This morning’s MSM provide us with a case study in ‘news management’ which also demonstrates how and why the opinion polls are what they are. I refer to the reports on the Pro-Palestine demo in London yesterday and the staggering contrast between the print and online editions in this morning’s papers.
On Friday, Matt Goodwin published a brief survey on his substack, headlined:“What people think about the war – The striking generational divide in our view of the Israel-Gaza conflict”, observing that:
“It’s both revealing and unsurprising that less than two weeks since the atrocities in Israel only one in ten Labour voters —who increasingly represent an alliance of middle-class liberals and minority voters— sympathise more with Israel. […] The most remarkable of all is not political but generational. Today, it is Britain’s young 18-24-year-olds from Generation Z, born after the mid-1990s, who are, by far, the most likely of all to say they sympathise with the Palestinian side.” (paywalled link)
This cohort is ‘Generation Smartphone’ and today’s MSM front pages demonstrate how this cohort has arrived at their opinion. Look at the contrast between the print editions of this morning’s papers, lovingly compiled by the BBC here, and the online editions of those papers – for example here, here and here. It is remarkable. I’m especially puzzled by the difference between The Times’ printed front page with Israeli flags which have vanished from their online front page.
The main theme in the broadsheets at the time of writing is Ms Braverman going to talk to the Met Police Chief. The reason for this, the Pro-Palestine demo yesterday in London, is mentioned only in the margins. To be fair, the DT has placed reports on yesterday’s events next to the Braverman article on their online front page, unlike the other broadsheets. The headlines are chilling:
“Five times the Met Police stood aside during pro-Palestine protests – Only 10 people were arrested during the rally, where protesters scaled buildings and called for ‘jihad’ in Whitehall” (paywalled link)
“Police pressure leads to cancelled pro-Israel rally in north London – Event was due to be held on Saturday in Golders Green, a Jewish area of the capital” (paywalled link)
The explanations which news editors might offer is that the demos happened yesterday and are now ‘old news’, of no further interest. Having the Whitehall ‘hate figure’ of the Home Secretary on the front page is ‘news’ and definitely more helpful in the campaign of the Westminster MSM to promote ‘regime change’ here in the UK.
Since the MSM have been full of reports and essays about Starmer’s ‘inevitable win’ at the coming GE it should surprise no one that Ms Braverman has become this mornings top ‘news’ issue, nor should the reports of the inactivity of the Met Police. After all, as Matt Goodwin reported, only one in ten Labour voters ‘sympathise with Israel’ and the police officers wouldn’t want to have blotted their copybooks in the eyes of Labour.
The reason why this divergence matters so much – or ought to, are twofold. One is the ever increasing online readership as opposed to reading print editions, especially here in the UK (my emphasis):
“As of 2020, more than two thirds of individuals in Great Britain were either reading or downloading online news, newspapers or magazines. This was more than three times the share of online readers as compared to 2007. The share of UK online readers was higher than the European Union (EU 28) average. As of February 2019, BBC News online had the highest share of readers in the UK, with the Guardian and Mail Online coming in as second and third choice.” (link)
Why do we even wonder about the political attitudes of the age groups of 18-44! Furthermore, in a piece addressed at business PR firms, we read (my emphasis):
“Online articles are written specifically for the web and tend to be more concise than print, as it makes it easier to read and scan on a computer screen. […] On the web, the reader is less likely to read an article in full, maybe viewing multiple webpages at once, and can be distracted by links to other stories. In contrast, readers are more likely to take the time to read print articles in full, and it has been argued that print stories can have a longer lasting impact.” (link)
Furthermore, online articles also provide readers with the opportunity to post comments easily and quickly, contributing to the formation of ‘general opinions’ which colour the perception of others. And that’s how suddenly ‘everybody supports Palestine’: no need to think, just go with the flow – and ‘jihad’ is only a word … This will only get worse because the vast majority of the post-boomer generations only consume propaganda titbits and don’t read anything else.
I leave you with a frightening outlook for the future where the police can dissuade people from demonstrating for an issue critical of government policies. All they need to do is ‘issue guidance’, pointing out that they couldn’t protect us if those with ‘differing opinions’ might resort to violence.
That’s all I have for today. Having to observe and record the increasing destruction of our society gives me no pleasure whatsoever. Have a good day.
God help us! I’ve just heard that Klaus Schwab, head of the World Economic Forum, is soon to be replaced by Tony Blair the war criminal. The WEF will either merge with the UN or take it over with Blair at the helm.
What an evil world we live in.
Or, on the other hand, if this is true, there may be a silver lining – Blair is hated and distrusted by a huge number of British people and if his appointment wakes up more people to the mischief of this menacing, globalist organisation then all the better.
The MYTHS AND STUPIDITIES OF ” hostage taking.
Common practice amongst Kings etc.
Hand over a couple of sons as hostages .
It then becomes a matter of time before he become s pally with his jailers and changes sides, or Dies immediately as a waste of space., or any variation between . The favourite being if they die immediatly without telling anybody. In other words they are more than useless except against idiots.
There is a spectrum of actions. Take your pick.
One saying used to be “lies, damned lies and statistics”. Nowadays “lies, damned lies and government propaganda” is far more appropriate.
The Covid Enquiry Chaired by Baroness Hallet is playing out as expected – an establishment stitch up.
https://dailysceptic.org/2023/10/25/the-covid-inquiry-is-an-embarrassment-to-the-english-legal-system/
Best comment on the above article by AEC
Surely the least the country can do is ensure the woman’s efforts are immortalised as a noun in the English language, in the tradition of Boycott and Quisling.
“It was a complete hallett” = establishment stitch up, exonerating the guilty and lining facilitators’ pockets.
Brilliant and definitely worth passing on thank you Jake.
Thunberg’s too late ,, we.re the plastic generation. Warmly suffocating in memory foam.
Welcome back Viv
Horrible horrible news. The globocap mafia cabal must be really happy at all the misery and turmoil that they (ultimately) are stirring up.
Meanwhile quietly in the background looms the threat of Digital ID, and the threat of the WHO Amendments and Treaty, whereby the globocap mafia think they can give themselves the right to compulsorily jab, lock us down etc with the sole purpose of completing their biosecurity state . Nothing to do with health or our welfare of course.
I also hear that Reiner Fuellmilch has been arrested on a trumped- up charge. I hope he does not suffer the same fate as Julian Assange.
Indeed flyer, the RoP members should never have been allowed in except perhaps on annual visas / work permits, only renewable on proven good behaviour as defined by ourselves.
It’s deemed OK to fly the flags of any country or minority in the UK, even to prance around with the Black Flag chanting for Jihad. However, try to fly the England flag of St. George and the Met will pull it down and declare you far right or racist. Judging from the Police actions, or should that be inactions, over the last week or so it appears they have been taken by surprise at the number of the followers of Islam that have been imported and they are running scared, as are many establishment figures, when looking at the disaster they’ve created. Islamisation has taken root in London. The boats keep coming. This is just the start.
England Flag
https://youtu.be/3uisthGBK9E?si=trjRaSC3r9wrYNfa
You’ve seen nothing yet. The Israel Palestine war is just getting going and will soon include Lebanon, it’s looking very much as if Israel and the US are going to be in direct confrontation with Iran.
What we’re seeing then is a confrontation between the Western world and the Islamic world, when it gets going, Britain, Europe and the US will experience terrorism and murder like nothing we’ve ever seen. You’ll find out what the hundreds of thousands of military aged men that have arrived by dinghy are really here for. We’ve been allowing the invasion by the religion of peace for decades, they just should not be here.
This is where decades of betrayal by our politicians of the LibLabCon has gotten us. I say betrayal because you don’t have to be particularly bright to see where all of this was leading but our vile politicians went ahead and did this to us anyway; some of these politicians happened to get very wealthy in the process.
The thesis – Islam bad. The antithesis – West good. The synthesis war in Mid East to open up second front in Russia regime change agenda which is going badly for the psychopath Uncle Sam and even worse for the poor Ukrainian people. Uncle Sam seems desperate as it’s global hegemony and it’s ‘rules based order’ (their rules) is slowly crumbling and the multi polar world order gathers pace.
Just musing.
Welcome back Viv.
Well I am disgusted with the whole lot of them. It’s now acceptable to cheer on the proscribed terrorist organisation Hammas but demonize the only democracy in the Middle East. The mass slaughter of women and children is perfectly fine it seems. The contempt politicians and lowlife celebrities have for distinguishing right from wrong is breathtaking. The empty Chamber during Andrew Bridget’s speech speaks volumes. There are no more words.
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Policing. Yes, indeed Viv we really are in uncharted territory!
The smartphone set. At the local, a lad in his early 50s, is really interested in much that we are at Independence Daily. He sends me lots of links on What’s App to social media, instagram, memes and two minute video clips of commentary by politicians, individuals, celebrities, MSM etc,. If I respond to any of this sending him a link to a ten minute detailed written article on a particular subject and then subsequently ask him if he read the article, the response is usually “sorry, not yet, will try to read it later”.
I have no reason to suspect that many of those who govern us are any different.