When a marginalised community is demonised by the media, it doesn’t stop at words.
Politicians exploit the hatred created by those media, leading to increasingly hostile government policies stripping away people's basic rights and dignity
Don't hate the media - change the media. We're engaging with advertisers to make media hate unprofitable. https://stopfundinghate.info/get-involved
When a marginalised community is demonised by the media, it doesn’t stop at words.
Politicians exploit the hatred created by those media, leading to increasingly hostile government policies stripping away people's basic rights and dignity
The Daily Telegraph might not like it, but together #StopFundingHate supporters are pushing back against toxic media - and it's working: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news /4
Given the Telegraph's track record of toxic and problematic coverage, it seems reasonable to ask whether it's appropriate for them to be in receipt of UK government money… /3 https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jul/29/dailytelegraph-russia
As an independent, non-partisan, people-powered campaign, Stop Funding Hate has never sought or received any government funding.
By contrast, the Telegraph has reportedly received thousands from the Chinese and Russian governments, and taken significant amounts of UK government advertising money /2 https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jul/29/dailytelegraph-russia
The Daily Telegraph say that they're planning to publish (yet) another article about Stop Funding Hate, and have asked us to comment. See below for our response... 1/ https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/mandrake-daily-telegraph-russia-beyond/
While many respectable brands are steering clear of Twitter, we're seeing reports that Hellofresh, Samsung and Oracle have been spotted advertising on the platform *today*...