I've lost counts how many times I've heard a lefty commentator on the BBC justify their hatred of the Daily Mail by saying that the paper supported Hitler pre World War 2.
Oddly the BBC seem less keen to recall thus:
'Since admiration for Hitler was Reith's blind spot, he was contemptuous of Churchill's early rallying cry urging Britain to prepare itself to meet the coming assault by the Nazis on free countries. His diaries express his approval of Germany. He was positive the Nazis "would clean things up."
It is not surprising that he went on to extend his admiration to include Mussolini. Chamberlain had taken office as Prime Minister in 1937 and Reith eagerly obeyed him by denying Churchill adequate opportunity to rouse the British by speaking to them over the radio as they sat in the threatened security of their peaceful homes.'
More here https://www.winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-082/reith-of-the-bbc/
Could someone remind the BBC of this inconvenient truth the next time they dis the Daily Mail.
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