Samuel_1 wrote:Do you think they could have been a factor in the forming of your opinion, genuine question? If this is not not the case for you, do you not think it could be the case for many others? I have issues with the handling of AS and Brexit, but I think things are slowly getting better with those. There are also so many other issues at stake that make me support Corbyn. Considering the Herculean efforts the press have made to discredit the man, do you not think that his continued leadership shows a certain strength? He has also managed to keep the membership numbers stable under such circumstances. As I have said, I would accept another leader who continues with the efforts to fulfill the manifesto pledges, what worries me is that they would attacked in much the same way and the same criticisms would be levelled at them.
Of course the media will have some influence. I never claimed it didn’t, despite what Tineash tries to portray.
But you are onto a loser if you just assume that the media has brainwashed everybody and that’s why they don’t like Corbyn.
Has the media been a factor in your opinions? You agree that anti-semitism was handled badly, you agree that Brexit has been handled badly and you would accept a different leader. Our positions are not so very different, but you instantly jumped to “the media bias worked in your case!” when I questioned Corbyn?
I would imagine any future Labour will be attacked in the same way. Most leaders are, especially when they are heading up a left wing party in a country dominated by a right wing media. I’d agree Corbyn has probably had it worse than most Labour leaders, but I also think he bloody well deserves a lot of it.