When trying to get yourself ahead in politics, being an exceptional leader is only half the job. Having the media on your side, is the other half. So far, Jeremy Corbyn has been given the 'warm welcome' by the media that we expected - his left-wing views have been dragged into the dirt, along with the fact that he didn't sing the national anthem at the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Corbyn has made it perfectly clear that he believes in the abolition of the monarchy - and he stuck true to his guns.
Corbyn had every right not to sing the national anthem - how many of us really do anyway? But the topic I aim to discuss is how exactly journalism affects politics, and the effect it has it more than painfully evident. After all, a successful media campaign managed to bring the Conservative Party back into power in 2010, much to a lot of people's dismay. But how powerful really is journalism on politics?
To the neutral - very powerful indeed. Remember, news outlets can easily be more partisan towards a certain party, and this could influence voters to vote for a party which doesn't necessarily go along with their own situation - for example, living in a poorer area and voting conservative may be incredibly counter-productive not only for yourself, but for your community. Journalism is literally the tip of the iceberg for a cut-throat industry like politics, and one simple news story can destroy the whole career of a politician. We only need to look to the U.S, to the Watergate scandal where the career of Richard Nixon was destroyed, and journalists were first on the scene to completely tear him down.
Will the same happen to Jeremy Corbyn? In this day and age, people are a lot more smarter and well-informed, and it's more easier to determine that people will be able to tell the difference between a real news story, and something which is simply propaganda. The people are behind Corbyn, and not even the journalism industry may be able to prevent him making his way to Prime Minister.
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