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Dissonant Notes's avatar

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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Jo Waller's avatar

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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Media Lens's avatar

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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Jo Waller's avatar

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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Media Lens's avatar

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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Jo Waller's avatar

Yes, indeed.

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