• Daniel Quinn@lemmy.ca
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    22 days ago

    We all knew that this was coming, that the British press would absolutely smear a party leader as antisemitic if he dared defend Palestinians. I’m not surprised, but I am frustrated. We need a better strategy to reach the public because the media is clearly acting as gatekeepers and has its own agenda.

    The typical answer to this is lately been: “Just leverage social media! It worked for Trump!” but this ignores the fact that legacy media has played a critical role there, amplifying his message and creating stories from that manchild’s tweets. The Greens are never going to get that level of special treatment unless it’s to destroy us.

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      22 days ago

      It also ignores the fact that social media is now legacy media. It’s embedded, institutionalised, owned by disconnected elites, and actively manipulated by aspiring oligarchs.

  • maam@feddit.ukOP
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    22 days ago

    The corporate media elitists writing hit pieces about Mr.Polanski.