Quote Originally Posted by Newish Pie View Post
If someone finds GB "news" a refreshing alternative and reflects a lot of how they feel, it's almost certainly because they're very right wing. And therefore it's not surprising that the rest of the media will appear left wing. Stands to reason.

I know we're talking mainly about TV here, but no-one can seriously argue that the print media isn't dominated by the right wing. It's been that way for ages, because... well, just look at who owns it and how it defends their interests. The BBC probably does look "lefter" than the print media, but that's not surprising given how "righter" the print media is, and always has been.

Left wing and right wing are - to some extent - relative terms as where the political centre is varies over time, and a lot of effort goes into trying to shift it one way or another. There's this useful concept called the "Overton Window"... what's inside the window is proposals that can legitimately be talked about and taken seriously... so, nationalising the trains or the utility companies is inside, nationalising the mobile phone companies is outside.

What GB "news" and Tufton Street Thinktankocracy and others are trying to do is shift the "Overton Window" as far to the right as possible. And I know people have problems with the BBC and with ITV and Sky and the rest, but they don't literally have news programme after news programme presented by hard right active political figures... this ought to be illegal under the broadcasting code, but for some reason it's not being enforced.

TV news should be politically neutral and impartial, and one of the reasons that the US is in a mess is because they've confused freedom of speech with freedom to have your own reality and to broadcast abject propaganda.
Very good post. Like.