers. The contrast is glaring.
The maddest and angriest are the Mail and Express. The most lefty are the Guardian and the Indy. The only one I've found that seems to be factual and unbiased is Reuters. |
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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago
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"I flicked through the Sun this morning.
First time in ages - went for breakfast at a cafe in Playa del Ingles and the waiter offered me the bar copy.
Well, it was all Corbyn this, Corbyn that, none of it positive.
Johnson on the other hand got a free run.
Constant propaganda is bound to have an effect over time."
Get yourself down to the 2x2 nobody worries what your politics are down there.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I look at most of the main papers. The contrast is glaring.
The maddest and angriest are the Mail and Express. The most lefty are the Guardian and the Indy. The only one I've found that seems to be factual and unbiased is Reuters."
I only flick through the odd newsfeed now as most media is either just sensationalist shite or made up shite. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I look at most of the main papers. The contrast is glaring.
The maddest and angriest are the Mail and Express. The most lefty are the Guardian and the Indy. The only one I've found that seems to be factual and unbiased is Reuters."
The best bet is to pick up the general gist about what's going on by looking at a range of news sources. Then skip their opinions on it. And go to the source. In the OPs example, go to the Labour party and Conservative parties to see what they've actually said. And make up your own mind. |
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By *ostafunMan
over a year ago
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"I look at most of the main papers. The contrast is glaring.
The maddest and angriest are the Mail and Express. The most lefty are the Guardian and the Indy. The only one I've found that seems to be factual and unbiased is Reuters.
The best bet is to pick up the general gist about what's going on by looking at a range of news sources. Then skip their opinions on it. And go to the source. In the OPs example, go to the Labour party and Conservative parties to see what they've actually said. And make up your own mind. "
Got to agree with you there even the bbc and itv offer opinions would much prefer just to hear the facts. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just came up on my FB news feed about how the Daily Express has reported 2 near identical policies by Labour and the Conservatives 2 months apart so differently from each other.
Labour to raise minimum wage to £10 an hour immediately and the headline....
Labours minimum wage of £10 could cost you your job and send unemployment soaring
Conservatives to raise minimum wage to £10.50 an hour by 2024 headline....
Boris Johnson's plan to raise wages across the country receives huge boost from expert
I've no love for labour but this shows again how thick the media thinks we are and the twisting of the facts and how they report them, is it really a shining example of having a free and relatively unregulated press.
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As your opening sentence appears to indicate that you do not read the newspaper concerned it is difficult to sèe how you are in a position to pass judgementment on it . A facebòok feed is very different to reading the newspaper itself.
In any event the press is subject to strict regulation and the readership of most newspapers would be quite capable of making their own judgement . |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I look at most of the main papers. The contrast is glaring.
The maddest and angriest are the Mail and Express. The most lefty are the Guardian and the Indy. The only one I've found that seems to be factual and unbiased is Reuters.
The best bet is to pick up the general gist about what's going on by looking at a range of news sources. Then skip their opinions on it. And go to the source. In the OPs example, go to the Labour party and Conservative parties to see what they've actually said. And make up your own mind. Got to agree with you there even the bbc and itv offer opinions would much prefer just to hear the facts."
Yay. We agree on one thing! |
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By *rumalexMan
over a year ago
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i flick through most papers at some point and even a committed tory voter can recognise the constant corbyn attacks from certain papers, and at work i hear people repeating what they read in these papers without taking time to look into the comments, i think tory will end up with most mp's after the election, just a question of how many |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"i flick through most papers at some point and even a committed tory voter can recognise the constant corbyn attacks from certain papers, and at work i hear people repeating what they read in these papers without taking time to look into the comments, i think tory will end up with most mp's after the election, just a question of how many"
The problem with all the anti Corbyn bias is that the genuine criticism of him gets lost amongst the bullshit.
They cry wolf too often. Leaving people polarised. In a rediculous way.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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As your opening sentence appears to indicate that you do not read the newspaper concerned it is difficult to sèe how you are in a position to pass judgementment on it . A facebòok feed is very different to reading the newspaper itself.
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A headline and sub headline does not require you to read newspapers on a daily basis in relation to this topic to understand how the media are conning you.
Also the Facebook feed was posting the pages from the actual news articles so your wrong again. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just came up on my FB news feed about how the Daily Express has reported 2 near identical policies by Labour and the Conservatives 2 months apart so differently from each other.
Labour to raise minimum wage to £10 an hour immediately and the headline....
Labours minimum wage of £10 could cost you your job and send unemployment soaring
Conservatives to raise minimum wage to £10.50 an hour by 2024 headline....
Boris Johnson's plan to raise wages across the country receives huge boost from expert
I've no love for labour but this shows again how thick the media thinks we are and the twisting of the facts and how they report them, is it really a shining example of having a free and relatively unregulated press.
As your opening sentence appears to indicate that you do not read the newspaper concerned it is difficult to sèe how you are in a position to pass judgementment on it . A facebòok feed is very different to reading the newspaper itself.
In any event the press is subject to strict regulation and the readership of most newspapers would be quite capable of making their own judgement . "
Just go back in the quiet room Pat....it’ll all be over soon |
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"I do wonder if readers of such rags often suffer cognitive dissonance.
Yes I know. Those bloody Guardian readers.
You should stick to reading BILD "
Don't give up the day job.
You are really not cut out to be a comedian. |
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