It was once the happy home of fun and frivolous chat. But daytime TV is now a tabloid-stoked talking shop for extreme views and culture-war narratives. We dissect the rise of conflict TV 'Should protesting be banned?" It's not the type of debate you might expect on the ITV lunchtime chatshow Loose Women, but that's what we got recently, when the show's social media account casually asked viewers for their thoughts on de facto martial law. The call-out was in response to a Just Stop Oil protest d...
'Are the police too PC?' How daytime TV became a hotbed of right-wing politics
The Guardian - 3 May 2023 17:35
It was once the happy home of fun and frivolous chat. But daytime TV is now a tabloid-stoked talking shop for extreme views and culture-war narratives. We dissect the rise of conflict TV 'Should protesting be banned?" It's not the type of debate you might expect on the ITV lunchtime chatshow Loose Women, but that's what we got recently, when the show's social media account casually asked viewers for their thoughts on de facto martial law. The call-out was in response to a Just Stop Oil protest d...
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