The return of scurvy and rickets is news. You Know What is not.
The unavailability of the "consultation" on ticket office closures in formats accessible to millions of older or disabled people, the very categories most affected, is news. You Know What is not.
The spycops report is news. You Know What is not.
The Labour Party's promise to adhere to the Conservatives' tax and spending plans, no matter what those might happen to be by the time of the next General Election, is news. You Know What is not.
Britain's opposition to the American deployment of cluster bombs to Ukraine is news. You Know What is not.
And even Joe Biden's doubts about the admission of Ukraine to NATO this side of "democratisation", although the war there is supposed to be in defence of democracy, and although Hungary and Turkey are already democratic enough for NATO, are news. You Know What is not.
The media are self-obsessed.
ReplyDeleteAnd nowhere more so than in London. Media London is a hive.
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