Woke-bashing of the week: GB News turns culture-war punditry into ‘literally insight’
Well, it is GB News, what did we expect?
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Right-Wing Media Watch – ‘Thanks for the publicity’: Care4Calais brilliantly reclaims a Daily Mail ‘hit piece’
The approach follows a well-worn pattern in the right-wing British press. Humanitarian action reframed as controversy, aid depicted as incentive, and Muslim identity positioned as an additional source of tension.
Woke bashing of the week – From Greta to Packham: How ‘eco zealots’ became the right-wing press’s favourite targets
If the anti-woke clan has a set of favourite villains, the so-called ‘eco zealots’ must rank near the top.
Right-Wing Media Watch: Meltdown over Sadiq Khan’s AI road safety plan
If there are two things guaranteed to provoke outrage on the British right, they are Sadiq Khan and any attempt to regulate motorists. Bringing the two together is guaranteed to generate performative fury among our right-wing brethren.
Britain is sliding towards billionaire politics: Is Labour too timid to stop it?
Britain has long seen itself as more resistant to the corrosive effects of big money in politics, but recent trends suggest otherwise.
Woke bashing of the week: Banning zoos and licencing dog owners: ‘Barking mad’ or sensible debate?
A closer look at the policy reveals a more nuanced, and legitimate, position than the headlines suggest.
Right-wing media watch: Fox News declares “victory” and “outs fake allies”… England and Spain
The episode illustrates a depressingly familiar pattern: when wars begin, sections of the right-wing media move quickly to celebrate military action and demand solidarity, while overlooking both the lessons of recent history and the civilians who end up paying the price.
Far-right assault on public broadcasting backfires in Switzerland – lessons for the BBC-haters, perhaps?
Just imagine if Nigel Farage or his allies held meaningful influence over the BBC. A broadcaster historically associated with rigorous editorial standards could be transformed into something closer to a partisan outlet, something resembling GB News, but with vastly greater reach and influence.
Woke bashing of the week – Abolish the arts council? The latest front in the war on woke
The free-market pressure group argues that AHRC is squandering taxpayers’ money on “woke pseudoscience” and should be abolished.
Right-wing media watch – Nuts about the Greens
Pinning an electoral defeat on conspiracy-tinged claims of fraud is often easier than confronting why voters turned elsewhere.