'Why is the UK media selling this war?': James O'Brien
Mar 6, 2026•Channel
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Published4 months ago
Duration17:43
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Languageen
CategoryNews & Politics
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Video TypeRegular Video
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Views155.6K
Likes5.5K
Comments1.5K
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James O’Brien argues that the same voices who were “catastrophically wrong about everything” from Brexit to Donald Trump still “have a stranglehold on the UK media” and are now trying to “manufacture consent” for another war despite overwhelming public opposition.
It comes as US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says American strikes on Iran are about to "surge dramatically" and UK Deputy PM David Lammy says there will be more attempts to get repatriation flights out of Oman, after the first UK-chartered plane from the Middle East has landed.
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