The rise of the populist right (or national populism) across the globe is fuelling social division of the sort that enabled Brexit and the election of Trump and risks increasing discrimination and even violence towards minority groups and women. In this extract from a lecture Emily Maitlis discusses how the populist right has been able to exploit the mainstream media and pressure journalists to get it's ideas across as worthy of mainstream debate...and we didn't even notice it was happening. As

57K views · 585 reactions | “They are all benefitting from disrupting rationale in general, and dismantling the entire political mechanism and moral values as well.” Turkish author Ece Temelkuran says “right-wing populist leaders are very aware of what they’re doing, and they don’t care.” | Channel 4 News | Facebook