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We have a similar problem in the UK, the news has to give all parties a say. So we get almost equal air time to UKIP (who are tiny) as to the Tories (who are in
by monk_e_boy 10y ago
We have a similar problem in the UK, the news has to give all parties a say. So we get almost equal air time to UKIP (who are tiny) as to the Tories (who are in power) ... it's a bit crazy.
Which leads us on to Brexit, the news gave equal air time to both sides. Now, I say both, but for something as complex as Brexit there are way more than two sides but the public didn't really get a view on Left-exit, right-exit, left-remain, right-remain and all the bits in the middle.
Fake news? Opinion? Not enough time to inform the masses? I don't envy Facebook, they're throw their hat into the ring. Nothing good can come of this for them. You're damned if you do, and you're damned if you don't.
- quirkafleeg 10y ago> So we get almost equal air time to UKIP (who are tiny) as to the Tories (who are in power) I don't like either of those parties, and they don't get even remotely equal airtime, but UKIP were the third most popular party in the 2015 election. Hardly "tiny", except by virtue of the bent UK electoral system which gave them only one seat. Personally I'd prefer minor parties were given more exposure than bigger parties - that we all know about and are sick of already - than the reverse.