
The media thought they had Nigel Farage corneredβuntil he whipped out a time machine and dragged them back to their own murky past. Now journalists across the UK are suddenly βrealisingβ they may have misfired by targeting him on racism, only to be hit with a boomerang of their own 1970s and 80s broadcast sins. Oops. πΌπ
Farage is fighting back hard, and the pressβusually fluent in outrageβare looking unusually sweaty as they scramble to explain away decades of programming that treated racism like punchline material.
π When the Hunters Become the Haunted
One minute, the mediaβs confidently grilling Farage on alleged racist behaviour from his school days. The next, heβs waving receipts from the BBCβs golden era of βlaugh-track bigotry,β reminding everyone that entire TV schedules once revolved around characters whose full-time job was being offensively quotable. π€π΄π¬
And now?
Some outlets seem to be backpedalling faster than a minister caught lying on breakfast TV. Theyβre not exactly apologisingβbut they are suddenly tiptoeing, reframing, βcontextualising,β and generally performing Olympic-level linguistic gymnastics to avoid admitting:
βYeahβ¦ we mightβve overplayed that hand.β π€ΈββοΈποΈ
Itβs a deliciously chaotic plot twist: the media trying to shame Farage over the past, only to rediscover their own skeletons tap-dancing in full colour on national television. Alf Garnett must be somewhere cackling. πΊπ
π₯ Challenges π₯
Why does the media only remember its conscience after getting dragged by the very people theyβre trying to expose? Why do these cycles of outrage always boomerang back to the broadcasterβs own dusty archives? Drop your hottest take, your spiciest roast, or your most savage bit of commentary in the blog commentsβnot just on Facebook. π¬π₯
π Comment, like, shareβand donβt hold back. Stir the conversation like itβs 1981 and the TV regulatorβs asleep.
The best comments will be featured in the next issue of the magazine. πβ¨


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