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It's not unlike the panic buying at the start of the pandemic. The media is driving this hysteria because a) it fits their narrative around brexit, and b) fear
by mkohlmyr 5y ago
It's not unlike the panic buying at the start of the pandemic. The media is driving this hysteria because a) it fits their narrative around brexit, and b) fear & outrage sells.
- JKCalhoun 5y ago> fear & outrage sells Or put another way, fear & outrage buy.
- yifanl 5y agoThe media may have made the problem appear a little faster, but they can't be the actual cause of the shortage, the supply strain existed well before the first headline was ever pushed.
- simonswords82 5y agoYes the strain was there but if you publish front page news every day that the pumps are "running dry" then you're going to cause a spike in demand.
- louthy 5y ago> it fits their narrative around brexit What narrative around Brexit? I see a lack of narrative around Brexit. We are always told about “supply chain issues” with barely any reflection on the cause. Yes, other nations in Europe have supply chain issues, but they’re not seeing the problems we’re seeing in the uk. This is a Brexit issue, but no major media outfit seems to be holding the government (who are the architects of the exit and the deal) accountable. Especially the serial liar at the top.
- zyemuzu 5y agoEdgelord leftist.