The BBC and Venezuela: bias and lies
A coup attempt is in full-swing in Venezuela, orchestrated from Washington. As ever, supposedly ‘objective’ media outlets such as the BBC are softening up public opinion for this imperialist intervention.
Media
Cambridge Analytica holds a mirror up to the mainstream media
The technology may have changed, Daniel Morley writes, but the dodgy practices used by Cambridge Analytica to influence political opinion are no different from those employed daily by the entire capitalist establishment and its liberal mouthpieces.
Anti-Corbyn media exposed as frauds by Labour surge
For two years, the Left have had to endure the smug ‘analysis’ and predictions of the ruling class’ entire media regarding Corbyn. For them, it was self-evident and simply a fact that Corbyn is unelectable and incompetent. But Labour’s incredible performance in this election has left these so-called experts dumbfounded.
The election, the media, and the anti-Corbyn bias
If there is one thing you can be certain about in any UK election, it is that the vast majority of the press will be hostile to Labour. This current election is no exception to this rule. Steve Jones examines the inherent bias within the media under capitalism and discusses the way forward in fighting for real freedom of the press.
Corbyn, the BBC, and the bias of the Establishment
Ever since winning the election for the Labour leadership last September, Jeremy Corbyn has faced an onslaught of attacks by the mainstream media. This vitriolic coverage intensified in the run up to the recent elections. As a result, even the BBC is now rightly seen for being a tool and voice of the Establishment, as their mask of “neutrality” and “impartiality” rapidly slips.
Media ignorance on display as Corbyn vindicated in Oldham
Everyone was on the edge of their seats, braced for terrible news from Oldham. The media was full of prophecies of doom for Corbyn, predicting that Labour would suffer at the hands of UKIP in last week’s by-election. In the end, the complete opposite occurred, providing a massive vindication of Corbyn and his leadership of the Labour Party.
Hands Off Corbyn! Defend Labour leader against Tory media attacks!
In the days following Jeremy Corbyn’s inspirational landslide victory in the Labour leadership election, the Tories, the right-wing press, and the Blairites within the Labour Party have stepped up their campaign of hysteria and attacks against the new Labour leader. We call on all our readers to get organised in defence of Corbyn. Hands Off Corbyn!
Justice for Mark Duggan: Carol Duggan exposes lies of media and police
On Friday 21st March, around 60 students attended a ‘Justice for Mark Duggan’ meeting at Kings College London, in which his aunt – Carol Duggan – spoke about the blatant lies of the corrupt police and the capitalist press. KCL Marxists report on the meeting and the Mark Duggan case, which has exposed the injustices of the bourgeois state.
Marxism and the Media – Part Two
As with the sites of production of other commodities, the sites of media production are simultaneously sites of struggle. Journalists and other media workers can and must struggle against the domination of capital over their professions and over humankind.
Marxism and the Media — Part One
Perhaps nothing elicits more disagreement and debate among Marxists and other left activists than a discussion about the media. There is no doubt that the mass media is omnipresent, mediating every aspect of our lives. How one relates to and interprets the world is largely colored by how the media informs us. On the eve of the release of the Leveson report, we publish this Marxist analysis of the media from a correspondent in the USA.
Student Demonstrations and the media
With the bosses media foaming at the mouth over the throwing of a bit
of paint at the flash car being used to drive the Prince of Wales and
his wife to another shindig (no cuts here then), we reproduce an article
written for the Militant Student website just before the marches on Thursday which deals with the role played by the big business-owned press and media.
Support NUJ members fighting for fair pensions at BBC
NUJ members at the BBC have voted by 70% to reject the latest offer
from the management on pension changes and are intending to take action
by striking for 48 hours on 5 and 6 November and again on 15 and 16
November with further dates to be named in the coming days. Here is the
text of an appeal now being circulated.