There has been much gnashing of ‘liberal’ teeth and pulling out of ‘centrist’ hair following the Tory government’s announcement that the BBC licence fee will be abolished in 2027. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries declared via Twitter, with a dash of right-wing relish: ‘This licence fee announcement will be the last. The days of the elderly being threatened with prison sentences →
The Media Lens Book Of Obituaries – Deleting Tutu’s Criticism Of Israel
If we didn’t have better things to do, it would be a simple matter to produce The Media Lens Book of Obituaries. The cover might feature grim Death shrouded in tattered newsprint carrying a five-bladed →
A Christmas Tale: The Downing Street Party, Laughter And Bigger State Crimes
Huge media coverage has been devoted to allegations, and now serious evidence, that a Christmas party was held at 10 Downing Street on 18 December 2020. London was then in a strict lockdown with social →
‘A Crime Against Humanity’: The ‘Greenwash Festival’ Of COP26
One of the most damning assessments of COP26, the UN climate conference being held in Glasgow, came from Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist: ‘#COP26 has been named the must excluding COP ever.This is no →
Manufacturing Ignorance: Keeping The Public Away From Power
In their classic book on the news media, ‘Manufacturing Consent’, Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky presented a ‘propaganda model’ of how the major broadcasters and newspapers operate. Whereas the ‘mainstream’ media declare that their aim →



