Greg Philo

Research director, Glasgow Media Group

[Ben de Pear @bendepear]

Incredibly impressive @CIJ_ICJ from South Africa, everything that’s openly available for all to see presented with clarity. It has been hard for broadcasters or journalists to tell the full story without access but neither @BBCNews @SkyNews showing this live as it unfolds. Why ?

[Greg Philo @greg_philo]

It's related to confused or false messaging rather than lack of concern - eg that it's 'mild', masks dont work and a constant public discourse of the pandemic as being in the past. So the pile of masks and sign if read at all may be seen as left overs.

[Dr. Deepti Gurdasani @dgurdasani1]

The moral injury of considering that 90% of people wouldn't take the smallest step to protect someone else's life is huge- so if you are one of those people, and it isn't just apathy- please explain this to me. Because I don't want to live my life in a world that cares so little.

[Russell England 💉💙🇪🇺🧳🌻🇺🇦🗿🌍 @RussellEngland]

@Telegraph "This person who suffers a hereditary disease has a lifelong cost of 60.000 Reichsmarks to the National Community. Comrade, that is your money too."

You are literally repeating a Nazi propaganda poster from 1938

https://t.co/w0jyQh8gbi

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

Er...nice juxtaposition on the Top Stories in the FT. Why we're in such a hopeless mess.

[sarah murphy @13sarahmurphy]

@JMPSimor I wonder what triggered this opportunity-denying small-mindedness, this shrinking of our horizons and economy, this permanent hostility, this national humiliation…

[BBC Question Time @bbcquestiontime]

“You have cut local services to the bone - and then you worry about antisocial behaviour?”

This #bbcqt audience member gives an excoriating appraisal of the government’s performance, saying she’s “staggered” at the gap between the audience and the panel

https://t.co/ibqk7DDUY5

[Greg Philo @greg_philo]

Safe?
https://t.co/QP7QzGRiIx

[Kathryn Croton @CrotonKathryn]

@PeteTheRef they were all safe in France.

[Greg Philo @greg_philo]

Safe in France?
https://t.co/QP7QzGRiIx

[Greg Philo @greg_philo]

https://t.co/RgREYLnNCM

Study of how the key media failed to inform

[Conor Browne @brownecfm]

1/ I've had the great privilege of speaking to a number of people over the past couple of weeks who are all trying to avoid infection / re-infection with SARS-CoV-2. People of all ages and all walks of life. I'm very well aware of the silo / echo chamber effect here...

[Greg Philo @greg_philo]

@chrischirp How does your figure of 33,000 compare to this BBC report:

"the same database reveals that 46,099 people had perished from Covid-19 in England – "
https://t.co/A6AXd5hJ7d

[tern @1goodtern]

We're going to be in big big trouble in the UK.
The law of unintended consequences is about to take yet more casualties.

[Kopis Pelekis @Epifulax]

This is not fatigue.
I was an athlete. I've done a whole basketball practice with a fever. I've had morning classes and workouts while sleepless for 24+hrs. Nothing comes close to this. This feels like being allergic to exertion while having a brain Injury.
#LongCovid

[Greg Philo @greg_philo]

Odd how this instantly generates propaganda on lockdowns- they actually have multiple contradictory effects - like less road accidents and a decline in crime such as robbery and assault outside the home. But the main point is to get a public health response now to eliminate Covid

[Greg Philo @greg_philo]

@richardhorton1 A word on the selling off of our incredibly valuable national assets might have helped. Even after being stripped for dividends they are still too valuable for us to have . Where would the public finances be now if we still owned gas, electricity, water, BT, BP etc?

[Greg Philo @greg_philo]

A word on the selling off of our incredibly valuable national assets might have helped. Even after being stripped for dividends they are still too valuable for us to have . Where would the public finances be now if we still owned gas, electricity, water, BT, BP etc?

[richard horton @richardhorton1]

Of all the words written about the catastrophe of the past week, this letter in the FT sums it up best of all. And it’s worse than we might have thought.

[Greg Philo @greg_philo]

The lack of discussion and policy on covid other than vaccination can result in deaths, long covid, more variants and the possible demise of the NHS. So that's a few things to discuss.

[Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social @chrischirp]

personally speaking, I really hope that the overwhelming coverage of the royal succession ends tomorrow.

[Greg Philo @greg_philo]

It is appalling that something like this should be written by a local authority and displayed. Saw it today on Lunderston beach, 'Witchcraft was rife ' . Really ? Dont you mean false accusations and persecution.

[@witchesofscotland @witchesofscotl1]

BREAKING NEWS!! The Public Consultation for the Witchcraft Act pardons is now live. Please follow the link and fill out the form to contribute - and please share and retweet https://t.co/6O4R1etiNm

[Greg Philo @greg_philo]

Very glad to here that , it was a very early attempt - several more followed!

[Alex McLaughlan @alexmclaughlan]

@StuartMaconie As a 17 y/o in 1980 I was given a copy of "Trade Unions and the Media" by Peter Beharrell and @greg_philo (possibly the very book - or one of the books - you're referencing?).

It transformed how I read/listened to and interpreted reporting of events.

[Greg Philo @greg_philo]

Add , who is paying them, what subjects and angles are now attracting govt, institutional and commercial funding.

[Dr. Deepti Gurdasani @dgurdasani1]

Several people have reached out to me with this problematic article in the Guardian. Having read it, I think it needs a thorough rebuttal. So here goes. 🧵
https://t.co/i4atBMLQ3V