Woke-bashing of the week: For proof of the ‘go woke, go broke’ myth, just look at Sydney Sweeney’s box office record
Sydney Sweeney is treated as a symbol of the ‘unwokening.’
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The resurgence of right-wing antisemitism
Attitudes towards Israel have become hopelessly entangled with attitudes toward Jews, so entangled that many appear genuinely unaware that it is possible, indeed essential, to do two things at once: abhor antisemitism and condemn the devastation in Gaza.
Smear of the week: Fox’s racist poppy slur and the Polanksi white poppy meltdown
You’d think with all that’s going on in the world, a poppy pile on would be at the bottom of the pile, not the top
Right-Wing Media Watch – GB claims “It’s the kind of journalism you believe in”
If you were to catalogue all of GB News’ offences against its own claims of “honesty” and “balance,” you could fill a book.
BBC crisis or coup? Either way, it’s a right-wing hit job
The true scandal isn’t just the right’s distortion of BBC bias, it’s the rot within the system that allowed this farce to happen.
Woke-bashing of the week: White poppies spark red rage
With images of the devastation and civilian suffering in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine having dominated our screens agenda for years now, why on earth can’t our national newspapers promote averting war?
Right-Wing Media Watch – In attacking Reeves’ blame-shifting, Andrew Neil inadvertently proves her right
The reaction from the conservative press was nothing short of hysterical.
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia and AI propaganda – is it time to talk about a digital fourth Reich?
History tells us what happens when far-right propaganda meets cutting-edge technology. And if Grokipedia is any indication, we may already be watching the sequel.
Smear of the week – Right-wing media takes aim at Catherine Connolly – ‘Dublin’s Corbyn’
While the right may intend it as a slur, many would see the label ‘Dublin’s Corbyn’ as praise, a recognition of Catherine Connolly’s courage, compassion, and conviction.
Right-Wing Media Watch: The privately schooled voices shaping public opinion
Half of Britain’s commentariat attended private school.