Traditional outlets from across
the political spectrum
(including the BBC, The Inde-
pendent, and The Telegraph)
are currently reporting the
death toll at around 58, which
has risen significantly from the
estimates that appeared soon
after the fire. However, with
Lily Allen’s claim that around
“150” spreading rapidly across
digital and independent media
like Evolve Politics, the mistrust
of mainstream media figures
become more reasonable.
However, it would seem unwise
to make any judgements on
whether death tolls had been
played down until the official
search of the building has been
completed.
The problem with disasters like
this is often the media can sen-
sationalise and constantly esti-
mate higher death tolls in order
to seem better informed, so it
is nice to have a relative level
of agreement amongst main-
stream outlets. However, the
claim that 150 people have
died has yet to be substantiat-
ed, especially since there are
no concrete figures on how
many people were in building
that night. Estimates vary be-
tween 100 and 600 people, so
the drip tap of information from
the tower site is the only real
way of confirmed the number
of victims. That isn’t to say dig-
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