Wednesday 16 September 2015

The media rules politics.

If you look at a country like Australia you can see objectively how the media bleeds opinion into the minds of voters. Most recently with the rise to power of Tony Abbott and the unflinching and unsubtle biased opinion of the Australian media.



This didn't really come as a surprise to anyone as the monopoly on Australia's media is held by Rupert Murdoch, a homophobic and racist dinosaur - oh and also an avid supporter of Tony Abott, who has since been ousted from his position as Prime Minister of Australia for doing such an awful job.

You may wonder where I'm going with this. Well, the world was already aware of the biased media in Australia and indeed in the US, but something striking is how what used to be much more subtle media bias in the UK has turned into full blown tabloid nonsense from news outlets that should know better.

The most recent evidence of this is Jeremy Corbyn's bid (and subsequent victory) for the position of Labour leader. I myself am not a huge supporter of Corbyn, much like any other politician I find that they are all undesirable, but in the few days that Corbyn has been in power over the labour party, media attention as been fraught with negative thoughts lambasted at him like crashing waves. The media acts as if David Cameron and his Tory majority are the saviours of our country whilst Corbyn's policies get ignored and news stories like this are peddled by the once great BBC.

Even today, as the Conservatives push a plan through the commons for tax credit cuts, Labour's new leader is described as 'not getting in the patriotic spirit'.

This most recent election made me sick with its propaganda:
Oh look, the Sun, hi Murdoch.

Ultimately the media should really be staying unbiased, but what can you do when the people with the most power support those who benefit only them.

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