Media Manipulation 101

See the terminology BBC use in their news report – in Israel, people get “killed” but in Gaza, people just “died”!

This kind of word play might seem innocent but it actually has a very powerful, subliminal effect on many readers. The BBC know that…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Every day, they are playing this trick of media manipulation! 

In case, anybody is wondering what's happening in Northern Ireland, the local political parties are given until January 19, 2024 to form a new power-sharing government and space for talks on the region's contentious post-Brexit checks to continue. Otherwise, the UK government would have a legal duty to hold an election to the devolved assembly within 12 weeks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since the May 2022 elections, there has been no functioning government in Northern Ireland as the Democratic Unionist Party are refusing to restore power-sharing unless "the sea border created by the Brexit deal is removed".

 

Another election is likely to cost £6 million, which would be unpopular during a cost of living crisis in the UK nation with the lowest disposable income and the highest energy prices.

 

Background info. The Northern Ireland Assembly election in May was held after the Northern Ireland Executive collapsed because then-DUP leader Paul Givan resigned as first minister in protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol. He – along with the other two unionist parties – argue the Irish Sea border threatens Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom.

 

For the first time in the assembly's 24-year history, an Irish nationalist party – Sinn Fein – won the most seats. That means they have the right to nominate Northern Ireland's first minister, which would be leader Michelle O'Neill. The DUP's vote share dropped and the Alliance Party, a liberal-centrist party, made large gains to become the third-largest party in the assembly.

 

Although the DUP, now under Jeffrey Donaldson, were the second-largest party, he refused to nominate a deputy first minister until the protocol issues are dealt with. 

 

Without that nomination there can be no executive and therefore no functioning government in Northern Ireland. Nationalist parties such as Sinn Fein and the SDLP back the protocol as it prevents a hard border on the island of Ireland, and they want the island to be one nation.