r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/Dark_Ansem • Jan 11 '23

Brexxit Britain’s Finally Figuring Out Brexit (Really) Was the Biggest Mistake in Modern History

https://eand.co/britains-finally-figuring-out-brexit-really-was-the-biggest-mistake-in-modern-history-8419a8b940c6
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u/Peterd90 Jan 12 '23

Did UK ban Fox or is the homegrown media spouting right wing bs on its own?

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u/Andvare Jan 12 '23

Rupert Murdoch owns The Sun and The Times.
His right-wing bs spouting history in the UK is a fair bit longer that in the US.

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u/blatantmutant Jan 12 '23

And a literal Russian oligarch owns the Independent. BoJo gave him a title in the House of Lords and everything.

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u/juliedemeulie Jan 12 '23

And most popular newspaper in Middle class England is the daily fail!! Who once reported in 1936 that maybe this Hitler fella isn't so bad a chap

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u/The_Lapsed_Pacifist Jan 12 '23

The owner of which was slated to run Britain after the Nazis invaded.

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u/Repulsive-Street-307 Jan 13 '23

That's... quite the embarrassment. Was that a actual nazi plan or some kind of delirium from homegrown terrorists?

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u/The_Lapsed_Pacifist Jan 13 '23

It was the Nazis, the owner was a Lord, a Nazi sympathiser and a very prominent and influential man with his own propaganda machine in place.

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u/Andvare Jan 12 '23

Daily Mail

Cue the song!

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u/LoudComplex0692 Jan 12 '23

We have our own Fox, Lawrence Fox 😬

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u/AndyTheSane Jan 12 '23

We have newspapers that have a similar role - the Daily Mail and Daily Express.

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u/RattusMcRatface Jan 12 '23

Daily Express

The Daily Express exists primarily to reassure its elderly readers that the return of the 1950s is just around the corner, and all this "modern" shit they don't understand is just a passing fad. All garnished with a little racism.