{"id":349588,"date":"2018-02-23T23:13:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T22:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/watch-it-here-mainstream-media-refuses-airtime-to-corbyns-anti-press-rant-rant-included-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T23:13:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T22:13:00","slug":"watch-it-here-mainstream-media-refuses-airtime-to-corbyns-anti-press-rant-rant-included-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/watch-it-here-mainstream-media-refuses-airtime-to-corbyns-anti-press-rant-rant-included-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch it here! Mainstream media refuses airtime to Corbyn\u2019s anti-press rant (RANT INCLUDED) \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s 104-second rant on the free press is being ignored by the mainstream media, who is refusing to run the tirade. The Labour leader lashed out following accusations that he had supplied a Czech spy with intelligence.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the last few days The Sun, The Mail, The Telegraph and The Express have gone a little bit James Bond,\u201d<\/em> Corbyn said on Twitter.\u00a0 Then a word of warning followed from the UK opposition leader:\u00a0\u201cChange is coming.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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In the last few days The Sun, The Mail, The Telegraph and The Express have gone a little bit James Bond.<\/p>\n

We’ve got news for the billionaire, tax exile press barons: Change is coming. pic.twitter.com\/3ehSKfaAgZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) February 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

According to the Sun, the BBC, Sky News, ITV News and Channel 4 News all declined to broadcast any of the video in their news bulletins, furious that the Labour leader is refusing to do interviews over the Soviet spy accusations. The Sun cheekily omitted the fact that they were at the front of the pack, leading the charge against Corbyn and his alleged stint as a Czechoslovakian informant.<\/p>\n

A broadcast source told The Sun: \u201cIf Corbyn wants to make a point, he must make himself available for scrutiny at the same time. We\u2019re not going to carry propaganda for him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Calling out Corbyn publicly on Twitter (Jez\u2019s preferred method of soapbox) ITV News\u2019 Political Editor, Robert Peston, posted: \u201cIf he really wanted to challenge them, why isn\u2019t he doing TV interviews on it, given our impartiality?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Very strong attack by @jeremycorbyn<\/a> on newspapers and their \u201cbillionaire owners\u201d who alleged he had improper relationship in 1980s with Czech spy. But if he really wanted to challenge them, why isn\u2019t he doing TV interviews on it, given our impartiality? pic.twitter.com\/t81tklGIJD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Robert Peston (@Peston) February 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

When the claims emerged about Corbyn\u2019s supposed dealings <\/a>with former Cold War Czechoslovak agent Jan Sarkocy, a Labour spokesman said that: \u201cthe claim that Jeremy Corbyn was an agent, asset or informer for any intelligence agency is entirely false and a ridiculous smear.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n