Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
On this subject:
https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/0...-bias-anymore/
As I said previously, pretending the backlash itself - we're not even translating to voting behavior yet - is about a party is like complaining that the 2020 BLM movement was overplayed for the sake of a single man. Separately regarding media bias, I haven't been witness to how Johnson is covered in British broadcast media, let alone in comparison to print media (I do wonder if British media are even constituted to be able to generate bias against a Conservative PM) but *coughs*

This research project provides a sound and theoretically informed analysis of the various (or unison) media representations of the rise of Jeremy Corbyn as a candidate for the Labour leadership and of him as the new leader of the largest opposition party in the UK. Furthermore, this project also aims to make a contribution to the ongoing public debate regarding the role of mainstream media and of journalists in a media-saturated democracy.

We set out to recognise and acknowledge the legitimate role of the press to critique and challenge the powers that be, which is often encapsulated by the metaphor of the watchdog. Our systematic content analysis of a representative sample of newspaper articles published in 8 national newspapers between 1 September and 1 November 2015, however, shows that the press reacted in a highly transgressive manner to the new leader of the opposition, hence our reference to the attackdog metaphor.

Our analysis shows that Corbyn was thoroughly delegitimised as a political actor from the moment he became a prominent candidate and even more so after he was elected as party leader, with a strong mandate. This process of delegitimisation occurred in several ways: 1) through lack of or distortion of voice; 2) through ridicule, scorn and personal attacks; and 3) through association, mainly with terrorism.

All this raises, in our view, a number of pressing ethical questions regarding the role of the media in a democracy. Certainly, democracies need their media to challenge power and offer robust debate, but when this transgresses into an antagonism that undermines legitimate political voices that dare to contest the current status quo, then it is not democracy that is served.
Further on the subject of media-driven public attitudes, this is always worth looking into:
https://www.ft.com/content/f2d72f42-...b-f50a32f37afc





The entirety of the shift was driven by Leavers. It's worth asking what the data for other news purveyors show.