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The Forde Report Proves the Labour Machine Was Rotten to Its Core Aaron Bastani: This morning members of the media finally got their hands on the long-awaited Forde report, the 138-page conclusion of the inquiry led by Martin Forde QC. It had been tasked with investigating the contents of a controversial leaked dossier, initially covered by Novara Media in 2020, which examined the handling of antisemitism complaints within the Labour party.  As soon as the report was out, Labour party spinners reached out to favourable journalists. Rather than read the report, and inform their audiences of its contents, several simply repeated the spokesperson's words verbatim – with the i newspaper's Paul Waugh even doing so without quotation marks. To the ordinary person, Labour's claim that the report "completely debunks the conspiracy theory that the 2017 general election was somehow deliberately sabotaged" comes across as Waugh's own conclusion, rather than the words of a party press officer. This is 'churnalism', where journalists simply repeat the lines of press teams and releases without doing actual work or reporting themselves. It's one rung below fake news on the ladder of journalistic ethics. For the public, such a lack of professionalism can make it hard to know what to believe, the truth secondary to an information war peddled by certain factional interests who are aided by friendly journalists and pundits. But cutting through all of the biased coverage is a paragraph that no amount of spin can hope to conceal. It is the knockout punch for all of those who tried to stop the initially leaked report from seeing the light of the day. It should mean the final curtain for several political careers, including that of former party general secretary, Iain McNicol. CONTINUE READING ➡︎ Picks of the week... ANALYSIS Britain's Workplaces Are Not Ready for Extreme Heat by Polly Smythe Questioning whether it's too hot makes you "cowardly" and a "snowflake" according to one MP. But other countries have maximum working temperatures – is it time Britain followed suit? Read more... REPORT The Met Investigated Just 22 Illegal Evictions Out of Thousands in 2020 by Andrew Kersley Exclusive data shows London cops barely ever chase landlords over illegal evictions, as charities warn police don't "see the issue as serious enough". Read more... READ MORE ON NOVARAMEDIA.COM ➡︎ The Forde Report wouldn't exist without alternative media.  Yesterday, the long-awaited Forde Report was leaked. The report was commissioned in response to a story we broke in 2020 - and its one we are incredibly proud of. This kind of original reporting is only possible because we don't have to answer to billionaire funders. We don't cover stories with the aim of skewing politics in their favour. We don't answer to multi-million pound advertising partnerships who would dictate the tone of our reporting. All we have is a supporter base who believe in what we do, and allow us to report the truth.  In the past 24 hours, we hit our target to have 10,000 of you backing us each month. To every single person who has joined our regular supporters, shared our fundraising video, and retweeted our updates - thank you.  We couldn't do this without you.  Copyright © 2022 Thousand Hands Ltd. All rights reserved. Thousand Hands Ltd is a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales #11245029. Its registered address is 10 Bridge Street, Christchurch, BH23 1EF. Novara Media is a trading name of Thousand Hands Ltd and, as such, the individual shall have no personal liability arising out of such communication, and liability or obligation rests solely with Novara Media. Opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions set out in the relevant terms of business and are not necessarily agreed or authorised by Thousand Hands Ltd. We have taken all reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are transmitted from Novara Media to any third party. Novara Media accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this email or the contents. Novara Media is regulated by IMPRESS, the independent press regulator.

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