Journalism’s race to the bottom
The Two Matts
The New World
4.4 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
The Matts discuss the central role journalism has played in fostering racism in Britain over the decades, and which now looks like it is entering a new, more dangerous phase. The chat is based on an article Matt Kelly wrote for The New World - the link is below. But before that - why did Rachel Reeves mislead the public about the state of the nation’s finances and how much trouble is she (and the government in general) now in? Enjoy!
Read Matt Kelly’s article here: https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/matt-kelly-journalisms-race-to-the-bottom
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| 1:11.1 | Hope you're all having a great week. |
| 1:13.2 | Who's not having a great week, Matt? |
| 1:15.2 | Well, still, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is not having a great week. |
| 1:21.4 | And people might say, hang on almost a week on why are we still talking about the budget. |
| 1:25.6 | Well, I don't think we are talking about the budget anymore, or not just the budget. |
| 1:28.4 | We're talking about trust and the competence of this government |
| 1:30.9 | and what the government knew and when it knew it, |
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