The Media fuelling division

So sad about the polarisation of views and opinions.
Surely, now "alea jacta est" we should do our best to make Brexit easier, the divorce less messy and vindictive. I find all the confrontation frankly extremely distressing.
I hope and pray that the EU officials will be reasonable and ease us out - I'm not holding my breath because the EU Commissioners are terrified of "contagion"; that those who are disillusioned with the EU as it is won't be tempted to do as we did!

It's ALL papers not left or right.

Anxiety and division is not the domain of the media sadly it runs throughout politics and some seem to relish it.

PennyH . . . re your comment " We vote in this country for MP's to make these big decisions." What if these people are not always infallible? It is in our best interest to question and to enquire exactly what we are saying "yes/no" to.
The "overview" that politicians/media sell us needs to be much more transparent, and not manipulating . . . the feedback this past week in ALL areas has been horrific causing terrible polarisation of opinion between not just the wider community but within previously closely knit families. So sad and divisive!!!
As voters I've always thought we have much more power if we will utilise this power more effectively. But to do this we need first of all to vote in politicians who demonstrate the highest integrity.

Could you write to the newspaper and make that point, Joelsnan? Worth saying.

If any one's to blame it's the government for calling a referendum. We vote in this country for MP's to make theses big decisions. Mr Cameron gambled this country's future economic welfare away so he could stay in power, he thought the vote would go his way but he underestimated the strength of feeling against the EU. You can't give people the right to decide on something and then get angry when they don't vote your way. By the way, I voted to stay and I'm devastated by the result.

And it's already creeping down. First it was all the 60+ to blame ( regardless of how they may have voted). This morning in the news the blame has moved to 50+ and undoubtedly the blame will soon include 40+. Eventually blame might even get down to all those 18-24s who sat on their backsides and didn't vote. That group of around 60% supported the leave vote because they didn't vote, so are just as reponsible for the failure of the Remain campaign as those people who did vote. The media was and is responsible for a lot of negative publicity for whichever side you voted for.

Money power and a readership lacking in critical appraisal skills.

Yes, to sell more papers and, for the owners of some, to have power. It is obvious that papers like the Sun are read, devoured and believed by certain sectors of society and that owners of these papers enjoy the power that brings them over influencing whole swathes of the population.

Money and power. A heady mix.

Substitute any racial or religious group for "Babyboomers" and suddenly it's hate crime. Welcome to the minority group, grans.
#blameCameronnotyourGran.

Cos it sells papers?