Below is my answer Jon Danzig’s challenge to respond to his post suggesting Russell Brand’s electoral advice to not bother voting was dumb and disrespectful to those who fought for our right to the ballot. I’d have posted it in the comments thread of his piece but got chucked off for reasons I couldn’t fathom. […]
Patrick Chalmers has written an important and timely book. Building on his experience as a Reuters correspondent in London, Brussels and Kuala Lumpur, he lifts the lid on the subtle and pervasive bias of our mainstream media.
Conflation of media and democracy questions in one event – this I like. As I’ve been saying for a while now – you can’t tackle the problems of our democracies without also transforming our media. Shame I can’t attend the Manchester event of February 28th though I hope to link up with the organisers and […]
