The Express currently has *23* Brexit stories on the front page of its online edition.
Every one of them is a lie, distortion or fabrication.
It is not really *that* surprising that their readers have misunderstood the whole Brexit thing...
Every one of them is a lie, distortion or fabrication.
It is not really *that* surprising that their readers have misunderstood the whole Brexit thing...
Since the referendum (and in the run-up to it too) anyone relying on the Express for "news" will have been exposed to thousands, maybe tens of thousands of stories about Brexit.
These paint a *consistently misleading* picture, ie they're wrong, but build on each other.
These paint a *consistently misleading* picture, ie they're wrong, but build on each other.
How can one expect people to be informed when faced with such a barrage of brainwashing?
But there is one thing the Express might be able to twist, but it won't be able to hide: shortages in the shops.
January 2021 will be a steep learning curve!
But there is one thing the Express might be able to twist, but it won't be able to hide: shortages in the shops.
January 2021 will be a steep learning curve!
Added: there's too much snobbishness against their readers.
How could they have known that everything they're reading is distorted if everything they ever read is distorted?
All very well all of us who know better saying "they should have read more informative sources", but...
How could they have known that everything they're reading is distorted if everything they ever read is distorted?
All very well all of us who know better saying "they should have read more informative sources", but...
I'm furious at the Brexit they foisted on us. But I don't see them as the prime cause of it.
They are the lever used to pry open the Pandora Box of Brexit.
But the fulcrum, without which the lever is nothing but a stick, is the politicians, RW media, opinion formers etc.
They are the lever used to pry open the Pandora Box of Brexit.
But the fulcrum, without which the lever is nothing but a stick, is the politicians, RW media, opinion formers etc.
A lot of people NEVER knew that Brexit was that important. Not in terms of the negative impact it would have.
I am not saying "let them off the hook" completely...
But they have been conned, actually conned. That deserves some consideration.
I am not saying "let them off the hook" completely...
But they have been conned, actually conned. That deserves some consideration.
Daily Mail, Sun, Express, their Facebook friends, the people they interact with on Twitter, etc. All will have been propagating the same propaganda.
It's not just a single rotten source of information. It's an entire ecosystem, a parallel reality separate from actual reality.
It's not just a single rotten source of information. It's an entire ecosystem, a parallel reality separate from actual reality.
The BBC played their part too, with the whole "balance where no balance is due" issue.
It meant that whenever they turned to the TV for information, half the people on there were espousing the same warped nonsense in between saying "don't trust the elites, they're lying to you".
It meant that whenever they turned to the TV for information, half the people on there were espousing the same warped nonsense in between saying "don't trust the elites, they're lying to you".
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