Hardtalk

When Adolf became Chancellor in Germany, the first thing he did was to allow Herr Goebbels to take over the media.  This small and very clever man knew information was what people required and he knew that ensuring one sided news would bring victory.  So it was that listening to foreign radio stations 'lies' became banned, reading foreign press was outlawed, and stiff penalties followed for those who disobeyed.

The UK has long had a right-wing media forcing half truths and exaggerated lies down our throats.  Today this media has become even more limited in scope.  'Reach,' the organisation that owns the 'Daily Mirror' and the 'Daily Express,' plus countless other titles across the UK, insists on 'clickbait' and not hard news  on all titles.  This to force advertisers onto the money making websites.  Unfortunately, the sites used by both major papers as well as many others, are rotten and unreadable.  What a mess.

Other major papers, owned by foreign based billionaires, appear to have little intention of changing their ways, and some, like the 'Daily Telegraph,' appear to have no idea where to look beyond the 'Farage Rioters' block for support.

The BBC, once the standard for independent news, has removed almost all thinking or questioning journalists and instead encourages the blatant Conservative types such as Laura Kuenssberg with their one sided approach to 'journalism.'  We see how those who question the elite are being driven out to lesser journalistic organisations, or indeed onto podcasts.  Podcasts are good but they do not reach the man in the street in the way the BBC does.  The viewer tends to accept what is offered and now does not appreciate the bias confronting him.  Removing most journalists from 'Newsnight' was one example of right-wing influence of which Herr Goebbels would be proud, to continue this by closing down a successful, and indeed cheap, programme such as 'Hardtalk,' can only be done because the interviewer, one Stephen Sackur, was hurting the new establishment.  Here hard questions were put to many leaders from various nations, not always agreeable people.  This style of questioning is now being outlawed across the BBC.  Slowly but surely the 'elite' are removing all opposition to them.  Worse still is the fact that the people are voting for this, as they did in Germany, until it was too late.  We already note BBC Scotland is run by the Labour Party, unionist followers are given free reign on this platform, independence seekers are ignored and blamed constantly for all faults, real and imagined.  Such style is now being offered on all channels.  'Bread & Circus's,' and not very good bread or circus is what is now presented.  The results are seen in parliament where two Conservative parties now hold sway, opposition is rare.  

The US  follows a similar pattern, though over there it is even more blatant.  Rich men and their press are cowering before the mad Trump, Congress bows the knee in the hope of personnel gain, the nation votes for what was offered and now pays the price by losing their jobs and sole income.  

The situation is bad, but worse is yet to come.