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Newspapers are in the business of telling their readers what they want to hear, and people they want to hear that owning is the path to wealth and that the valu
by benjaminwootton 13y ago
Newspapers are in the business of telling their readers what they want to hear, and people they want to hear that owning is the path to wealth and that the value of their home is going up.
In addition much of our media and the people within it have a vested interest in property price rises, usually because they are up to their necks in buy to let property.
Exhibit number 1 from here in the UK. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Un_cxT0Q4M0/Tw7ZZCg1feI/AAAAAAAABgw/K0MISGjob00/s1600/1.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Un_cxT0Q4M0/Tw7ZZCg1feI/AAAAAAAABg...
- malandrew 13y agoWhoa. That image is enlightening. I'm curious if it is highly curated, conveniently leaving out certain covers, of if it is an accurate reflection of the newspaper's bias.
- Brakenshire 13y agoNo, the Express genuinely is that crazy, you could create the same panel of images for conspiracies about Princess Diana being murdered. But, other than the Mail, it's not at all representative of the rest of the British press.