The Express are hyper-obsessed with Brexit.
So far today, they've published 28 stories on the subject - and it's not even 5pm!
Themes:
- EU as bully
- EU scared
- Other countries want to leave
- Ha ha ha, Brexit is hurting the EU
- EU failing over the vaccine
- Unfair red tape
So far today, they've published 28 stories on the subject - and it's not even 5pm!
Themes:
- EU as bully
- EU scared
- Other countries want to leave
- Ha ha ha, Brexit is hurting the EU
- EU failing over the vaccine
- Unfair red tape
At today's pace, that would be over 10,000 negative propaganda stories a year. Such single-minded mania explains a lot.
It is not even a tiny bit surprising that their regular readers are left with a blinkered, funhouse mirror world of reality.
How could they not be? Seriously.
It is not even a tiny bit surprising that their regular readers are left with a blinkered, funhouse mirror world of reality.
How could they not be? Seriously.
But we can get a much more precise estimate of the extent of their propaganda war...
They have published 87,664 stories that mention Brexit.
Of those, 2,860 date back to before the referendum.
So that means they've published 84,804 stories about Brexit in 1,700 days. 50 a day!
They have published 87,664 stories that mention Brexit.
Of those, 2,860 date back to before the referendum.
So that means they've published 84,804 stories about Brexit in 1,700 days. 50 a day!
Thought experiment: Imagine a Leaver who has read all 84,804 stories. That's a vast investment of time and energy.
Then someone tells them: "you never bothered to inform yourself, you're dumb, everything you know is wrong".
No wonder there are still furious exchanges!
Then someone tells them: "you never bothered to inform yourself, you're dumb, everything you know is wrong".
No wonder there are still furious exchanges!
(BTW, this is why I have said in the past that the Express is a useful source of info on Brexit. Their obsession means they dig up stories that don't make it to other papers. If you read past the 180-degree spin and seek out the nucleus of the story, it's sometimes useful stuff.)
It doesn't stop. Another 3 stories in the last couple of hours.
More of the same sorts of tropes:
- other EU members desperate to leave (they're not!)
- Brexit as a big opportunity for the UK (it's not!)
- personal attack on someone who dared voice criticism of Brexit
More of the same sorts of tropes:
- other EU members desperate to leave (they're not!)
- Brexit as a big opportunity for the UK (it's not!)
- personal attack on someone who dared voice criticism of Brexit
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