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A small portion of media coverage, primarily postings on online bulletin boards, blogs, and websites, have made highly offensive and false claims about Common Purpose.
– Sir David Bell, Director of Human Resources, Pearson plc and Chairman of the Board of Common Purpose International
Despite the large amount of evidence I have already presented regarding the organization Common Purpose, one problem is becoming increasingly apparent. The British media generally fails to inform the British public about its activities, and it also fails to educate its readers about its activities. Relationship with the United Nations Agenda 21 Program. The obvious consequence of censoring truth in mainstream media is that truth resurfaces in other forms. “On blogs, online bulletin boards, and websites.”
The role of the media in a democratic and free society
In the following video, the late United States President John F. Kennedy addresses the press nearly 50 years ago. Kennedy said:
The very word “secret'' is anathema in a free and open society. And we as a people are inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, oaths of secrecy, and secret procedures. We decided long ago that the risks of excessive and unjustified concealment of relevant facts far outweighed the risks of being cited to justify it.
Readers are reminded that Common Purpose speaks of itself as adopting the Chatham House Rules. This means that “participants are free to use the information they receive, but the identity and affiliation of the speaker and the identities and affiliations of other participants will not be revealed.” Revealed'.
Let's move on and briefly consider some examples from British newspapers and media.
British Broadcasting Corporation
According to the information disclosure response, BBC spent a whopping £158,100 on Common Purpose training. The BBC claimed this was to “support senior editorial staff to build partnerships locally and develop knowledge, experience and contacts”. The following listing shows a small sample of: Common purpose trained BBC personnel.
it's not surprising October 2006 coverage revealed that
Many of the BBC's executives and star presenters have acknowledged what critics have been saying for years: the BBC is dominated by trendy left-leaning liberals who are biased against Christianity and support multiculturalism… Political commentator Andrew Marr said: The BBC is neither impartial nor neutral. This is a publicly funded, urban organization with a disproportionately large number of young people, ethnic minorities, and homosexuals.
Four years later, we learned that nothing had changed. BBC Still pro-EU, pro-PC, anti-Israel, supportive of the sexual revolution, soft on drugs (and) fanatical about man-made climate change.
Not only are key BBC employees such as Robert Peston fully committed to Common Purpose, they are prepared to use their BBC titles to advertise their involvement and endorse Common Purpose.
trinity mirror group
Minutes from the 2009 general meeting of the British Printing Industry Federation revealed that “Mike Taylor introduced Rupert Middleton, group managing director of Trinity Mirror, as the next chairman of BPIF.'' There is.
And he told the audience:
Rupert Middleton was responsible for all newspaper printing across the group's nine sites, 2,000 staff and a turnover of around £300m. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Cambridge in 1978. After practicing as a barrister, he worked for an industrial association for five years. In 1997, he was part of the management buyout team that privatized HMSO. Majesties Stationery Supplies) as Chief Executive Officer of its security printing and parliamentary services business. He joined Trinity Mirror in 2004.
Is it a little strange that Mr. Middleton's relationship with his wife's company, Common Purpose, is conspicuously absent from the Miller Group's website?
Trinity Mirror Group has five national newspapers and more than 150 local newspapers.
Here are two other Trinity Mirror Group senior managers with ties to Common Purpose.
Common Purpose Navigator is a program unlike anything I have ever experienced. It filled me with a true sense of purpose and optimism.
– Toby Batchelor, Head of Trading, Trinity Miller Midlands
Louise Rogers, Regional Training Manager, Trinity Miller Midlands – Common Purpose Advisory Group Members.
media standards trust
According to their website media standards trust “We aim to promote the highest standards of excellence in news journalism on behalf of the public and to find ways to ensure that public trust in the news is fostered. 'We believe that this is essential to the health of a democratic society.'
No one would deny the need for “high standards of excellence in news journalism”, but how independent is the Media Standards Trust?
One look at them, board It should give you a hint.
media trust
Another organization with a similar sounding name is the Media Trust. of Media Trust website Tell your readers:
We work with media organizations and charities to strengthen communications and help communities find and have their voices heard.
They also claim that
Everyone should have the opportunity to speak up and have their opinions heard.
There is no doubt that some people have difficulty expressing their opinions clearly. Under normal circumstances, the vision and mission statement of an organization like Media Trust would be welcome. But dig a little deeper and alarm bells start ringing.
Media Trust Corporate Members include the BBC, Channel 4, Daily Mail, Disney Channel UK, Guardian Media Group, ITV PLC, MTV Networks, News International, Sky, Virgin Media TV and Warner Brothers.
Trust in the media and the larger society
caroline deal
CEO Caroline Deal said:
We want the UK's creative, media and digital industries to fully engage with the larger society as mentors, volunteers, storytellers, digital organizers, trainers, filmmakers and online trainers.
What concerns me most is her assertion that:
To ensure that our new world is transparent and democratic at the local level, communities need the support of the media industry.
Personally, I don't need people like Caroline Deal and her Media Trust people to advocate on my behalf. You shouldn't either because she is another member of common purpose club I graduated from the Matrix course in East London in 1994/5.
Once again, we find that taxpayers are indirectly funding their work through a media trust that boasts of: Project Funder 2008/09 – Arts Council England and Wales, Cabinet Office, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Children, Schools and Families, Equality and Human Rights Commission, National Lottery and others.
community tv
The Media Trust's March 2009 accounts filed with the Charity Commission state:
Media Trust established a subsidiary trading company, Community Channel, on October 22, 1998. Media Trust's chief executive officer is also a director of the trading company.
The Community Channel is majority-funded by the Cabinet Office and receives free airtime from Sky, Virgin TV and Freeview. Featured on today's website are:
Let's stand up for the Millennium Development Goals
The community channel also has an 8-page factsheet that details organizations working towards the MDGs. Although the above organizations may talk publicly about democracy and democratic societies, I suspect that they are already operating within a rapidly developing society. Kleptocracy.
Instead of investigating and exposing the obvious conflicts of interest that arise when members of secret organizations build networks across government agencies and the media, the BBC “may be given to people”, such as in a recent article. I chose to report on trivia. Cash incentives for quitting smoking and losing weight Based on proposals by the health watchdog in England and Wales.
Marle attacks blogger
BBC political presenter Andrew Marr criticized bloggers in this week's Telegraph, but also acknowledged that “it is a hard fact that as hard copy sales fall, media outlets employ fewer journalists”. “It seems to me that most citizen journalism has nothing to do with journalism at all, so so-called citizen journalists will never provide a real alternative to newspapers or TV news,” Ma said. insisted.
Personally, I don't want to be associated with left-leaning journalistic hacks like Ma. Instead of providing readers with both critical analysis and commentary, 21st century journalists hide the obvious behind a curtain of soundbites, sensationalism, and propaganda.
If you don't believe me, consider this quote from 70 years ago: The author was the brother of Aldous Huxley, remembered by many as the author of Brave New World.
“UNESCO's mass media sector therefore has two mandates: one general and one general. The special thing is the maximum cooperation of the press, radio and cinema in the service of formal adult education, science and learning, art and culture. These institutions are used to contribute to mutual understanding between different nations and cultures and to foster the growth of a common outlook (my emphasis) shared by all nations and cultures.
Its mission is to support the emergence of a single world culture, with its own philosophical and ideological background and its own broad objectives. ” – Julian Huxley – UNESCO: Its purpose and philosophy.
