Media Lens - The Filter Bubble - Owen Jones And Con Coughlin
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It stands to reason that anyone seeking employment within this bubble will have to accept an unwritten agreement not to challenge the integrity of the bubble by which they are granted wealth and fame. Any ingrate deciding to renege is attacked, reviled and cast out; treated almost as sub-human, not entirely real. Politicians like George Galloway challenging the bubble can be beaten up in broad daylight and it is of no concern. Idealistic hippies like Russell Brand preaching love can be torn to shreds and silenced by the press pack – it doesn’t matter. Whistleblowing activists like Julian Assange can be trapped, threatened with life imprisonment and death, and it is a laughing matter. Whole countries can be destroyed – it doesn’t matter. The climate can be destroyed – it doesn’t matter. The filter bubble has its own dream logic, follows its own cosmic laws as if the real world was none of its concern.
Quant aux noms invoqués dans le titre, ils font référence à la différence abyssale existant entre un fil twitter (franc et incisif) du journaliste du « Guardian » Owen Jones concernant la flagornerie sans vergogne dont fait preuve le journaliste du « Telegraph » Con Coughlin vis-à-vis de l’Arabie saoudite, et un article (aussi peu critique du flagorneur que possible) du même Jones dans le Guardian :
Why are defence editors, defence correspondents, diplomatic editors and the like so often biased in favour of the Western defence and diplomatic establishment they are covering? And why are they allowed to demonstrate this bias without anyone so much as commenting?
The filter bubble ensures that these questions can never be asked, much less answered.