What’s in Issue 34 of the self-styled “Truthpaper”?
On page 1, there’s an article about the “climate hoax”, which blantantly cherrypicks data in an attempt to mislead people global temperatures aren’t rising and that CO2 has no effect on the climate. This is yet another example of “The Light”‘s consistent denial of climate change (which we’ve written about before) – and we’ll be published a detailed breakdown soon. See our short version on Facebook now.
Page 3 features a piece by Ian Fantom, who founded the “Keep Talking” discussion group together with Holocaust Denier Nicholas Kollerstrom. The group was set up to defend Kollerstrom’s right to deny the Holocaust.
Pages 4 and 5 are a double page spread by Niall McCrae, including an attack on refugees, a ridiculous claim that the UN has a “policy of mass resettlement from poor to rich countries”, and a rant about “transgender ideology” in schools
Page 5 also includes a lament by right-wing Tory and Brexiteer Rodney Atkinson (brother of the comedian Rowan Atkinson) – complaining that the Conservative Party is not conservative enough
Page 7 is taken up by an attack on traffic management initiatives
Page 10 is a full-page simpering interview with right-wing troll Katie Hopkins (we’ve covered this in a bit more detail in our piece on the ways “The Light” promotes the far right)
Page 11 features a half-page plug for his own channel by Aidan Myatt, who has launched Ickonic Media, to produce and promote the work of David Icke and his son Gareth. David Icke used to be a footballer but is infamous for claiming he is the son of God, that the world is run by lizards, indulging in antisemitism and all sorts of bizarre and unsubstantiated conspiracy theories.
Page 14 is a double page centre spread covering brief version of “The Light”’s takes on various issues including their take on feminism: “While it is true some women are better than many men at some things, the aggressive push towards everyone ignoring their biology smacks of communism and insanity. In professing to give the right to choose, this is doing the exact opposite.”
Page 18 offers a piece about vaccines by Serena Wylde “author at Conservative Woman”
Page 19 provides an International News Round-Up includes a link to the far right Epoch Times
Page 20 is taken up by an incomplete article about cancer (“it’s not what we’re told”) by two people with backgrounds in accountancy and electrical engineering
Page 22 – the final page of articles before letters and adverts – is a yet another article from far right american website “Red Pill Revolution” on “eternal Natural Law”. The article refers to the “climate change scam”, asserts “Death and Life are one and the same”, and defines readers by concluding “We are the children of the Ancient Universal Order”. As we discuss in our piece on the far right in The Light, previous articles from this source in the paper have been vitrolic and verge on incitement to violence – for example Issue 29 features the sentences: “You know who you are, scum. This time there will be no forgiveness, no amnesty, because you have offended the divine spirit that dwells in God’s people. Your offences must be avenged, according to natural law”.
This is the second of a series of pieces we have published giving a quick overview of some of the dodgy content in The Light, alongside our more in-depth pieces on themes across issues. If you’d like to write a summary of the next issue, get in touch.
- Read our summary of the previous issue, “Things The Light Wants You To Dislike“
- Find a list of all our articles, including in-depth ones on antisemitism, homophobia and transphobia, and climate denial in The Light.
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