Thread by @karamballes

#r4today
It's interesting how the Telegraph's Lockdown Files generated headlines across media, while there barely any mention of an academic paper proving criticism of a herd immunity strategy was disproportionately under represented

https://twitter.com/BylineTimes/status/1635649168147378177?t=12AyuntMf5B9usg5uwsWKg&s=19

2/ Or how leaked messages show government exerted pressure on the BBC

https://twitter.com/jessicaelgot/status/1635750459431432192?t=N_F0HtX7ndHaqKJtu55zqg&s=19

3/ The findings have relevance beyond the periods covered in thr two articles, for instance the recent decision to never offer younger children vaccination while CDC has added it to list of standard immunisations has recieved no scrutiny in most the media
…terdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/media-and-go…

4/ While paper sales may be diminishing, their headlines still set the agenda for broadcast and social media
Lockdown Files were allowed to set a narrative while hard evidence risks of mass infection have been downplayed doesn't reach a wider audience
…terdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/rewriting-hi…

5/ Same way its in the public interest to report that while the government has decided the plebs don't need clean air in their workplaces they have spent our money installing new air systems into parliament and gov offices
…terdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/davos-and-ho…

6/ And it doesn't just apply to covid, look how much of the media is pushing Cates and Krugers NSC sex ed report without checking the validity of the reports claims
…terdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/explicit-sex…

7/ While complaining about "woke ideology" much of the media is ignoring the increasing number of Conservative MPs links to groups with some incredibly worrying ideology, and the role groups like Free Speech Union are playing in the culture wars

bylinetimes.com/2023/03/10/mps…

8/ Media complain about activists but a lot of RW hacks are more activists than journalists promoting the disinformation of astroturf groups

Just take a look at what the radical right want in their own words, this is the route they are taking us down⬇️

https://twitter.com/karamballes/status/1633419279340122112?t=tsOhL1yBVb593I3J-lY4Zg&s=19

9/ As a case study look at how a private lobbying group UsForThem, a non entity outside of the Westminster bubble, managed to rapidly gain support of RW media, MPs, even the @ChildrensComm while a genuine charity like @LongCovidKids struggles to get a fraction of the airtime

10/ …terdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/what-does-us…

11/ Media do things like ramp up harsh attitudes to asylum seekers and then act surprised and horrified when someone tries to bomb a centre

They platform disinformation about child vax and then act surprised when antivax mobs are abusing ppl at the school gates

12/ And a number of ppl the media promoted are now shouting vaccine genocide and muttering about Nuremberg 2.0

Yet they'll never take responsibility for the division they intentionally create and the consequences
…terdisinformationproject.substack.com/p/anti-vaxxers…