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.
The polls that regularly appear on the pages of the right-wing press, frequently rely on loaded questions, selective statistics and audiences already primed to agree with the publication’s editorial position.
A closer look at the policy reveals a more nuanced, and legitimate, position than the headlines suggest.
The new buyer has a long and well-documented tendency to blur the line between journalism and right-wing politics.
“Decisions about trans people’s lives are increasingly based entirely on the testimony of non-trans people.”
Ofcom’s handling of, and ultimate decision, on the probe, will be more than a single change of ownership. It will be a test serve as a test of how seriously the UK treats media plurality.
“Just beyond parody at this point.”
The Mail jumped on Coogan’s Irish passport, while the Express amplified “anti-British” criticism.
Editors may relish the drama, but behind the scenes they must be tearing their hair out as the feud escalates. “Stop fighting each other and end the Labour nightmare,” pleaded the Daily Mail, like a weary parent begging quarrelling children to behave.
Quite what constitutes “the very worst left-wing feminist” remains unclear, beyond, perhaps, a woman who doesn’t particularly enjoy being corrected by men.
