News Junkie

What’s in it and what isn’t

Although there’s plenty of Epstein and Trump stories around, Murdoch’s people have gone with Prince Andrew on the front page and the funeral of Mani from the Stone Roses.

The pallbearers included Bobby Gillespie and attendees included Paul Weller – neither of whom are known for their love of The Sun.

Before analysing the Agenda Setting Editorial let’s look at one of the stories that inspired it:

It’s instructive that a story about the demonization of migrants and racism against non-white UK nationals gets converted into anti immigration rant thus belittling the Human Rights Watchdog’s point. 👇🏿

Then following up with a legit story about the economy spun in highly Reform / Tory coalition  partisan lines.

Here’s the original story on page 2.

Believe it or not the Sun was historically a left wing paper – we’re talking long long before New Labour – when Murdoch bought it in the 60s and before that when it was originally called the Herald and founded by George Lansbury.

The European Union

There is talk of rejoining the EU – the big complication lies in how to do so economically but not politically.

Business and trade need to follow rules – but at what point do consumer, business, employment laws and protections overlap with political and human rights?

These are awkward questions which are always being asked but never well framed.

Check out the tiny EU story below – and the much bigger editorial that follows:

Maybe the price of re-entry point is a good one – but the rest can be easily argued.

I’m against membership of the EU because I’m anti globalisation and the EU is a highly toxic organisation peopled by highly toxic officials and governments.

But maybe membership of the EU would have prevented the following problem.

It’s interesting how the Sun likes to see these as separate issues.

To paraphrase Gregory Bateson, many of the problems of the world stem from people not seeing that they are connected.