#086 - Lewis Brackpool - BBC Propaganda, Government Overreach and Media Distrust
Release Date: 06/27/2025
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info_outlineLewis Brackpool is an independent journalist and freedom of information expert investigating government overreach, censorship, and media manipulation. With a sharp eye for buried truths, he uncovers how the state embeds messaging into entertainment, stonewalls transparency, and shapes public opinion through covert influence.
In this interview, we explore media collusion, the expansion of the surveillance state, the rise of the managerial class, and the bloated machinery of modern government. Lewis makes the case for radical transparency, smaller government, and a new wave of grassroots accountability.
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TIMESTAMPS
(0:00:00) – Introduction
(0:00:00) – FOI reveals media collusion
(0:10:54) – Nudge units in action
(0:13:30) – Trust in UK collapses
(0:18:13) – COVID red-pilling moment
(0:23:10) – Real conservatism vs Deep State
(0:30:15) – Reform Party frustrations
(0:41:16) – Immigration and public opinion
(0:42:03) – Grooming gangs and denial
(0:52:55) – Grifting local council budgets
(1:04:40) – Abortion law changes
(1:14:13) – National debt and collapse risk
(1:20:01) – Why Bitcoin matters now
(1:45:31) – Real journalism is rising
(1:46:53) – Future of media and X
(1:50:00) – Avoiding echo chambers
(1:51:38) – Final thoughts and Substack
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EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK
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