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This is exactly my read of the UK press. Without the BBC playing a strong independent role (after the tory campaign to affect it), there is very little indepen
by mhneu 8y ago
This is exactly my read of the UK press. Without the BBC playing a strong independent role (after the tory campaign to affect it), there is very little independent press able to drive a fair discussion. The Guardian has only a small impact on the overall public debate.
(ps does the Economist have much influence in your view?)
- jimnotgym 8y agoRe: Economist. Certainly a fine read, and very popular amongst us finance folks. It's national impact is lost in the roundings compared to the Daily Mail with their 'crush the saboteurs' theme IMHO.
- mhneu 8y agoExploitation of media (and thus public opinion) by the wealthy is going to be the major issue we in the West have to deal with in the next decade, I believe. (for-profit news, and social media, and the Piketty wealthy-desire-to-influence politics have led us to a unique and dangerous place in 2018.)
- sanderjd 8y agoHonest question (I have concerns along the same lines you do): why is this uniquely problematic now? My understanding is that journalism with a point of view has historically been more the rule than the exception.
- mhneu 8y agoLag. In the 50-70s we all grew to believe media had no agenda. Then in the US conservative billionaires figured out they could advocate for cutting their own taxes by building propaganda media (Fox, right wing radio, etc) Our media and society have not yet caught up. Media doesn’t know how to deal with open lies. And there is no left wing response to propaganda from Fox and Limbaugh. I think we’ll get there. But it will take some time.