The negative propaganda of the Guardian
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| Hugh Muir: Guardian's diary editor |
On the 27th April I wrote in the paper
(Guardian 27th April 2014: Nigel Farage is a phoney. Scrutinise him
and he'll crumble.) and on this Blog (Negative rhetoric from the media reaches new low), a comment criticising the way in which media
coverage of British politics, particularly in respect of Farage and
UKIP has degenerated into a rather poor copy of the American media
where negativity and personality assassination is the driving force
and order of the day, rather than any consideration of policy.
I do not support UKIP and consequently
would never vote for them, but this “Article” by Hugh Muir in today's Guardian (Wednesday 30th April 2014)
vividly demonstrates how the media are fixated on the perceived
“threat” of UKIP and will use all means of propaganda to persuade
people to vote for any party other than UKIP. This is a similar
thought process as used by the “Vote No” side in the Scottish
referendum campaign and frankly is an insult to the intelligence of
the British public.
This Hugh Muir article headlines with
“10 good reasons not to vote for UKIP” but contains nothing other
than more negative smears and unsubstantiated nonsense masquerading
as “reasoned political argument”.
When it comes to coverage of UKIP and
Farage, it seems that the media are more concerned with promoting
fear in the minds of the voters than allowing truth to get in the way
of the smear.
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