Just three media groups dominate the national newspaper market – and help shape our political narrative, while the Government has failed to act against 'lawfare', a new report finds
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Today, war by media is a key task of so-called mainstream journalism, reminiscent of that described by a Nuremberg prosecutor in 1945: 'Before each major aggression[...] they initiated a press campaign calculated to[...] prepare the people psychologically[...]"
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Wilful blindness of UK politicians and media not mirrored internationally Al Jazeera’s ‘Labour Files’ documentary reveals the racism, sabotage and rigging committed by the Labour right during the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn – and to complete the purge of the left after Keir Starmer conned party members into voting him in as leader. The documentary […]