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Estelle Platini

"The bank was robbed yesterday with guns and knives."

‘ Such use of passive voice immerses the reader in details while neglecting the doer of the action’.

Study: researchgate.net/publication/3

@estelle As you point out, we are so used to subject-verb-object word order that passive voice can insinuate the object is the actor. As in, "mistakes were made" = the mistakes made themselves!

'The Labour administration […] intends to flatten social, political – and therefore class – conflict, and reassert the state as the sole “legitimate” agent of politics in Britain.'

'One could reasonably suggest that the particular vitriol reserved for Muslims by the Labour leadership comes down to an as yet not-entirely-tameable internationalist consciousness among Muslim communities in Britain, and their proven willingness to exert this electorally.'

Azfar Shafi writes: vashtimedia.com/starmers-proje @supremacy

Vashti Media · Starmer’s project is not about hopeLabour’s response to the race riots reveals their broader political strategy

"About half of Britain considers itself to have a working class background. And yet only 8% of those who get jobs in telly are from the same background."

"Over the five years from 2018, distrust in the BBC had grown from 11% to 26%."

Carol Vorderman: bylinetimes.com/2024/08/30/car

Byline Times · Everything that is Wrong with the TV Industry and Why No One is Watching the NewsCarol Vorderman's Alternative Mactaggart lecture on how snobbery turned people off TV

News outlets didn’t make a mistake. They knowingly aired disinformation and peddled fake news. Admitting that requires a troubling recalibration of perspective

Jonathan Cook: jonathancook.substack.com/p/th @ethics 🧶

Jonathan Cook · The media's role in lying about Amsterdam violence just keeps getting darkerBy Jonathan Cook