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Quick thread on @jeremycorbyn, News UK TV/GB News and alternative media.
Yesterday, Corbyn pledged to campaign against the arrival of Rupert Murdoch’s News UK. Presumably, you can expect this will also extend to GB News.
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/17/jeremy-corbyn-campaign-murdoch-television-channel-peace-justice
Yesterday, Corbyn pledged to campaign against the arrival of Rupert Murdoch’s News UK. Presumably, you can expect this will also extend to GB News.
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/17/jeremy-corbyn-campaign-murdoch-television-channel-peace-justice
Now, there are some dynamics at play here.
Our @beyondthemsm content analysis shows that media criticism is a central feature of left-wing alternative media.
( @Stephen_Cushion @rich_thomas99
and I have submitted paper exploring this). https://www.beyondthemsm.co.uk/blog/content-analysis-preliminary-findings-part-i
Our @beyondthemsm content analysis shows that media criticism is a central feature of left-wing alternative media.
( @Stephen_Cushion @rich_thomas99
and I have submitted paper exploring this). https://www.beyondthemsm.co.uk/blog/content-analysis-preliminary-findings-part-i
The Corbyn campaign likely renews the catalytic dynamic between left-wing alternative media and Corbyn.
We saw this dynamic resurface in October during the release of the EHRC report - it's also a dynamic that mainstream media like to operationalise. https://www.beyondthemsm.co.uk/blog/jeremy-corbyns-suspension-agenda-setting-and-alternative-media
We saw this dynamic resurface in October during the release of the EHRC report - it's also a dynamic that mainstream media like to operationalise. https://www.beyondthemsm.co.uk/blog/jeremy-corbyns-suspension-agenda-setting-and-alternative-media
The immediate focus on Murdoch Media also feeds perfectly into the media criticism angle that left-wing alternative media provide to audiences. See today: https://evolvepolitics.com/exclusive-press-regulator-ipso-has-taken-no-action-against-55-covid-conspiracy-and-disinformation-articles-published-by-uk-newspapers/
Since last April, left-wing alternative media have clearly not supported @Keir_Starmer, but this also raised questions about their continued relevance given the fact Corbyn was sidelined within the party. Corbyn project feeds opposition to Starmer. https://www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/how-left-wing-media-sites-have-changed-their-coverage-of-the-labour-party-under-keir-starmer-142686
In sum, the arrival of News UK and GB News, plus a Corbyn campaign against them, plus mainstream media critical audiences, could lead to left-wing alternative media finding a renewed presence and role. Remember they initially surged between 2015-2017. http://www.electionanalysis.uk/uk-election-analysis-2019/section-7-news-and-journalism/an-uncertain-future-for-alternative-online-media/
