Classic example of Express propaganda, as it reports on the financial sector talks about to begin. (They weren't covered in the Brexit deal.)
In Express-world, trying to improve on nothing at all (which is what we have at the moment) is an EU power grab!
express.co.uk/news/politics/…
In Express-world, trying to improve on nothing at all (which is what we have at the moment) is an EU power grab!
express.co.uk/news/politics/…
Or how about this, also from this morning?
Literally gloating because Brexit has caused harm to German fishermen.
Literally gloating because Brexit has caused harm to German fishermen.
Or this?
(The narrative here is particularly juicy. The EU offered a deal for artists and musicians to be able to travel and work. The UK said "nope, we want our own list of cakeist demands, or NOTHING"and the EU said "no". Result: Express says it's the EU's fault.)
(The narrative here is particularly juicy. The EU offered a deal for artists and musicians to be able to travel and work. The UK said "nope, we want our own list of cakeist demands, or NOTHING"and the EU said "no". Result: Express says it's the EU's fault.)
I mention these examples precisely because they are TYPICAL.
Express readers will have been exposed to around a dozen such stories, often more, EVERY SINGLE DAY SINCE THE REFERENDUM.
Think about that for a moment. That's about 20,000 pieces of false propaganda.
Express readers will have been exposed to around a dozen such stories, often more, EVERY SINGLE DAY SINCE THE REFERENDUM.
Think about that for a moment. That's about 20,000 pieces of false propaganda.
So I fully understand the desire to lash out and blame them for not knowing what they were voting for. I do.
But for pity's sake, think about it. 20,000 pieces of propaganda.
The poor souls didn't stand a chance.
But for pity's sake, think about it. 20,000 pieces of propaganda.
The poor souls didn't stand a chance.
Remember, it's not just the Express.
They will have seen similar stories in the Daily Mail and the Sun. They will have been fed the same lies by Farage and the Brexiter Tories.
It's very easy for us to take a superior "they should have known" attitude.
But how? Seriously, how?
They will have seen similar stories in the Daily Mail and the Sun. They will have been fed the same lies by Farage and the Brexiter Tories.
It's very easy for us to take a superior "they should have known" attitude.
But how? Seriously, how?
When 70%-80% of print media is overtly right-wing, when the BBC invites the most random quacks to provide "balance" on every Brexit-related topic, when hundreds of politicians, business owners, rogue economists, celebrities, etc. all propagate the same lies... how do they know?
However...
I believe we may be about two to three weeks away from a grand revelation.
Only reality can prove the truth of Brexit to those who have been consistently lied to on every side.
And that reality may be about to get VERY ugly.
I believe we may be about two to three weeks away from a grand revelation.
Only reality can prove the truth of Brexit to those who have been consistently lied to on every side.
And that reality may be about to get VERY ugly.
(And finally: we shouldn't forget the effect of social media in all of this. The events of the last week in the US have illustrated its power for great evil in the wrong hands. It constrains people in "info bubbles" where everything they see reinforces what they already know.)
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