Last year, Media Lens wrote:
It is obvious that the right-wing press – the Daily Mail, the Sun, The Times and Telegraph – play a toxic role in manipulating the public to favour elite interests. But many people are now realising that the liberal press is actually the most potent opponent of progressive change.
Commenting on why the Guardian appeared to have misread the public mood in its attacks on Jeremy Corbyn, journalist Matt Kennard wrote:
'The Guardian didn't get it "wrong". It is the mouthpiece of a liberal elite that is financially endangered by a socialist program.'
Media Lens go on to write:
Despite widespread awareness that the Guardian is no friend of the left, and growing support for the boycott of the paper, many activists and social media users still inadvertently support the Guardian by sharing links to its articles on social media.
It doesn't matter what your view of the Guardian is or how scathing your criticism, by sharing its links you are not only increasing their share count, you are sending visitors to the site to get exposed to advertising and inflating the site's visitor numbers. Each time you share a link to the Guardian, you help the Guardian.
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On the one hand...yes. But, I will link to, read, share etc any article from anywhere that is of interest for any reason.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if trying to kill off the Guardian is a good thing as one day we might be able to claim it back. I know know propaganda when I set it, so as long as we are aware we can be ready.
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