Sunday, August 21, 2016

Deconstructing What Passes for News in Britain

C4 News Analysis: Corbyn, Trots and Claudia Webbe

by Ed Torsney

After watching a Channel 4 News interview I was so appalled by the blatant use of Neuro Linguistic Programming and devious production techniques, I just had to break it down and show people how these news programs can skew interviews and relay their own political agendas over and above the messages that their guests are there to relay. Sometimes politicians can find themselves in a “Media Hijack” situation, this is an example of just that.

Even though it’s well known that there is a certain amount of media hostility towards the current Labour Leader, I doubt that NEC member Claudia Webbe was prepared for this level of abuse from Channel 4 News and the host Cathy Newman.



I have some experience producing and directing live broadcast TV and I can tell you with certainty that every trick in the book is used in this piece to discredit Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of The Labour Party. Whatever your politics, you need to watch all news analytically to understand just what these people are ramming down your throat. Reading between the lines is not just a text based thing!

Some people have said there are problems viewing here on Youtube so I put it on Vimeo too: https://vimeo.com/179430286
 

An eye-opening example of how TV news tries to manipulate opinion. Watch and become smarter. (H/T @medialens).

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