pepe loco
This is how UK media covers Britain’s Covid-19 response
& that is how it covers Russia’s (is this FAIR journalism?)
Graham Dockery
18 Apr, 2020 19:45
"You’d think humanity is facing a common enemy in the Covid-19 pandemic. For the UK media, the enemy is clear – it’s the Russians, whose pandemic measures are tyrannical and ineffective, even when they’re the same as Britain’s.
With global coronavirus cases nearing 2.3 million and deaths passing 157,000, government responses to the pandemic have been evaluated by the world’s press. However, not every government has been judged equally, and when we look at how the British media treats Russia’s response, the tone is laughably biased.
Lockdown: Russians under Putin’s thumb, Brits embrace ‘community spirit’
Late last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his country’s 147 million citizens to “stay at home and not travel.” Putin’s directive fell short of a full lockdown, however, and stricter orders have since been applied on a regional basis, with Moscow’s among the harshest.
Needless to say, the UK press saw totalitarianism on the horizon, with the BBC accusing Putin of “using the pandemic to tighten control.” The British Broadcaster reported that the lockdown measures have left ordinary Russians “confused and wary.”
Not in Britain! When Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a legally binding lockdown in late March, the only criticism leveled at the PM was that the draconian measures may have come too late. ‘Please tread on us!’ the press demanded. Though emergency legislation passed since then grants healthcare workers the power to detain “potentially infectious persons” for as long as they see fit, and though police officers across the country have eagerly played the petty tyrant, the British people are quite happy with the ‘new normal’, or so the story goes.
Amid a crackdown on everything from dog walking to sunbathing, “community spirit is making a comeback,” the Telegraph reported on Thursday. British columnists cheered on the resurgence of the “blitz spirit,” and the media reported that the public would be completely happy living under lockdown until July. Nothing to see here, citizen!"
moar:
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/486229-british-media-russia-coronavirus/