{"id":17225,"date":"2025-01-12T13:38:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T12:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/12\/as-tech-barons-dial-up-the-spreading-of-lies-why-is-the-bbc-dialling-down-the-reporting-of-truth-john-harris\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T13:38:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T12:38:03","slug":"as-tech-barons-dial-up-the-spreading-of-lies-why-is-the-bbc-dialling-down-the-reporting-of-truth-john-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/12\/as-tech-barons-dial-up-the-spreading-of-lies-why-is-the-bbc-dialling-down-the-reporting-of-truth-john-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"As tech barons dial up the spreading of lies, why is the BBC dialling down the reporting of truth? | John Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"

A damning report shows how local news cuts stymied coverage of the riots in Plymouth. What fills the vacuum? Misinformation <\/p>\n

On 4 August 2024, the riots and disturbances that followed the killing of three children<\/a> in Southport, on Merseyside, spread even further. That day, in the midst of a seething mess<\/a> of far-right misinformation and rumour-mongering, the violence hit Rotherham<\/a> \u2013 where people tried to set fire to a hotel housing asylum-seekers \u2013 as well as Middlesbrough and Bolton. Serving notice of his new interest in UK affairs, Elon Musk posted a picture<\/a> of violence in Liverpool on X with a characteristically measured caption: \u201cCivil war is inevitable.\u201d And 24 hours later, the wave of unrest reached the city of Plymouth.<\/p>\n

It gripped the city centre throughout the evening of 5 August. To quote from the Guardian\u2019s report<\/a>, \u201c150 officers in riot gear and with dogs sought to keep apart far-right rioters and Stand Up to Racism demonstrators\u201d. Other people turned out to defend a mosque. Bricks, bottles and fireworks were thrown. Six people were arrested, several police officers were injured, and two members of the public ended up in hospital: one local officer<\/a> said the events were \u201cunprecedented\u201d.<\/p>\n

John Harris is a Guardian columnist<\/p>\n

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\nA damning report shows how local news cuts stymied coverage of the riots in Plymouth. What fills the vacuum? Misinformation
\nOn 4 August 2024, the riots and disturbances that followed the killing of three children in Southport, on Merseyside, spread even further. That day, in the midst of a seething mess of far-right misinformation and rumour-mongering, the violence hit Rotherham \u2013 where people tried to set fire to a hotel housing asylum-seekers \u2013 as well as Middlesbrough and Bolton. Serving notice of his new interest in UK affairs, Elon Musk posted a picture of violence in Liverpool on X with a characteristically measured caption: \u201cCivil war is inevitable.\u201d And 24 hours later, the wave of unrest reached the city of Plymouth.
\nIt gripped the city centre throughout the evening of 5 August. To quote from the Guardian\u2019s report, \u201c150 officers in riot gear and with dogs sought to keep apart far-right rioters and Stand Up to Racism demonstrators\u201d. Other people turned out to defend a mosque. Bricks, bottles and fireworks were thrown. Six people were arrested, several police officers were injured, and two members of the public ended up in hospital: one local officer said the events were \u201cunprecedented\u201d.
\nJohn Harris is a Guardian columnist Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A damning report shows how local news cuts stymied coverage of the riots in Plymouth. What fills the vacuum? Misinformation On 4 August 2024, the riots and disturbances that followed the killing of three children in Southport, on Merseyside, spread even further. That day, in the midst of a seething mess of far-right misinformation and …<\/p>\n

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