Fake narratives

Tory Party media tactics so far link to long running false narratives pursued over many years. 

The first is that Labour cannot be trusted on the economy, illustrated by looking for every spending claim ever made, adding them together and coming up with a fictious figure. Some journalists have picked up on this falsification but among the wider public it fits with the previous false narrative that Labour was responsible for the 2008 banking crisis. 

The second theme is that Labour cannot be trusted on migration. Again, the Conservatives have adopted the think of a number approach - this time, around 840,000. The migrants are coming here taking everything and contributing little is another long running false narrative plugged into. It played a big role in preparing the ground for Brexit.

These false narratives need to be vigorously challenged in all forms of media because in reality they amount to fake news and undermine our democracy.

 

published - 16/11/2019 - Independent / Evening Standard - 18/11/22019