Tom Chapman

actor, composer, gooner. won’t be on here, find me on insta: @tooom

[Tom Chapman @TomChapman_]

Goodbye twitter, I can’t bear you anymore

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

While Nigel Farage is busy serving his Clacton constituents in America, his effigy is being burned by the good people of Lewes.
#BonfireNight2024

[Tom Chapman @TomChapman_]

@kwamiodoom 🙈

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

In years to come, students in university departments around the world will be studying the propaganda embedded in this headline.

As someone who regularly lectures in sociology, journalism and media studies, I could teach an entire lesson on the title alone.

For example:

1. Treating the 4 Israeli soldiers as more important than the 23 Palestinian children (by leading the story with their deaths and just chucking in the others at the end) implies their lives are of higher value.

2. Infantilizing active duty soldiers as "teenagers" while not emphasizing the age of the schoolkids, despite many of them being demonstrably younger.

3. The classic use of the passive voice: Israelis are "killed" while Palestinians merely "die".

4. Putting scare quotes around "23 die" subtly undermines the credibility of that claim. Maybe no one died, and the Palestinians are just lying?

5. Using the word "attack" for Hezbollah actions, but choosing a more neutral, clinical word like "strike" for Israeli aggression.

6. Allowing Israeli sources to dictate the framing of the story ("Israel names teenage soldiers") etc.

7. Actually naming the Israeli soldiers, but not doing the same for the far greater number of Palestinians, again sends the message to the reader that Palestinian lives don't matter nearly as much, if at all.

It's truly incredible how much propaganda has been packed into 16 words. We are swimming in an ocean of propaganda. That's why it is crucial to deconstruct it and critically assess everything you read, see and hear.

[Tom Chapman @TomChapman_]

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[The Smile @thesmiletheband]

Cutouts is out now.

https://t.co/POUdSTiBfT

[Tom Chapman @TomChapman_]

@guardian Please stop legitimising this feckless narcissist.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

For the past year, millions of us around the world have made repeated, desperate calls for a ceasefire. We demanded an end to the genocide. We warned of a disastrous regional conflict.

We were ignored.

Governments have fuelled the machinery of war. Their indifference to human life has destroyed prospects for peace and endangered us all.

All of this violence was entirely avoidable. Without urgent de-escalation, more unimaginable horror is on the horizon.

It’s time to listen to the voices of ordinary people across the globe calling for peace.

That means ending the root cause of this appalling cycle of violence: the occupation of Palestine.

[Simon Sladen @theatrecurator]

*JOB KLAXON* The @V_and_A is currently recruiting for a Curator of Theatre to join the Theatre & Performance Curatorial Team. Deadline: 3 Nov 2024. Full details: https://t.co/c5alDx9E9e

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

“The super-rich do not spend their money on MPs out of generosity and out of the goodness of their hearts. They want something in return. This wealth is used to buy influence in this House; to get this place to serve their interests and not the interests of our constituents.”

[Tom Chapman @TomChapman_]

@AFTVMedia 🥲

[Tom Chapman @TomChapman_]

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[Michelle Braidman Associates @TeamBraidman]

Our @TomChapman_ is in rehearsals for #AnInspectorCalls which opens on 30th August!
Book tickets now to see him playing Gerald Croft: https://t.co/hekHAI3xVM
@aninspector

[LBC @LBC]

'This is barbarism... an absolute abomination.'

After a Palestinian detainee was reportedly sexually abused by IDF soldiers, @mrjamesob stresses how the crime has been 'compounded by public support for the culprits'.

[Michelle Braidman Associates @TeamBraidman]

There's our wonderful @TomChapman_ in rehearsals for @aninspector !!! 🩷

[Armando Iannucci @Aiannucci]

Civil society, not civil war. Do please repost, #Elon

[Stand Up To Racism @AntiRacismDay]

Walthamstowwwwww🔥🔥🔥📣

Whose streets? Our streets! #StandUpToRacism

[Tom Chapman @TomChapman_]

@zarahsultana Bravo ♥️

[Michelle Braidman Associates @TeamBraidman]

Featuring two of our wonderful clients Julian Firth and @TomChapman_ 👏 #TheEstate

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

To all the people saying "they should have locked the Just Stop Oil protesters up for longer", enjoy your weekend.
But please remember that you wouldn't have a weekend, or any other fundamental right, were it not for protesters who were reviled by people like you.🧵

[Marina Hyde @MarinaHyde]

My column on JD Vance, Donald Trump and “moving on”

https://t.co/Wdw0EbVHI7