{"id":21363,"date":"2016-07-03T19:11:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T00:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21363"},"modified":"2016-07-03T19:11:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T00:11:51","slug":"thoughts-on-the-media-and-the-eu-referendum-190","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21363","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on the Media and the EU Referendum 190"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title format-icon\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmurray.org.uk\/archives\/2016\/07\/thoughts-media-eu-referendum\/\">Thoughts on the Media and the EU Referendum\u00a0<span class=\"comments-link\"><span class=\"tc-comment-bubble default-bubble\">190\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"entry-content \">Al Jazeera\u2019s Listening Post programme on the EU referendum media coverage was just broadcast. They only used about 5% of what they recorded of me, split into four soundbites to fit their format.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5q1LlBjgO2s\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I think the much more interesting points I made were not used at all. So just for the record, I also made these points:<\/p>\n<p>a) I did not accept the argument that the BBC was biased in the referendum campaign towards Brexit. Indeed especially in the last few days, I thought it was biased towards Remain.<br \/>\nb) However the BBC had been guilty of helping promote Brexit by giving Farage massive and disproportionate publicity for many years, from when UKIP was a negligible electoral force. They were always willing to give right wings views publicity but not left wing views.<br \/>\nc) The right wing print media were indeed a major problem distorting democracy. However the solution to this should be to break up media ownership, not impose government control of content.<br \/>\nd) Project Fear had not succeeded in the Scottish referendum. It had seen a 35 point unionist lead cut to a 10 point lead, making it one of the most disastrous campaigns in history. The question of why Project Fear \u201csucceeded\u201d in Scotland but not the EU referendum was therefore a false one.<br \/>\ne) Media coverage focused on the despised political class rather than the facts.<\/p>\n<p>I do not blame Al Jazeera at all or accuse them of doing anything unethical \u2013 they were looking for soundbites for their broadcast. But I do think the above points which they did not broadcast, were a great deal more interesting than their programme!<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thoughts on the Media and the EU Referendum\u00a0190\u00a0 Al Jazeera\u2019s Listening Post programme on the EU referendum media coverage was just broadcast. They only used about 5% of what they recorded of me, split into four soundbites to fit their format. I think the much more interesting points I made were not used at all. 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