{"id":402618,"date":"2019-04-03T23:07:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T22:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/jeremy-corbyn-as-target-practice-consortiumnews\/"},"modified":"2019-04-03T23:07:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T22:07:36","slug":"jeremy-corbyn-as-target-practice-consortiumnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/jeremy-corbyn-as-target-practice-consortiumnews\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Corbyn as Target Practice \u2013 Consortiumnews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0Two articles from Jonathan Cook: \u00a0Reaction t0 footage<\/a>\u00a0of British soldiers using a poster of Jeremy Corbyn as target practice; and a look back at when a sitting prime minister was a real target of the British army.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By Jonathan Cook<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
Jonathan-Cook.net<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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How do they persuade us of the depth of their concern? They express their horror at the murder of an MP, Jo Cox, and their outrage at the abuse of another, Anna Soubry.<\/span><\/p>\n

But they don\u2019t really care whether politicians are assaulted, vilified or threatened \u2013 at least, not if it is the kind of politician who threatens their power. These political and media elites don\u2019t seriously care about attacks on democracy, or about political violence, or about the rottenness at the core of state institutions. Their outrage is selective. It is rooted not in principle, but in self-interest.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is that too cynical? Ponder this.<\/span><\/p>\n

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn hasn\u2019t faced just shouted insults from afar, like Soubry. He was recently physically assaulted, hit on the head by a man holding an egg in his fist. But unlike Soubry, our media expressed no real concern. In fact, they could barely conceal their sniggers at his \u201cegging<\/a>\u201d<\/span>, an attack they presented as little more than a prank. They even hinted that Corbyn deserved it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shown as Kremlin Stooge<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The media have been happy too to\u00a0vilify<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Corbyn as a Kremlin stooge and a former Soviet spy. BBC news even photoshopped the Labour leader to make him look \u201cRussian\u201d \u2013 or \u201cmore Russian\u201d, as the media all phrased it. Those who protested were told they were reading too much into it. They needed to lighten up and not take themselves so seriously.<\/span><\/p>\n

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