There are many subtle ways of controlling people. One of the most powerful is through money. This is seen in various ways. Employment The most obvious way is one's employment. People are being controlled through fear of losing their job. Diversity training is used to produce a secular conformity among the working population. Finance Another …
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Julian Assange and the lack of natural justice
The extradition proceedings against Julian Assange resume in court next Monday and are expected to last several weeks. It is a shocking case of political persecution on British soil and it is a national disgrace. An unconvicted journalist, Assange has been held in Belmarsh prison, a top security institution, in inhumane conditions. It took about …
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Addressing media bias
There are many accusations of bias in the broadcast media, and not without some justification. Donald Trump drew attention to it by calling some journalism fake news and when he strong-armed journalists at news conferences. The BBC complained that Boris Johnson would not be interviewed by Andrew Neil prior to the Dec 2019 General Election …
Things you know you know …
"There are things you know you know and there are things you know you don't know. There are things you don't know that you know and there are things you don't know that you don't know." The Johari window This stanza was popularised by Donald Rumsfeld during a press conference in 2002 explaining that 'there …
Which media can we trust?
Fake news raises the question, which media can we trust? The UK diplomatic response to Russian denials of involvement in the poisoning of the Skripals in Salisbury includes the claim that Russia is spreading a smoke screen of fake news. Yet repeated claims over the years that the BBC is itself biassed, not least from …
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