Matt 24 watch, 308: Melanie Phillips, British Journalist (formerly of UK Guardian) on how the media manipulate truth in a po-mo world

Melanie Phillips is a prominent British journalist and writer who worked with the well-known Guardian for many years. In the video below, she exposes a dangerous pattern of distorting actual facts in service to a wider ideologically loaded "truth" that she first noticed in the mid '80's:



(She also speaks to many particular points, including during the Q&A, that are well worth pondering.) 

In short, the "fake news" issue has a longer record than is commonly imagined and there are several sides to the story. Fair comment: we live in a region where dominant ideologies and agendas routinely manipulate what we perceive as credible, true, news, education, insightful commentary, community consensus and more.

This in turn leads me to highlight my news, views and spin grid as a means to de-spin and straighten out our crooked thinking:

and also the significance of the seven mountains picture:

We have to be very judicious in our consumption of news, views, education and entertainment. END