The News media have a responsibility to report news in a factual and objective way and to label editorial comment as opinion. This is what I believe the Guardian does and what the BBC was famous for in days gone by.
Unfortunately what we see nowadays - largely thanks to the influence of Rupert Murdoch - is a blurring of the lines between news and opinion, to the extent that people cannot tell the difference between fact and subjective opinion.
"The media play a part by controlling what you think", according to Benn. Well, I don't doubt that is partly true, but then, doesn't the Guardian do this, too?
@BritishBroom "The media play a part by controlling what you think", according to Benn. Well, I don't doubt that is partly true, but then, doesn't the Guardian do this, too?
tony blair continued the privatization started by thatcher. labor turned out to be a fraud. the industrial military complex runs the country.
read carol quigly's book hope and tragedy.
iglwy 10 months ago
Love the cha-cha version of The Internationale. :) 5*****
I'm a Yank, but I love listening to Mr. Benn speak. He always makes so much sense ... and he's sharp and witty to boot:
8:10 "There are some socialists in the Labour Party ... just as there are some Christians in the churches." LOL!
bapyou 1 year ago
Foot's lost me
lakshmimittal 1 year ago
@lakshmimittal lost yew, lost oak, lost birch, lost willow.
punchandtheapostles 10 months ago
The News media have a responsibility to report news in a factual and objective way and to label editorial comment as opinion. This is what I believe the Guardian does and what the BBC was famous for in days gone by.
Unfortunately what we see nowadays - largely thanks to the influence of Rupert Murdoch - is a blurring of the lines between news and opinion, to the extent that people cannot tell the difference between fact and subjective opinion.
salsabil44 1 year ago
"The media play a part by controlling what you think", according to Benn. Well, I don't doubt that is partly true, but then, doesn't the Guardian do this, too?
BritishBroom 2 years ago
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@BritishBroom "The media play a part by controlling what you think", according to Benn. Well, I don't doubt that is partly true, but then, doesn't the Guardian do this, too?
Yes.
Schniddo 1 year ago
@BritishBroom i believe benn was including the guardian in that category. what makes you think he wasn't?
punchandtheapostles 10 months ago
09.00 brilliant!
drtleft 2 years ago 2
How things change..
mistaben2k 2 years ago 4