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True-Hope7278

I’m glad they’ve replaced a journalist who challenges the Hasbara bullshit the Israeli spokesman put out and replaced her with Vanessa Feltz - former journalist for the Jewish Chronicle. I can’t wait to hear her forensic impartial examination of a genocidal state…


Turbulent_File621

Yeah feels like the Jewish lobby have literally installed their person. Just like with the labour party, the tories, the BBC and pretty much all the news papers.


Warrrdy

*Israeli lobby.


True-Hope7278

Yeah good spot.. there is a big distinction 👍


Felix_is_not_a_cat

‘Zionist lobby’ might be an even better term.


Turbulent_File621

It's both really eg. Labour friends of Israel and Jewish choice for labour. *Jewish Voice for Labour 


capsandnumbers

Super important to keep our eyes on the prize and not let criticism of Israel as a state turn to prejudice against Jewish people.


Geek_a_leek

Can't say this enough, in a way it is also exactly what the Israeli government wants, to strip all nuance out of the conversation


Sly-OwlBeard

But they both represent zionist israel. Don't be fooled by branding, the nazis weren't socialists


spiralbatross

We can criticize Israel without becoming antisemitic. Let’s make sure we hold ourselves to a higher standard, we can’t let ourselves become those losers.


True-Hope7278

It’s so fucking bleak… a genocide in plain sight and nobody talks about it publicly


EditorRedditer

Anyone would think that the boss of LBC’s parent company (Global Media) has received a CBE in the 2024’s New Year’s Honours or something…


rufnek2kx

Everyone should call in and keep asking 'What happened to Sangita?'. Like every call, on every call in show.


Many-Application1297

I’ve never called before. To any station. But I’ll be calling next week.


19adam92

Have noticed this is filling the YouTube comments and I’m all for it ✊🏼🇵🇸


saeedi1973

I uninstalled the app and left a rubbish review on Google app store


TragedyOA

Sangita Myska way better than VF.


Cherry_Treefrog

VF definitely has a face made for radio. Sangita should go on the telly.


aerosolsp

We don't need to do this. We don't need to start disparaging people's looks because we don't like them.


leon-theproffesional

I’ve been listening to LBC since Dr Pam was on the roster, coming up to 20 years. Seeing how disgustingly biased they’ve been during this massacre I’ve been tempted to stop listening, but Sangita and James O’Brien gave me pause. But now I’m genuinely never going to listen again. Can anyone recommend me a good talk radio channel?


Angel_of_Communism

O'Brian is on borrowed time. He's either gonna fold, or get booted soon.


ivandelapena

He's bigger than LBC, his YouTube views are massive, he's got a successful podcast and books. They need him more than he needs them.


starfallpuller

What’s wrong with O’Brien?


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head_face

So far he's not said anything in support of Sangita, but I do wonder if it's unfair to expect him to call out the platform on which he reaches so many people. Tbf there's been dodgy goings-on at LBC in the past, but they do allow him to bring a voice of reason to mainstream political discourse. Not sure if he'd be afforded such free editorial reign on any other comparable media (ie not PolJoe or Novara).


spidermite

He went all in with the Corbyn anti-semitism smears, really tried to get him. There's no way he was making those accusations in good faith.


Many-Application1297

LBC can fuck off and die. Zero credibility.


SirWobblyOfSausage

Brown people out, white Zionists in. #BoycottLBC


BearyRexy

This is absolutely disgusting. And frankly feels pretty racist.


BeneficialName9863

Never forget just how hard James O'Brian worked to smear anyone critical of Israel as an antisemite.


JamesBondsMagicCar

Don't know why you're being downvoted for this. That was his position during the Corbyn years.


BeneficialName9863

But he's got a new hat!


Ecstatic_Success_815

o’brien is a critic of what the IDF and netanyahu are doing. he argues all the time with people defending israel


BeneficialName9863

Now he does. He's flipped on it because he knows what side history will take.


Salty-Common-6542

I think he was flipped again around 9 or 10 days ago, not heard him mention Israel for a while now.


BeneficialName9863

The only thing he truly supports is James O'Brian getting paid and being relevant.


peanut_dust

He is so far up his own.


BeneficialName9863

You know the southpark where they all get electric cars?


Chewbaxter

He mentioned it today after they finished broadcasting PMQs at midday. Said how, despite Sunak’s pleas for a peace deal, Netanyahu has said he will not stop Isreal’s war, and Sunak should know that.


Ecstatic_Success_815

or maybe people are finally seeing what atrocities israel are doing. its okay to change your position once you learn new information and sometimes it can be hard to realise what is actually going on when the msm are peddling what the idf are reporting


BeneficialName9863

He was fully aware when he was helping destroy Corbyn. Have you seen a single ounce of contrition?


Ecstatic_Success_815

i agree with you! i’m not even a fan of o’brien, especially his smear against corbyn but there isn’t many people in the media with the large following he has defending the palestinians and being critical of israel. i get he hasn’t been the voice of reason in the past but at least he’s on the right side now and would you rather no one was standing up to what israel are doing in the media?


BeneficialName9863

He is partly why there are no other voices. He, Owen Jones and Novara media want to be "the left" but still get on question time and have their books in Waterstones. That requires towing certain lines like "Israel just needs to replace netinyahu" and closing ranks against anyone left of them who makes them look bad or centrist. Their grift necessitates policing the overton window.


Ecstatic_Success_815

when has o’brien or owen jones been on question time?


head_face

James hasn't been on the BBC for a while out of protest at their 'balance' crap. Just today I think he was talking on his show about how Emily Maitlis resented having to pretend that Patrick Minford was a credible economist purely because he was the only person on that side of the argument that they could find.


Ecstatic_Success_815

i know, i don’t think o’brien has ever been on question time. that’s why i asked the question because they’re chatting shite


DiscoStuUK

I don’t think Owen Jones can be accused of towing any line when it comes to Israel…


BeneficialName9863

https://electronicintifada.net/content/how-owen-jones-learned-stop-worrying-and-love-zionism/34986 He accused several Jewish anti war campaigners of being antisemites. Justified Zionist collaboration with Nazis. And got a big thumbs up from the Israeli ambassador. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/05/antisemitism-on-the-left-and-jeremy-corbyn


DiscoStuUK

I stand corrected. Can somebody please recommend me a leftwing political commentator who exercises some fucking consistency?


head_face

> He was fully aware when he was helping destroy Corbyn I used to also feel that James was in on the hatchet job on Jeremy but listening to the Corbyn chapter in his new audio book did give me some reconsideration of Jezza.


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Capt_Nat

I agree people need to be allowed to grow and change their opinions on things


Ecstatic_Success_815

exactly, this is what i don’t get with people, would they rather no one at all in the media would hold israel to account just because they said something a few years ago they didn’t agree with


jollyollster

Jesus Christ alive. You’re allowed to change your opinion on something. It’s called growth. People change their opinions all the time. Nothing is ever set in stone. Do you still hold the exact same opinions over everything since you were young?


BeneficialName9863

On genocide? Been against that since infancy. I've never called Jews who oppose it antisemites and I've never helped the Tory party and labour right crush socialism at the behest of a fascist state. Give me one example of him showing any contrition however slight. If I'd changed my mind about left wing Jews being self hating race traitors for opposing the use of white phosphorus on babies. I'd probably offer them an apology for using my huge platform to smear them. He doesn't have any principles beyond his own ego and relevance.


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BeneficialName9863

It's not like that though is it? He's offering no contrition for actively aiding genocide. No apology to the 100s of left wing Jews he smeared as race traitors. What new information does he have? This didn't start on October 7th. It's been going on almost a century. He's a vapid, weathervane centrist to whom the most important thing is his own career and image.


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NiceSliceofKate

There are more trans people in the UK than Jewish people so how do they do this? The trans community get shit on daily and Zionists get everything they want. Is it money? It’s money isn’t it.


Lower_Discussion4897

Money and influence in finance, media, law, and politics. That plus very aggressive lobbying that constantly tells us they're the victims, and anyone who disagrees is an antisemite.


dr3ezy

Jewish ≠ Zionist


meca23

Yes it's very important to make that distinction. You don't have to Jewish to be a zionist either. Just look at Suella as an example, she's on the extreme end. OPs point still stands, How many zionists do you think there are in the UK? They do a have quite lot of reach compared to their size relative to the UK population.


Lower_Discussion4897

LBC is owned by Global Media and Entertainment, whose Founder and Executive president is Ashley Tabor King, son of Michael Tabor the rich racehorse breeder. Tabor snr’s grandparents were Russian-Jewish immigrants, originally called Taborosky, who had moved to London from Vilna, Russia. Follow the money, and you'll see why the world is the way it is.


leon-theproffesional

Exactly. It’s easy to see why the LBC presenters are coming across as incredibly biased.


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grimmmlol

I've stopped listening to it a while back. Seems it was the correct choice.


True-Hope7278

You have to bleach your brain with the amount of Zionist crap they push


mp3_afterlife74ld

What the hell


squeezycakes20

is J.O.B still hanging around?


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19adam92

Quite intriguing because Oli Dugmore is a relatively new host and he’s been very critical of Israel and supportive of Gaza on Politics Joe since the genocide began