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Alastair Campbell

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

it doesn't last long before it goes completely, totally tits up.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

And it's partly... It's very... There's a bit where I'm reading it thinking this is actually happening.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

It's very credible.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

But then as you get into the thing working, it's a complete and total disaster.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

So I strongly recommend that one.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

And then this one, I'm...

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

three quarters of the way through, How to Sell a Genocide.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

Which I've read, yeah.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

And what did you think of it?

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

No, and what's interesting is he doesn't cover Fox News.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

He doesn't cover the right-wing media.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

He covers the liberal media.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

CNN, MSNBC, New York Times.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

Yeah, and essentially what it does is it paints a pretty credible picture of what I think they sometimes call at the BBC institutional bias.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

And the bias is very much against any real portrayal of the Palestinians as anything other than kind of barbarians and anything other than Israel as victims.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

So it changes.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

It changes over time.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

And interestingly, when you say if you can bear to read it, because it sort of feels at times like you're being hit over the head with a hammer.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

It's utterly relentless.

The Rest Is Politics
527. Are American Tech Billionaires Threatening British Democracy?

I mean, it is compelling, but I several times had to put it down and go back to one of the other ones or go back to the football because I found it really...