The news as we know it has been sick for a long time, catching a populist strain of light entertainment profit driven mediocrity, partisanship, and agenda laden coverage, set by its billionaire paymasters.
#NotTheNews is the antidote to the sickness plaguing our society. My plan is to provide insight and detail of some of the most important stories often misreported by the mainstream media, coated in sweet, satirical levity, which should help the medicine go down a treat.
The world is moving into a dangerous phase. There is serious trouble brewing on both sides of the Atlantic, and there is nothing more important to a functioning democracy than a well-informed electorate. Instead, journalists simply copy and paste government press releases, cite anonymous sources, and further propaganda. Too many news corporations are unwilling or unable to hold power to account. I am going to speak truth to power, I will even speak truth to stupid.