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The BBC have been "disappearing" Labour from their news coverage. This Thread on what"disappearing means and how you can help fight it.
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By "disappearing" I mean news coverage that simply excludes Labour and its policies. This happened all throughout Brexit from the referendum onwards. Not covering for months Labour's customs union plan is an example, only interviewing hostile back benchers another.
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The Thread below is one example of how the BBC do "disappearing" in news bulletins. This is just one example from this week but you would have seen them do likewise many, many times over on both TV and radio all through Brexit.
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The EU Summit also provided more examples of the "disappearing" of Labour on the broadcast news.
Example 1: Did you see or hear on the BBC News that the EU had reached out to Labour for their help to get an extension agreed?

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Labour's said that in negotiating a customs union they would ask for a UK say in future trade deals. The media have said the EU would never agree to that. So any movement on that should be a big story, right?
Example 2: Have you seen this on the news?
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independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
These examples are a tiny illustration of how the broadcast media, especially the BBC have "disappeared" Labour all though Brexit. You can help fight this by calling it out too. I'll carry on doing it but there's only one of me. With more people doing this too, we can fight this
How to help?
Just call out this disappearing when you see it:
- List or show how many non Labour voices a segment has had to show the imbalance (see my example in 3/7)
- When a key Labour story isn't being reported call it out, ask why it isn't being covered?
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