I’m American, not British, but every single item mentioned that public perception is wrong about sounds like it skews toward what would be rightwing propaganda here. If the British right is anything like the American right, then appealing to the politicians misrepresenting the numbers to do a better job stating the facts is a fool’s errand. The misinformation is on purpose.
British here. You’re right. It’s the culmination of decades of intentional misinformation and stoking the fears of the racist and stupid. Appealing to the politicians spreading this (e.g. Farage) is useless. Appealing to the public is useless.
I heard a story about a friend of a friend who thought that one million immigrants entered Britain every day. As in, the population would literally double in two months if this was true. But not only did he not realise that, he repeated the “fact” to other people.
Obviously a lot of us are fine. But Reform is leading in the polls and people believe shit like that so the reality is most of us are not.
Yank here as well, it’s just propaganda period. Misinformation raigebait keeps people glued to their screens, keeps people arguing, and keeps them scrolling past tue advertising. I saw some survey not long ago that said a non insignificant number of people were reporting that their primary source of news was Facebook, and yeah that tracks with this.
I’m American, not British, but every single item mentioned that public perception is wrong about sounds like it skews toward what would be rightwing propaganda here. If the British right is anything like the American right, then appealing to the politicians misrepresenting the numbers to do a better job stating the facts is a fool’s errand. The misinformation is on purpose.
British here. You’re right. It’s the culmination of decades of intentional misinformation and stoking the fears of the racist and stupid. Appealing to the politicians spreading this (e.g. Farage) is useless. Appealing to the public is useless.
I heard a story about a friend of a friend who thought that one million immigrants entered Britain every day. As in, the population would literally double in two months if this was true. But not only did he not realise that, he repeated the “fact” to other people.
Obviously a lot of us are fine. But Reform is leading in the polls and people believe shit like that so the reality is most of us are not.
Yank here as well, it’s just propaganda period. Misinformation raigebait keeps people glued to their screens, keeps people arguing, and keeps them scrolling past tue advertising. I saw some survey not long ago that said a non insignificant number of people were reporting that their primary source of news was Facebook, and yeah that tracks with this.
Which country are you from?
At which point disinformation might be a better word for it.