Racism and the tabloids

[Anarcho-Socialist]

The New Statesman have reposted a blog entry from 'The Enemies of Reason', which succinctly illustrates how the tabloids race-bait and play into the hands of the BNP fascists.

The hypocrisy of Question Time outrage

If you thought tabloid outrage over Nick Griffin's appearance on Question Time was hypocritical, you weren't alone. Anton Vowl at The Enemies of Reason blog has produced a very thorough picture essay on the subject, which we repost here in full.

NB: "Today" below refers to Friday 23 October, as that's when Anton made the original post.

The post is here: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/cultural-capital/2009/10/bnp-griffin-mail-express

[T_i_B]

1. The original blog post

http://enemiesofreason.blogspot.com/2009/10/hmm-remember-this.html

[LeftishBrit]

2. k&r and very important points!

[T_i_B]

3. Another very good blog post on the subject from Tabloid Watch

http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/2009/11/great-silence.html

Yesterday, a man admitted 22 charges, including six under the Terrorism Act, after 54 homemade ball-bearing and nail bombs were found in his West Yorkshire home, along with guns, ammunition and weapons manuals. The charges included:


four counts of making explosives
four counts of possessing explosives
three counts of manufacturing prohibited weapons
four counts of possession of prohibited weapons
one count of possession of ammunition without a certificate.

Now it doesn't take a genius to work out that if this man was Muslim, this would be all over the media. But he isn't and so, apart from three Yorkshire papers, it hasn't been mentioned at all. By contrast, this Muslim woman only had a memory stick with explosives manuals on and the Mail reported that. But they ignored this.

And the reports from Hope Not Hate and Searchlight that this bombmaker (Terence Gavan) was also a member of the BNP should only heighten the news interest. Or so you would have thought...