From “cockroaches” to campaigns: how the UK press u-turned on the refugee crisis

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/media/2015/09/cockroaches-campaigns-how-uk-press-u-turned-refugee-crisis

by robin_reala • 11 years ago

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cm21872• 11 years ago

The only thing the UK press is faithful to is a good headline.

But I find the volatility of the opinion to a shock youtube video (ISIS) or a photo (migrants) quite disturbing. This is no way to run a country.

CatsoCatsoCatso• 11 years ago

What do you mean by your second paragraph? I can't figure what you're saying.

cm21872• 11 years ago

That the public opinion is now pretty much driven only by emotion, that policy is made to respond to the current public opinion and that modern diplomacy is now pretty much driven by shock youtube videos or photos.

The migrant crisis is no worse today than it was a week ago. The estimates of the number of migrants drowning in the Mediterranean sea have been known and consistent for months.

teekert• 11 years ago

Strangely you may be right, the press runs the country, at least when it comes to peoples' opinions.

teddyuk• 11 years ago

It is really sad to see people reading crap written by c*nts and believe it wholeheartedly, it is in the paper so it is true - is there a single truly independent paper in the uk that just reports the news accurately without resorting to bs headlines? I don't think so and if there was no one would buy it.

n4r9• 11 years ago

A better model might be that the (majority of the) UK press attempts to fashion good headlines in line with the broad interests of the Murdoch empire.

leaveyou2• 11 years ago

I can't understand what interests has Murdoch when he spreads hysteria and panic for months against the "30 million of romanian and bulgarian immigrants aiming UK" which was highly improbable and failed to materialize and now when confronted with actual waves of immigration from 3rd world or muslim countries, known to be hard or impossible to assimilate, they switch the tape and it's all emotions, humanity and manipulation. "Someone" does not have the best interests of british or european people at heart.

gii2• 11 years ago

The photo of the drown 3-years old boy was one of the most disturbing things I've seen lately. Even the events in France did not touched me so deeply.

I don't want to think about it, but probably it is exploited by the press to increase sales...

x5n1• 11 years ago

Well that's the thing. Americans generally don't think about their foreign policy. When you destabilize a country to get rid of its dictator you create all sorts of hardship for the people. Many thousands of children died in Iraq and Syria, but this one picture brings it home to the world that these are just normal people with normal lives. And because of the grand chessboard games you want to play, their lives have been completely destroyed so they try to flee, but there is no where for them to go to...

leaveyou2• 11 years ago

It seems the media accomplished it's mission. Personally I was more shocked by the twist of the story. A husband and father puts his wife and kids in mortal danger on a overcrowded boat to get from Turkey to Greece. Wife and kids die. Everybody is to blame except the one who was supposed to protect them. Days earlier, Merkel said that Germany will help everyone who enters it's borders. Waves of immigrants enter into a frenzy to reach Germany. People die. We see pictures of dead kids. Merkel has no responsibility. Days later she changes her mind and pressures every country in EU to help with the waves but does nothing to discourage them. My conclusion ? Western Europe politicians and their supporters are insane.

jcr• 11 years ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."

robin_reala• 11 years ago

Thanks for the reminder. I was interested in the massive flip in the media that happened last week, but it‘s been a while since I’ve read the guidelines.

From “cockroaches” to campaigns: how the UK press u-turned on the refugee crisis

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