[Update: 08/06/2017] It's polling day...

...and this blog is apolitical, etc, but some things need to be addressed.

The same newspaper also helpfully pointed out:

Which was subsequently retracted, alongside their assertion that you can't get AIDS from heterosexual sex, football fans at Hillsborough urinated on police officers, and their unswerving support for the Iraq war until the Chilcot report.

As for this:

Well, can we really take it seriously when their high quality journalism dismisses the issues at hand and asks:

And I thought my Brexit article was childish. (I would mention the irony of the piece about saving the NHS, but my sense of humour's just packed up.)

Bullshit's one thing, but it fascinates me how smear campaigns such as these are still considered acceptable. Perhaps I'm naïve, or outdated in my sincere belief that conglomerates with media investments shouldn't, under any circumstances, have any influence on political life.

Okay, maybe that is naïve.

Whatever. Vote how you want, okay? Just don't let the lies influence you. 'Cos that's what they are, and frankly it makes us look pathetic in the eyes of the world.

BBC Bias vs. Irresponsible Journalism

Following the tragic events in London yesterday, I notice the BBC website's news page features a video interview with Jeremy Corbyn conducted after the Paris attack last November in which he expresses his opposition to British police adopting a shoot to kill policy in counter-terrorist situations.

Given the fall-out from the BBC's televised leadership debate (when Theresa May failed to appear and, when legitimate questions were asked about why she didn't turn up, it was alleged the corporation was operating a left-wing bias) it's unlikely they would risk using Corbyn's viewpoint as a backdoor method for sneaking in editorial judgement. Interestingly enough, though, the link to the article doesn't mention when the video was first published.

It seems to me there's an agenda here: an anonymous Auntie figure nudging us in the ribs, trying to counter accusations of political predisposition by piggybacking on the nation's current (and, naturally, very raw) emotional responses.

This isn't paranoia: in the last two hours, the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph websites have posted anti-Corbyn reactions, furthering the BBC's dishonest suggestion that the video is a commentary on current events.

[Claps hands slowly] Well done, guys - you got what you wanted. It's always handy having a scapegoat - and whipping up misinformation is never a bad or harmful thing... Is it-?

Anyway, while we're on the subject of shameless politicking, I was thinking earlier how it's been a while since I've seen the original BBC adaptation of House of Cards. My mind inexplicably drifts to the follow-up series To Play the King where, met with a viable opposition boasting a strong grassroots following, Francis gets his "people" to facilitate a campaign of bomb attacks by the Provisional IRA to stir up sympathy for his ailing and deeply unpopular government.

What was that, sorry? Euphemistic and manipulative commentary-?

You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.