Another Angry Voice
Type of site
Political blog
Created byThomas G. Clark
URLanotherangryvoice.blogspot.com
Launched2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Current statusActive

Another Angry Voice (AAV) is a British left-wing political blog written by Thomas G. Clark, established in 2010. It has regularly criticised the Conservative government and strongly supported the Labour Party leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.[1][2]

Launch

Clark started the blog because he "enjoy[ed] demolishing pathetic arguments" and has been a strong critic of right-wing media.[3]

2017 general election

The blog became increasingly popular during 2017, when it supported the Labour Party.[4] The blog's popularity has been associated with the rise of other independent left-wing blogs launched in response to the lack of left-wing voices in mainstream news.[2] Posts in 2017 attracted over 1.5 million views.[5][6] A BBC report said that its popularity, along with that of similar blogs, could no longer be ignored.[7] The growth of left-wing blogs has been cited as an explanation for why the Conservative Party's winning margin in the 2017 election was lower than many predicted.[4]

An article in the blog, detailing policies proposed by Corbyn that Clark believed most people would agree with, went viral and was one of the most-reposted pieces in the run up to the 2017 election. It was shared over 100,000 times on social media and it, along with two other stories, were more popular than any contemporary news reports in The Guardian and BBC News for that week.[8][1] Clark subsequently said his most popular posts at this time were those criticising the BBC.[9] Another popular story was a suggestion to field "Unity" expert candidates in the 2017 election, such as an NHS doctor against health secretary Jeremy Hunt.[10] At one point during the election campaign, Clark was writing around 20 hours a day. He has said that several people have written to him about beginning to support Labour after reading the blog.[11]

Criticism

In a 2018 article in The Economist, the blog was criticised for forming an echo chamber for like-minded people.[12]

A Labour councillor was criticised for quoting an Another Angry Voice post entitled ‘Was the Manchester Arena atrocity a ‘false flag’ attack?’ which rejected suggestions that the state played a role in its commission, while remarking that its timing was beneficial to the Conservative government.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "DIY political websites: new force shaping the general election debate". The Guardian. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "The Rise Of The Alt-Left British Media". Buzzfeed. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  3. ^ "About the author". Another Angry Voice. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Daily Mail and Sun turn on Theresa May for election 'gamble'". The Guardian. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  5. ^ Tim Carr; Iain Dale; Robert Waller (2017). The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2017. Biteback Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-785-90278-9.
  6. ^ "The election has been the clearest sign yet of the waning political influence of the UK press". iNews. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Five election lessons for the media". BBC News. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  8. ^ "25 most-shared articles about UK election are almost all pro-Labour". The Guardian. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Why Nobody Won The Digital Election". Sky News. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Great idea, Mr Clark. That's why it won't happen". Eastern Daily Press. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  11. ^ "This Was The Election Where The Newspapers Lost Their Monopoly On The Political News Agenda". Buzzfeed. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Labour's dangerous safe space". The Economist. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Complaint over Labour candidate who shared post on whether Tories were behind arena bombing". Liverpool Echo. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

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