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    Re: Peter Oborne.

    Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
    A long read, but well worth it - what he says is all the more meaningful for me because of his background.

    https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ope...-news-machine/

    The last paragraph is a powerful punchline:

    "But there is now clear evidence that the prime minister has debauched Downing Street by using the power of his office to spread propaganda and fake news. British political journalists have got chillingly close to providing the same service to Boris Johnson that Fox News delivers for Donald Trump."

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    Re: Peter Oborne.

    Quote Originally Posted by jon1959 View Post
    The last paragraph is a powerful punchline:

    "But there is now clear evidence that the prime minister has debauched Downing Street by using the power of his office to spread propaganda and fake news. British political journalists have got chillingly close to providing the same service to Boris Johnson that Fox News delivers for Donald Trump."


    It's probably powerful to you because it's something you want to believe, but to others it just sounds like more dramatic fake news from the liberal elite media. It all just goes to prove that people are now so divided in both the UK and USA that productive debate seems impossible. It's a very worrying prospect because, as I said in another thread, the only alternative to debate settled by voting is ,historically , war.
    Here's an interesting question for you. If you won an election or vote after a campaign and public debate but were then told that it didn't count because the losing side insisted on their view, how would you feel ? What would be your next move ?

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