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How the media ignores the deadly impacts of British military intervention
The more responsibility the British government and media have for the deaths of people around the world, the less interest they take in these deaths, writes IAN SINCLAIR
A protester opposes the bombing campaign

US JOURNALIST Glenn Greenwald’s tweet declaring he has “never encountered any group more driven by group think and rank-closing than British journalism” is an evergreen observation.

It’s especially accurate during times of war, with the air campaign waged by the US-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) a good case study in support of Greenwald’s assertion.

Britain joined the bombardment following parliamentary votes in support of bombing in Iraq (September 2014) and Syria (December 2015).

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