Do you think Jeremy Corbyn was treated unfairly during the campaign?

[JasonDebenah89]

I looked up his manifesto and they were actually pretty sensible and benefited the low-income, the unemployed, and students. Not sure what's so radical about trying to achieve these things.

[OSR stands with Israel]

lol no

[TML]

To some degree, yes. It seems that mainstream media didn't bother to adequately fact-check many of the more sensational claims against Corbyn, but Corbyn is also at fault for not adequately pushing back against them (similar to how John Kerry was swift-boated in 2004).

[Antonio the Sixth]

Obviously, yes. Anyone who argues otherwise is not worth taking seriously.

That doesn't mean he ran a good campaign, though. Leftist politicians need to take media hostility as a given and work around it. If Corbyn was unable to do so, that makes him bad at his own stated goal.

[John Dule]

Even though I hate him and I'm opposed to all of his policy proposals, I will say yes because I don't think he's actually an anti-Semite.

[Mr. Reactionary]

lol no

[RaphaelDLG]

Is the pope catholic?

Doesn't mean he's jesus Christ by any stretch of the imagination, but anyone who is remotely left wing always gets crucified by the American / uk media.

[Roblox]

Yes, especially in comparison to Boris Johnson, whose mistakes and bad moments the press seemed to consistently underplay compared to Corbyn's. This isn't to say Corbyn is a swell guy who doesn't deserve scrutiny and criticism-of course he does. It should just be applied fairly to both/all sides.

[Orser67]

OP, a lot of Corbyn's reputation for radicalism stems from his views on foreign policy:

But some of the Labour leader’s views have gotten him into trouble in the past. Corbyn has referred to the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah as “friends” (comments he has since disowned) and likened the actions of the Israeli government to that of the Nazis (comments that he also later condemned). He has called for the disbandment of NATO, dubbing the international alliance a “military Frankenstein,” and opposed foreign intervention in Venezuela, Syria, and Ukraine, leading critics to suggest he has lent support to oppressive regimes in Caracas, Damascus, and Moscow. More recently, Corbyn faced backlash from both sides of the House of Commons for his reluctance to blame Russia for its role in the nerve-agent attack in Salisbury last year.

[PSOL]

OP, a lot of Corbyn's reputation for radicalism stems from his views on foreign policy:

But some of the Labour leader’s views have gotten him into trouble in the past. Corbyn has referred to the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah as “friends” (comments he has since disowned) and likened the actions of the Israeli government to that of the Nazis (comments that he also later condemned). He has called for the disbandment of NATO, dubbing the international alliance a “military Frankenstein,” and opposed foreign intervention in Venezuela, Syria, and Ukraine, leading critics to suggest he has lent support to oppressive regimes in Caracas, Damascus, and Moscow. More recently, Corbyn faced backlash from both sides of the House of Commons for his reluctance to blame Russia for its role in the nerve-agent attack in Salisbury last year.

All of these views sound perfectly reasonable.