Do the media help manufacture far-right movements? Plus, Ethiopia's new prime minister and the hope for media reform.
Which came first? Public support for far-right movements or media coverage of them? Plus, Ethiopia's new prime minister and the hope for media reform.
Grappling with the far right on the UK's airwaves
In seeking to explain the rise of far-right, anti-immigration movements in countries like Great Britain, many are asking what role the media have played: do such movements and the support that they attract drive media coverage - or is it the other way around?
Do the news media, through excessive coverage, help manufacture that support?
Take Tommy Robinson, a far-right agitator who calls himself a warrior for freedom of speech on issues such as migration. When he rails against the supposedly creeping influence of political Islam over UK society, it resonates with certain audiences.
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