Wednesday, 15 November 2017

Politics and the Newspapers




Right Wing :
  • Traditional values - love the past (royals, veterans etc)
  • 'Survival of the fittest' - we should be able to keep the money we earn, because we deserve it.
  • Don't believe in benefits/welfare for all
  • Don't want the NHS, or state schools --> want it to all be privatised
  • Tied to Christian beliefs - anti-abortion beliefs, anti-gay marriage.
  • Pro Brexit - anti-immigration
  • Not worried about the environment
  • Pro-nuclear weapons

Left wing:
  • Optimists - visionaries of the future (forward looking)
  • Anti-Brexit, Pro-Europe, pro-immigration, pro-multiculturalism
  • 'Welfare State' benefits, "for the many not the few"
  • Higher taxes - especially for the rich
  • Hate tax dodging
  • Looking for equality
  • Idealists
  • Pro-nationalisation
  • Fight for women's rights and gay rights
  • Very concerned about the environment

Owen Jones, Left Wing Journalist

'The UK press is largely run by a very small group of very right wing media moguls who defend the status quo of which they are part . If you are on the left and ant to change society, the media will always come for you'

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