Right-Wing Watch
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.
A dark web of influence: Brexit, the hard-right and why the Epstein mentions matter
If Epstein’s networks helped broker access or funding for political movements, it’s a matter of public concern. These aren’t insinuations, but a matter of accountability, and in the unresolved story of Brexit, accountability remains in short supply.
Woke-bashing of the week: Gingerbread panic, the culture war being manufactured out of crumbs
If anything deserves scrutiny, it’s not Tesco’s labelling but the predicable, laborious voices that turn the most negligible of changes into a full-blown culture war.