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Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social |
The UK media is giving a tiny party like Reform unprecedented coverage - way more than the larger Lib Dems and Greens get. Lots of reporters at the NEC today. This is exactly what happened with Trump in 2016.
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Ellin Stein
@ellinst.bsky.social
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Loud and unfiltered con men make good copy. Quiet and sensible are dull.
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Fiona Glass
@fionaglass.bsky.social
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It does seem a bit skewed given that most polls are only putting Reform on somewhere between 2-7 MPs...
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Girl on Trial
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Related is the endless fascination with who is up and down in the polls, rather than any sort of analysis or engagement with their policies that nominally drive that
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Ianrobo
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however one big difference is that Farage's personal popularity means there is just that natural limit to what he can do, in the US in a strict two party system added to the reglious element it is different.
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God-Emperor Tsunami 💙 #FBPE #BLM #GTTO
@tsunami65.bsky.social
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UK media ❤️❤️❤️ fascism
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LaurenceM
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Just as they did with Johnson on his way up - lionised his “renegade” behaviour. Ignored his buffoonery and the car crash failures of his London Mayorship.
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Jonathan Sumpton
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It was always going to be like this I wonder if some social media platforms are accepting money to throttle particularly effective "influencers" of a particular persuasion like Russell Brand etc.? The fallout and autopsy on the election will be illuminating
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North of Cam
@northofcam.bsky.social
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Are they larger in %votes though?
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Joan Hunter Dunn
@velfille.bsky.social
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and (I am not going to let this go) with the Referendum.
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Suw
@suw.bsky.social
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The media in the UK and US are complicit in normalising very non-normal political candidates. They're too wed to the gossipy horse-race model of political coverage, too excited by Trump and Farage's transgressiveness, too focused on creating outrage (and thus clicks). History won't judge them well.
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Pascal 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇫🇷
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When news media seeks to entertain rather than inform.... Love him or hate him, Farage sells newspapers and gets people glued to their TV set.
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Dexter Crisp
@dextercrisp.bsky.social
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Be nice if they put them under unprecedented scrutiny, too. Alas...
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Jason Heeley
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It's genuinely pretty sickening. Farage would be a vastly reduced influence on the narrative without the staggering volume of free, uncritical publicity he receives.
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Gavin Smith
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Not just coverage, but largely uncritical coverage too.
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Tracey Eva #GTTO 🇪🇺 💚🦜🌿🌻🌍🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♠️☮️
@traceva.bsky.social
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It is a DISGRACE
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Andrew S. 🇪🇺 💙 🇺🇦 🌈
@parallax2112.bsky.social
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Absolutely. Supposedly serious journalists like Peston, Kuenssberg, Rigby, etc. are guilty of amplifying his vile agenda. Enough, already.
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Kate W
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They've been doing this with Farage for years - he gets wildly unrepresentative air time/column inches for the numbers of voters he represents.
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Adrian Giddings
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If it bleeds it leads and all that. Far more likely to get something clickworthy/extra inches at the extremes.
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