EU politics
Good Journalism – BBC’s Andrew Neil challenges minister to defend Corbyn spy ‘smears
Yes, it still exists: Hard-hitting, persistent, methodic confrontation of politicians by journalists.
Media
Fake News
The Guardian: Jeremy Corbyn rejects spy ‘smears’ and takes on press critics
We shall have to get used to this. As the political parties enforcing neo-liberal policies increasingly lose their credibility, corporate media will try to save the day, resorting to disinformation. This is one of the […]
Fake News
James Cusick and Crina Boros: How a GM giant ‘bought control’ of what millions of Londoners read
Paid journalism. This problem is increasing. As media’s sole concern is profit, the product becomes irrelevant. Thus the demise of corporate media and their calls for state support Read here
EU politics
Renegade Inc – Digital is killing democracy: André Krouwel
A big assumption we make when talking about the internet and social media is that it is a power for good and enhances democracy. But what if this assumption is out of date and instead […]
Austerity
Simon Wren-Lewis: Decreasing the size of the state is very unpopular
Why? Why have we been told for decades that people are fed up with state intervention and state run companies? It is not only the bubble politicians live in. Wren-Lewis fails to mention the integral […]
Deregulation
Paul Mason – Neoliberalism has destroyed social mobility. Together we must rebuild it
Although neo-liberalsim ahs espoused meritocracy and social mobility, in reality these hardly exist. A new society and economy need to be built. Paul Mason is a writer and broadcaster on economics and social justice. Cross-posted […]
Economics
Kevin Carty: Tech giants are the robber barons of our time
Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. Everyone uses them. Many like them. They are monopolies – and destructive ones at that. Read here
Climate Crisis
Michael Grubb – We’re climate researchers and our work was turned into fake news
rawpixel.com / shutterstock Michael Grubb, UCL Science is slow. It rests on painstaking research with accumulating evidence. This makes for an inherently uneasy relationship with the modern media age, especially once issues are politicised. The […]
EU politics
Chris Dillow: ON CAPITALIST HEGEMONY
Do neo-liberal structures have a stranglehold on democracy? In the case of Greece we found out that it does. How can this be broken, asks Chris Dillow. Read here
Fake News
DeSmog UK – Will Mainstream Media Be Duped in 2018 by Climate Denial Spin Doctors?
Climate Change is not manmade That is the message of professional spin doctors and fake experts paid by the fossil fuel industry. While almost all experts and governments are of a different opinion, commercial media […]