Tag: UK

Categories Russia

US/UK media promotes evergreen Russian boozing stereotypes, but latest data shows alcohol sales down during Covid-19 pandemic

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Western media is a funny beast. While demanding balanced and sensible coverage of their own state’s internal affairs, stories about Russia seem to be treated as the follies of bonkers, backward people in a far-flung freakshow. … Read More >US/UK media promotes evergreen Russian boozing stereotypes, but latest data shows alcohol sales down during Covid-19 pandemic

Categories Op-ed

This is how UK media covers Britain’s Covid-19 response & that is how it covers Russia’s (is this FAIR journalism?)

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You’d think humanity is facing a common enemy in the Covid-19 pandemic. For the UK media, the enemy is clear – it’s the Russians, whose pandemic measures are tyrannical and ineffective, even when they’re the same as Britain’s. … Read More >This is how UK media covers Britain’s Covid-19 response & that is how it covers Russia’s (is this FAIR journalism?)

Categories UK

Scandal in the making? A HUGE 70% of UK care homes could be riddled with Covid-19, private healthcare chief warns

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Coronavirus infection rates in UK care homes may be as high as 70 percent, the chief executive of a major care provider has claimed, casting doubts over the validity of the government’s official Covid-19 figures. … Read More >Scandal in the making? A HUGE 70% of UK care homes could be riddled with Covid-19, private healthcare chief warns

Categories UK

Huawei urges UK to stick with 5G collaboration as Chinese firm becomes target of Covid-19 conspiracies

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Huawei has argued that ending its role in 5G development in Britain would be a disservice to the country, as a Tory-backed review of the deal – as well as coronavirus-fueled panic – challenges the business relationship. … Read More >Huawei urges UK to stick with 5G collaboration as Chinese firm becomes target of Covid-19 conspiracies

Categories UK

‘The UK is dead’: Near-unanimous disgust after British police threaten to ‘appear from shadows’ to bust rural picnics

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Central Bedfordshire police have triggered an avalanche of social media scorn after warning residents that their scenic picnics would be ambushed by eagle-eyed law enforcement tasked with supervising Covid-19 lockdown measures. … Read More >‘The UK is dead’: Near-unanimous disgust after British police threaten to ‘appear from shadows’ to bust rural picnics

Categories World

Freedom from Fear: John Pilger Discusses Coronavirus Propaganda, Imperialism, and Human Rights

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John Pilger is a world-renowned journalist and filmmaker. The author of several books and maker of over 60 documentaries (the latest being The Coming War on China and The Dirty War on the NHS), Pilger has won dozens of prestigious awards and has been honoured by several universities. … Read More >Freedom from Fear: John Pilger Discusses Coronavirus Propaganda, Imperialism, and Human Rights

Categories UK

British PM Johnson says he ‘owes his life’ to NHS staff as UK coronavirus death toll closes in on 10,000

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UK PM Boris Johnson says the doctors who have been treating him for coronavirus saved his life, in his first statement after being released from intensive care, as Britain’s death toll continues to soar. … Read More >British PM Johnson says he ‘owes his life’ to NHS staff as UK coronavirus death toll closes in on 10,000