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BBC has lost a lot of credibility lately with the British public. All because of stunts like this: inaccurate, opportunistic reporting. They chose to downplay C

BBC has lost a lot of credibility lately with the British public. All because of stunts like this: inaccurate, opportunistic reporting. They chose to downplay Corbyn's rise to prominence (he's our equivalent to Bernie Sanders), over represented right-wing figures and have chosen not to cover key issues the masses are talking about -- not too dissimilar to how the mainstream US press hasnt been covering the millionmanmarch this weekend.

bb101 11y ago
The irony is that in Conservative circles, the BBC is criticised for devoting too much airtime to Corbyn and his band of swampies, who are woefully unpopular outside the vegetarian dreadlocked middle-class Islington set. Seems like the BBC can't do anything right.
- krmmalik 11y ago
  Key point being "Conservative circles" , which lets face it arent very big. The conservatives were dreadfukly movked and ridiculed when the arrived in Manchester last week. Most of the working class cant stand them.
  - bb101 11y ago
    Well, except that most of England voted for the Conservatives in the election just a few months ago. They are hugely, yet quietly, supported and popular in any area of Britain that isn't deprived. Manchester, Bradford, Luton and their ilk are all bastions of welfare recipients so it's hardly surprising that the Conservatives aren't popular there.
    - DanBC 11y ago
      > except that most of England voted for the Conservatives They got a 36% share of the vote, on a 66% turnout.
  - vixen99 11y ago
    Let's face it - in this year's election eleven million people decided they could stand them which is why there's a Tory government. How is a group of protesters outside a party conference evidence for your point?
- jon-wood 11y ago
  I'd be inclined to say that if everyone is complaining about the other side getting too much coverage, the BBC are getting things about right.
- buro9 11y ago
  Stoking a political flame war isn't a smart idea on HN. It's worth remembering that comments are fixed and non-editable after only a little time and that such comments will come to be permanently associated with you even if you only meant them in a very conversationally temporal way.
lifeisstillgood 11y ago
Definitely want citations... BBC credibility is high, much higher than almost any other media outlet (its main rival ITV runs late night shopping channel and studio roulette games - it's embarrassing) It is true that most if not all mainstream media outlets are run by, edited by, well educated, well informed, London bound media types - it's amazing that they do report anything people care about. However I would still prefer editors with 20 years cynicism and experience over the HN algorithm - I use it to look around but if I wanted to follow everything HN recommended I would be blind. (Actually an interesting idea - is a daily digest of most commented / upvoted stories going to represent the editorial power of HN?)
- arethuza 11y ago
  The BBC definitely lost some credibility with "Yes" voters in last years Scottish Independence referendum - they seemed pretty strongly biased in favour of the status quo which, of course, supported a "No" vote. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13420666.BBC_criticised_over_tone_of_independence_referendum_coverage/ http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13420666.BBC_criticised_o... NB I've been a huge fan of the BBC for pretty much my whole life, particularly Radio 4, so I was actually fairly shocked by the coverage in the last couple of weeks or so before the poll. It does rather raise the "well, if they are biased on this what else are they biased about" question.
  - lifeisstillgood 11y ago
    But where is the evidence - for example does the Beeb supply their subtitling, can we use sentiment analysis on their entire output? Surely some media studies centre in a university does this?
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- krmmalik 11y ago
  Watch till end: http://youtu.be/XHGDDMAP5qU http://youtu.be/XHGDDMAP5qU Note: this is one example of many

bb101 11y ago

The irony is that in Conservative circles, the BBC is criticised for devoting too much airtime to Corbyn and his band of swampies, who are woefully unpopular outside the vegetarian dreadlocked middle-class Islington set. Seems like the BBC can't do anything right.

krmmalik 11y ago
Key point being "Conservative circles" , which lets face it arent very big. The conservatives were dreadfukly movked and ridiculed when the arrived in Manchester last week. Most of the working class cant stand them.
- bb101 11y ago
  Well, except that most of England voted for the Conservatives in the election just a few months ago. They are hugely, yet quietly, supported and popular in any area of Britain that isn't deprived. Manchester, Bradford, Luton and their ilk are all bastions of welfare recipients so it's hardly surprising that the Conservatives aren't popular there.
  - DanBC 11y ago
    > except that most of England voted for the Conservatives They got a 36% share of the vote, on a 66% turnout.
- vixen99 11y ago
  Let's face it - in this year's election eleven million people decided they could stand them which is why there's a Tory government. How is a group of protesters outside a party conference evidence for your point?
jon-wood 11y ago
I'd be inclined to say that if everyone is complaining about the other side getting too much coverage, the BBC are getting things about right.
buro9 11y ago
Stoking a political flame war isn't a smart idea on HN. It's worth remembering that comments are fixed and non-editable after only a little time and that such comments will come to be permanently associated with you even if you only meant them in a very conversationally temporal way.

lifeisstillgood 11y ago

Definitely want citations... BBC credibility is high, much higher than almost any other media outlet (its main rival ITV runs late night shopping channel and studio roulette games - it's embarrassing) It is true that most if not all mainstream media outlets are run by, edited by, well educated, well informed, London bound media types - it's amazing that they do report anything people care about. However I would still prefer editors with 20 years cynicism and experience over the HN algorithm - I use it to look around but if I wanted to follow everything HN recommended I would be blind. (Actually an interesting idea - is a daily digest of most commented / upvoted stories going to represent the editorial power of HN?)

arethuza 11y ago
The BBC definitely lost some credibility with "Yes" voters in last years Scottish Independence referendum - they seemed pretty strongly biased in favour of the status quo which, of course, supported a "No" vote. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13420666.BBC_criticised_over_tone_of_independence_referendum_coverage/ http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13420666.BBC_criticised_o... NB I've been a huge fan of the BBC for pretty much my whole life, particularly Radio 4, so I was actually fairly shocked by the coverage in the last couple of weeks or so before the poll. It does rather raise the "well, if they are biased on this what else are they biased about" question.
- lifeisstillgood 11y ago
  But where is the evidence - for example does the Beeb supply their subtitling, can we use sentiment analysis on their entire output? Surely some media studies centre in a university does this?
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krmmalik 11y ago
Watch till end: http://youtu.be/XHGDDMAP5qU http://youtu.be/XHGDDMAP5qU Note: this is one example of many