21st October 2018

The clock stopped at 09.13h on this day in 1966 as thousands of tonnes of coal slurry engulfed a village in Aberfan, Wales. This week Cambridge students foolishly said we shouldn’t commemorate Armistice day as it glorifies war. And yesterday there was a huge march in London by those advocating a second referendum vote on Brexit. However, some of the banners (Stop the Tory Brexit) spoiled the message that this was an all-people’s march. The media in general is hugely biased, often omitting serious warlike infractions if the perpetrators are seen as the ‘underdog’. Who chooses which events are to be reported on, thereby influencing world opinions? Whatever happens globally - whether disasters like Aberfan, marches by the people or continued aggression by those currently  proclaimed ‘underdog’ peoples - we, the people, deserve to hear accurate reporting so that we can form our own opinions and help make the world a better place. Stop biased reporting so we can distinguish between what is real and true, like Aberfan, and other ‘selectively-chosen’ events.