When the media fails to challenge beliefs, democracy too will fail

By Lucette Davies

The media is powerful, it can be a force for good as well as bad.  But I see problems now in our democracy happening because of how our population is able to choose to only see news that does not challenge their political beliefs  People who are right wing can read media reports that never prove them wrong.  The misleading media reports that many  people read are left unchallenged.

Keep the propaganda out of media debates

By Lucette Davies

Britain seems to have an ability to assume that we as a nation hold values superior to those of any other nation.  The same is also true in most other countries.  This post will take a look at how two very opposite narratives can exist when disagreements crop up between nations.  Both those narratives can hold some truth and a resolution requires one or both parties to stop the propaganda.

Why Russell Brand isn’t a hypocrite, and The Sun newspaper is

 

By Hannah Beeching

Russell Brand was accused of being a hypocrite by The Sun newspaper this week for supporting the residents of the New Era Estate, who are currently protesting against the possible loss of their homes at the hands of property firm Westbrook Partners, when Brand himself pays high rent to a company which – The Sun claims – avoids paying taxes. Who is the real hypocrite here then, as The Sun’s owner, Rupert Murdoch, has himself been accused of tax avoidance?

Stabbings by young people in London attract little media attention

By Lucette Davies

The problem of knife crime in London does not seem to be getting much media attention, simply because murders and injuries happen in London so often they are not consider news.

But could this lack of media attention mean that we are ignoring a very desperate situation that actually needs a greater awareness within our society at every level?

 

 

 

Is our society encouraging the abuse of women?

By Lucette Davies

The abuse of women is rife in this country.  The media portrayal of women, the fashions designed for both women and girls, the use of seductive performances by female singers and much of the advertising that many companies choose to employ sends a clear message that women are there for the pleasure of men.

Unless we challenge this objectification of women in every aspect of our society the abuse of women and girls cannot be challenged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invisible illnesses and why looking well is not the same as feeling well

By Lucette Davies

This week is Invisible Illness Awareness Week and I wanted to write this post about some of the issues that are involved when a person is living with an invisible illness.

I have spent time looking at resources on the internet that discuss invisible illness but have decided to talk about my own experiences. 

I think the whole issue of living with an invisible illness is hugely personal and affects a person on an emotional level, a list of statistics and medical information cannot tell the story adequately.