Woke bashing of the week – woke-bashing backfires as GB News faces backlash over anti-LGBTQ+ slur
“That is an actual comedy show. Not comedy masquerading as news like GB News output.”
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Hungary: the anti-media model loved by the Right
As populist movements gain ground worldwide, the pressing question is: how far will this authoritarian, anti-media model be allowed to spread?
Woke-bashing of the week: now even Stonehenge is woke
What the right cannot abide is the idea that our history is the product of many races and creeds, just as our present is too.
Right-wing media watch – Express’ farcical attack on Rayner and Miliband ‘hypocrisy’
If the Express wants to decry hypocrisy, it should take a long hard look in a mirror.
Right-wing media outrage over Starmer’s tentative EU deal completely misses national mood
The right-wing media remain trapped in a 2016 time warp, still wildly waving Union Jacks and making snide digs at Brussels, oblivious to how far the country has moved on. For the right-wing commentariat, the old tunes are always the best. Updating the playlist has to be resisted at all costs.
Woke-bashing of the week – MAGA in meltdown over ‘woke Marxist Pope’
The right hasn’t held back in their criticism of who they have branded “anti-Trump, anti-MAGA, pro-open borders, and a total Marxist.
Right-wing media watch – Starmer’s immigration crackdown will never appease the right-wing press
No matter how hard Labour tries to demonstrate control over immigration, the right-wing media will keep moving the goalposts, and will almost always favour the headline-grabbing provocateur that is Nigel Farage.
The war on net zero: how political climate consensus fell apart
Today, net zero is no longer a unifying goal, it’s a political dividing line. Its biggest threat is manufactured outrage and political cowardness.
Woke bashing of the week – Reform to ban councils from flying ‘woke’ flags
Worryingly, it’s often the mad-as-a-hatter crowd who go the distance in politics, just look at Donald Trump.
Right-wing media watch – Immigration panic drowns out UK/India trade deal
You might expect that with a UK/India trade deal having been seen as one of the crown jewels of post-EU independence, the pro-Brexit media would be celebrating its arrival after more than three years of negotiations across successive governments.