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> This is a surprisingly poor article from the BBC. It's not a staff writer. I always check these things once I started to realise that some of the biases I s
by mikekchar 8y ago
> This is a surprisingly poor article from the BBC.
It's not a staff writer. I always check these things once I started to realise that some of the biases I saw in news reporting were actually determined actions by a relatively small number of independent writers.
Here's her bio on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathryncreedy/#4c0ca61271e2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathryncreedy/#4c0ca61271e2 (though she's an independent writer as far as I can tell).
In my experience the BBC buys up a fair amount of stuff to just "fill up" the offering. Usually it's pretty poor quality. I don't actually have an opinion on this piece since I know nothing of the subject. I just want to encourage people to understand where their "news" comes from.