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Re:The antidote to civilisational collapse – An interview wi... by pjc50 on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:36AM (#26721922)
Brexit was the result of thirtyish years of the media printing misleading clickbait about Europe, followed by uncritically publishing the "all upside no downside" claims of the Brexit side.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/15/brexit...

Besides, there's no boundary between "media" and "politicians"; early on while he was PM Johnson was paid more to be a Telegraph columnist than his official PM salary.

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Re:The antidote to civilisational collapse – An interview wi... by randomsearch on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:17AM (#26722735)
I think "culmination" rather than "result", because whilst I think the right wing gutter press (and I include the Mail and Times) were a factor, I don't think they were the most important factor.
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