Flanker7   20 #553 Posted March 27, 2017 I would agree that UK media coverage has been abysmal for all the time we've been in it, in more than just the accepted theme of "Oh it's all the fault of Murdoch and the Daily Mail". I think it's a cultural thing. The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate. The big people decide things and once we were in the EEC as was, there was no point bothering to inform the public of anything as we were never going to leave anyway. So when we came to an (unexpected) referendum we were possibly the worst informed electorate ever.  Anyway re the Presidential election I would agree that Macron looks the most likely so far, but it's hard to judge how he may do given the times we are living in.  *My bold  That's a bit easy, to fall back on the old class war cliche. Papers are in business to sell and the kind of detail you seem to want would have put them out of business in quick time. The readership of any of the Pop's, let alone the Daily Mail, don't want that kind of publication?  However, large sections of those readership's are starting to be informed by the hard lessons of living the results of Brexit.  Will they believe the rabble rousing, jingoistic and prejudiced ranting a second time? I hope not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
chalga   10 #554 Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/27/russia-emmanuel-macron-banned-news-outlets-discrimination  Well done to the Macron team for showing the Putin press where to go with their fake news.   Emmanuel Macron’s campaign team bans Russian news outlets from events Russia accuses French presidential candidate of discrimination after spokesman confirmed Sputnik news agency and RT TV channel were denied access Edited April 27, 2017 by chalga Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
