Protesters plan to prevent Sun, Times, Telegraph and Mail headlines from reaching new kiosks
Last updated: Saturday, September 5, 2020 at 00.18 BST
On Friday night, protesters at the fire blocked roads leading to two British printing presses owned by News Corp by Rupert Murdoch.
The organization said they would keep the blockade overnight through bamboo cars and padlocks to check and prevent company newspapers from reaching the kiosks on Saturday.
The action took place at Broxbourne in Hertfordshire and Knowsley in Liverpool.Extinction Rebellion (XR) said the militants were involved.
The printing press produces Sun, Times, Sun on Sunday and Sunday Times by News Corp.They also print the Telegraph and Mail and Evening Standard titles.
Photographs posted on social media with the mendacity of protesters on the road and a banner deployed that reads: “Free the truth.”
The organization also blocked the News Corps printing press near Motherwell to stop the distribution of the Scottish Sun.
Alanna Byrne of Extinction Rebellion said: “We will only face the climate and ecological emergency by breaking the classic impasse in opposition policy and joining, despite our differences.
“If we want to solve this mess we are in, the main media will have to avoid taking credit for the clickbait culture that swims in misinformation, makes us hate our neighbors, suspect strangers and vulnerable groups, and mobilize the country to action.”
Gully Bujak, an XR activist, said: “Climate emergency is an existential risk to humanity.Instead of posting this on the cover every day as it deserves, a giant component of our media ignores the challenge and some actively sow the seeds of climate denial.
On Friday, activists at the uprising of the extinction threw manure through News Corp offices in Sydney and Brisbane to protest media giant policy on climate change.
A News Corp source defended the company’s position on climate, saying sun on Saturday released an opinion paper through David Attenborough on how to deal with the climate crisis.The company is also preparing to dispose of all the single-use plastic used to package its titles.