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I looked recently at British involvement in Libya and Syria regime change operations through the prism of UK Saudi special relationship https://nevergonnabelievethis.net/2024/12/29/jihadi-rehab-secrets-and-lies/

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it goes very deep. Even the Beeb's Repair Shop feautured some Syrians whose rocking horse was destroyed in the war after 'uprisings' agaisnt Assad- the BBC took the opporrtunity to show us what bombed houses look like.

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Great example, the propaganda tends to leach through to all parts of the BBC. See Matthew Alford’s ‘Reel Power’ on related themes and ‘Free to be Human’ (Edwards).

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I don't see it so much as leaching- all programming is given a narrative to push. We're getting a lot of dramas about SAS heroes etc too- we're being prepped.

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Quite right, I meant leaching through on particular issues. The whole structure of the BBC is shaped and filtered to deliver propaganda.

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Yes, indeed.

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