Research from Loughborough University has revealed that male voices have overwhelmingly dominated the coverage of the general election. Academics from the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture have audited news coverage for every general election since 1992. This analysis spans TV coverage from major broadcasters and print reporting by both broadsheet and tabloid newspapers
Read MoreArguments around free speech tend to go something like this.Pro-Free Speech: All views should be heard, and the poisonous views will be seen for what they are and dismissed.Pro censorship: If you give harmful poisonous views the oxygen of publicity they will poison the discourse. However, I’d like to point out another effect of partial
Read More“Their failed immigration system which is not working for British people.” Racheal Reeves As an independence supporter, especially one that’s previously a member of the Labour Party, I hear this a lot. So let’s have a quick look at what senior members of the Labour Party themselves say about marginalised groups and how they will
Read MoreToday’s fake news comes from the daily telegraph who claim that Nicola Sturgeon said “JK Rowling is not a real feminist like me”. Now I have some issues with both the women mentioned here but I don’t believe Nicola Sturgeon said anything of the sort. But don’t take my word for it. Nicola Sturgeon did
Read More¨We have seen the corrupting effects of a deliberate propaganda campaign driven by fake news.¨ Jimmy Gomez Sometimes even I´m amazed at the brazen rewriting of history in the UK. Take the case of Allison Bailey. One of the co-founders of the LGB Alliance and from all accounts a successful lawyer. Allison Bailey decided to
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