El liderazgo de Jeremy Corbyn ha estado sujeto a las más salvaje campaña de falsedades y distorsiones por algunos de nuestros medios de comunicación más conocidos. Ha sido ridiculizado, ignorado, denigrado y condenado, en diferentes momentos. Pocos periodistas intentaron entender las razones de su arrolladora victoria de 2015 en el Partido Laborista y pocos han intentado explorar sistemática e imparcialmente las políticas que ha apoyado este líder. No esperamos que los periodistas se lo pongan fácil a ningún líder electo pero, desde el principio, se ha tratado a Corbyn como un problema a resolver en vez de un político al que tomar en serio. La razón es que nunca ha formado parte del club de Westminster o de la burbuja mediática, y nunca ha escondido su compromiso con las políticas socialistas. En un momento en el que la austeridad, la inseguridad y el racismo son amenazas reales para las vidas de mucha gente en Gran Bretaña, creemos que Jeremy Corbin puede ayudar a aportar una salida al lío en el que estamos metidos. Condenamos los ataques injustificados de unos medios de comunicación a los que nadie ha votado y llamamos a aquellos que quieran ver un cambio social significativo y progresivo a apoyar a Jeremy Corbyn. 

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The leadership of Jeremy Corbyn has been subject to the most savage campaign of falsehood and misrepresentation in some of our most popular media outlets. He has, at different times, been derided, ignored, vilified and condemned. Few journalists attempted to fathom the reason for his overwhelming victory in the Labour leadership contest in 2015 and few have sought systematically and impartially to explore the policies he has promoted as leader. We do not expect journalists to give any elected leader an easy ride but Corbyn has been treated from the start as a problem to be solved rather than as a politician to be taken seriously. The reason is that he has never been part of the Westminster village or the media bubble and that he has never hidden his commitment to socialist politics. At a time when austerity, insecurity and racism remain real threats to the lives of many people in the UK, we believe that Jeremy Corbyn can help to provide a way out of the mess we are in. We condemn the unwarranted attacks on his leadership by an unelected media and call on those who want to see meaningful and progressive social change to stand behind Jeremy Corbyn.

Prof Greg Philo, Glasgow University

Prof Des Freedman, Goldsmiths, University of London

Prof Noam Chomsky, MIT

Prof Ed Herman, University of Pennsylvania

Prof Mica Nava, University of East London

Prof Robert McChesney, Southern Illinois University

Prof David Buckingham, Loughborough University

Prof Joanna Zylinska, Goldsmiths, University of London

Prof Peter Golding, Northumbria University

Prof Sue Clayton, Goldsmiths, University of London

Prof Michael Chanan, University of Roehampton

Prof Máire Messenger Davies, University of Ulster

Prof Andrew Chadwick, Royal Holloway, University of London

Prof Julian Petley, Brunel University

Prof Christian Fuchs, University of Westminster

Prof Michael Pickering, Loughborough University

Prof John Storey, University of Sunderland

Prof David Miller, University of Bath

Prof Geoff King, Brunel University

Prof Graham Murdock, Loughborough University

Prof Jeremy Gilbert, University of East London

Prof Mike Wayne, Brunel University

Prof Martin Barker, Aberystwyth University

John Pilger, writer and broadcaster

Thomas Barlow, co-founder, Real Media

Kam Sandhu, co-founder, Real Media

Gholam Khiabany, Goldsmiths, University of London

Milly Williamson, Brunel University

Becky Gardiner, Goldsmiths, University of London

Ben Taylor, Nottingham Trent University

Gary Morrisoe, Salford University

Narz Massoumi, University of Liverpool

Paul Ward, Bournemouth Film School

Jeremy Bubb, Roehampton University

Caroline Ruddell, Brunel University

Bart Cammaerts, London School of Economics

Jo Littler, City University

Michael Bailey, University of Essex

Ken Fero, Coventry University

Elizabeth Poole, Keele University

Justin Schlosberg, Birkbeck, University of London

Tom Mills, University of Bath

Dina Matar, SOAS, University of London

Simon Cross, Nottingham Trent University

Michael Klontzas, University of Huddersfield

Ian Lamond, Leeds Beckett University

Shohini Chaudhuri, University of Essex

Joss Hands, Newcastle University

Jamie Medhurst, Aberystwyth University

Seth Giddings, Winchester School of Art

Kostas Maronitis, Leeds Trinity University

Andreas Wittel, Nottingham Trent University

Rachel Payne, Oxford Brookes University

Sophie Knowles, Middlesex University

David Griggs, Edinburgh Napier University

Johnny Walker, Northumbria University

Anandi Ramsmurthy, Sheffield Hallam University

Lyn Champion, Nottingham Trent University

Jane Dipple, Winchester University

William Proctor, Bournemouth University

Jayne Raisborough, University of Brighton

Vicky Lowe, University of Manchester

Meena Dhanda, University of Wolverhampton

Brendan Byrne, Falmouth University

Dean Lockwood, University of Lincoln

Sara Bragg, University of Brighton

Steve Presence, University of the West of England

Janroj Yilmaz Keles, Middlesex University

Jon Baldwin, London Metropolitan University

Amber Jacobs, Birkbeck, University of London

Pat Holland, Bournemouth University

Mike Berry, Cardiff University

Dan Ward, Sunderland University

John Cunliffe, Birkbeck, University of London

Jane Barnwell, University of Westminster 

Naomi Salaman, University of Brighton

David Rushton, Institute of Local Television

Catherine Walsh, Newcastle University

Louis Bayman, University of Southampton

Helen Rogers, Sun FM

Shelley Galpin, University of York

Paul Manning, University of Winchester

Trevor Hearing, Bournemouth University

Ann Luce, Bournemouth University

Ananay Aguilar, University of Cambridge

Gary Jenkins, Newcastle University

Meredith Jones, Brunel University

Neil Fox, Falmouth University

Diane Charlesworth, University of Lincoln

Fred Mudhai, Coventry University

Bianca Wright, Coventry University

Keith Hussein, University of Sunderland

Maria Chatzichristodoulou, London South Bank University

Vana Goblot, Goldsmiths, University of London

Nigel Morris, University of Lincoln

Steve Jones, Nottingham Trent University

Oksana Fedotova, Sheffield Hallam University

A A Piccini, University of Bristol

Remi Joseph-Salisbury, University of Leeds

Emma Sandon, Birkbeck, University of London

Silke Arnold-de Simine, Birkbeck, University of London

Ewan Kirkland, University of Brighton

Peri Braadley, Bournemouth University

Savyasaachi Jain, University of Westminster

Deborah Gabriel, Bournemouth University

Jill Daniels, University of East London

Richard MacDonald, Goldsmiths, University of London

Murali Shanmugavelan, SOAS, University of London

John Steel, University of Sheffield

William Merrin, Swansea University

Andrew Shail, Newcastle University

Ceiren Bell, Goldsmiths, University of London

Virginia Pitts, University of Kent

Joseph Oldham, University of Warwick

Rachel O’Neill, University of York

Jonathan Eato, University of York

Harrison Banfield

Maya Sherwin

Lucy Shaw

Rebecca Pyne

Elizabeth Daniels

Zey Suka-Bill

Elizabeth Hughes

Gabriel Moreno

Martin Hall

Margaret Gallagher