It’s pretty obvious that the British media aren’t exactly fans of Jeremy Corbyn – and their relentless negative attacks in the run up to the 2017 General Election were so hysterical that they wouldn’t have looked out of place in the State-run propaganda outlets of Putin’s Russia.
On the day of the election, the Daily Mail famously dedicated an entire 14 pages to attacking the Labour Party – an unprecedented barrage that fell completely flat when Corbyn’s Party managed to increase their vote share by a staggering 10%.
Their media’s negativity towards Corbyn was so relentless, and so ridiculously far-fetched, that the British public saw right through it – leading to the Labour leader openly mocking the right-wing publication in his 2017 conference speech, joking that:
“The day before the election, I remember it well, I was on trains all day long doing six rallies.
One paper devoted 14 pages to attacking the Labour Party and the following day our vote went up nearly 10 per cent.
Never have so many trees died in vain. The British people saw right through it.
So this is a message to The Daily Mail’s editor – next time please make it 28 pages.”
And it’s not just pro-Tory publications that constantly attack the Labour leader, either. Supposedly progressive outlets such as The Guardian and The New Statesman join in with the hysteria too.
Indeed, after the row surrounding antisemitism within the Labour party had subsided, a study conducted by the Media Reform Coalition showed that there were “myriad inaccuracies and distortions“ which negatively portrayed Corbyn and the Labour Party within the reporting from the likes of the BBC, The Guardian, and other respected media outlets.
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the British establishment will stop at nothing – including outright lies and distortions – in order to protect their own wealth and power by stopping Jeremy Corbyn from getting into power.
And now, one incredible 52-tweet Twitter thread has exposed that whatever Jeremy Corbyn does, he is literally damned if he does, and damned if he doesn’t.
With the mainstream media – spurred on by terrified billionaire owners who can’t stomach the thought of finally having to pay their fair share in tax – it doesn’t matter what Corbyn says or does, he literally cannot win.
The meticulously researched thread, published by Richard James, pokes fun at how the media – even the very same outlets in some cases – cover all angles by attacking Corbyn from both sides of the argument.
James writes:
“I think a plausible explanation is that whatever Corbyn says or does, his critics will denounce – no matter how much hypocrisy it necessitates.”
The fantastic 52-tweet thread uncovers numerous examples of how, on one hand, the media attacks Corbyn for one thing – such as supposedly ‘being too left wing’ – and then for the total opposite, for supposedly ‘not being left wing enough’.
The incredible Twitter reads as follows:
I think a plausible explanation is that whatever Corbyn says or does, his critics will denounce – no matter how much hypocrisy it necessitates. https://t.co/pAUoU1nVQd
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Corbyn opposes the exploitation of foreign sweatshop-workers – Labour MPs complain he's like Nigel Farage:https://t.co/X5S6p8CxUL
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He speaks up in defence of migrants – Labour MPs whinge that he's not listening to the public's very real concerns about immigration: https://t.co/i8Z1BWP2uj
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's wrong to prioritise Labour Party members over the public: https://t.co/kBcDLas9Rs
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's wrong to prioritise the public over Labour Party members:https://t.co/xhUQgz29Ac
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's appealing too much to the middle class: https://t.co/z2XLCSdhua
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's not appealing enough to the middle class: https://t.co/ohhfwKyFul
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Corbyn is a Red Tory – who doesn't care about the problems faced by people on low wages: https://t.co/6TzRAhiBJE
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Corbyn is an anti-Capitalist – who is insufficiently grovelling towards companies which employ people on low wages:https://t.co/9QQkp1RFE8
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's too radical (note the URL): https://t.co/CTa4JlXNvm
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's not radical enough: https://t.co/TAAwWugALL
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's too left wing: https://t.co/vGTKuWtMRe
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's not left wing enough:https://t.co/t5xJ5Uy3wg
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's too much of a centrist, and too much of a fringe figure, in the same article:https://t.co/UcJxb07m0W
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Too elitist: https://t.co/Yta12GRY71
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Too populist: https://t.co/Q859vdrzWU
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Too nostalgic: https://t.co/6Kl8DZP1ar
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Not nostalgic enough: https://t.co/upmHrAPBda
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Corbyn is like Donald Trump: https://t.co/buIeJWvKuK
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He makes Trump look like a genius:https://t.co/YC1XzBG67X
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's not like Donald Trump:https://t.co/dJ4Oz8O9pn
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's worse than Donald Trump: https://t.co/lPvGtG9Pnu
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's too principled:https://t.co/ROabO7n78j
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's not principled enough: https://t.co/RITK8zLN0d
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
In fact he's putting principle before power:https://t.co/rMsSeaXP8H
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Actually, he's putting power before principle:https://t.co/93YT5VNina
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Too milquetoast: https://t.co/xmohnuU1FL
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Too terrifying: https://t.co/gKGsNKZn0T
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Too sensitive: https://t.co/ux2OgtmdAq
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Too insensitive: https://t.co/HmJiaDVwQ9
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
A threat to life as we know it:https://t.co/aQFsWDVb9N
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Too mundane to be a threat to life as we know it:https://t.co/vLFrPzHoI7
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Not a communist: https://t.co/2egsbwz6RQ
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Definitely a communist: https://t.co/UUzk6N2T5q
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's not interested in power: https://t.co/LYW7MZOIgq
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's too interested in power:https://t.co/g69CF9wCc4
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's unelectable: https://t.co/XH3axJqr4G
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's too electable:https://t.co/uqiF4lbbxR
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
And too radically left-wing:https://t.co/Z9GNPrDBCg
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
And not radically left-wing enough: https://t.co/kfWR4seXhm
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Too keen on Brexit: https://t.co/T8a2pmC3GG
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Not keen enough on Brexit: https://t.co/EVxLX1OHch
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Not brave enough to reconsider his position on Brexit; https://t.co/GEWCxT0VzE
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Reconsidering his position on Brexit, due to cowardice:https://t.co/fCEoz2FZXV
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's wrong not to oppose Theresa May's plans for Brexit: https://t.co/jR7Fuo9EV5
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's wrong not to support Theresa May's plans for Brexit: https://t.co/ICicJVo6CZ
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
By failing to oppose Tory Brexit, Corbyn is acting against the national interest: https://t.co/pGZjHxiEJm
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
By failing to support Tory Brexit, Corbyn is acting against the national interest:https://t.co/LzHgjWVjuT
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's wrong for not wanting a general election: https://t.co/k6FH2vv8go
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He's wrong for wanting a general election: https://t.co/k4IMOjhyYb
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
Corbyn makes Labour's electoral oblivion inevitable: https://t.co/GBFNPCprpC
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018
He should easily have won the General Election, with a landslide victory: https://t.co/R4RHpWnzsx
— Rich (@RJSHutton) November 4, 2018