Oh dear God, @BBCNews pushing this out online as well as blasting it all over the radio this morning.
The Govt’s broadcaster working hard on Johnson’s behalf.
Always interesting to consider how such stories emerge and get pushed.
The Govt’s broadcaster working hard on Johnson’s behalf.
Always interesting to consider how such stories emerge and get pushed.
https://twitter.com/bbcnews/status/1351367889018875904
Usually, the tabloids can lead the BBC by the nose.
Opinion published in a tabloid (in this case Daily Mail) can then be cited as headline ‘news’ on the BBC...
...and BBC can claim they’re not pushing the conjecture, just ‘reporting’ on what’s being said.
Opinion published in a tabloid (in this case Daily Mail) can then be cited as headline ‘news’ on the BBC...
...and BBC can claim they’re not pushing the conjecture, just ‘reporting’ on what’s being said.
Then on the BBC, they can do a short item saying “on one hand x, on the other hand y” in order to show “balance”...
...and that then legitimises them to repeat just the headline across radio, TV and online title across their channels to seed that idea.
...and that then legitimises them to repeat just the headline across radio, TV and online title across their channels to seed that idea.
So all the Government need to do is to land a friendly opinion piece in the tabloids, then nudge the BBC to take it up...
...then that BBC ‘news’ gets blasted to the domestic audience to save Johnson’s blushes...
...and helps develop a revisionist narrative to show Team Biden.
...then that BBC ‘news’ gets blasted to the domestic audience to save Johnson’s blushes...
...and helps develop a revisionist narrative to show Team Biden.
So it’s all a fairly desperate u-turn.
I didn’t see any Tory MPs supporting Biden - but plenty of vocal support for Trump.
And 56% of Tory members wanted Trump to win. So Johnson would have been delighted, of course.
I didn’t see any Tory MPs supporting Biden - but plenty of vocal support for Trump.
And 56% of Tory members wanted Trump to win. So Johnson would have been delighted, of course.
And let us not forget that Johnson’s belated & brief “congratulations” message to Biden was overwritten on an original, longer congratulations message to Trump:
theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
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