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I'm pretty sure scrutiny of the UK system is down to about the Daily Mail and not much else. The BBC is more likely to criticize such scrutiny than engage in it
by tus88 7y ago
I'm pretty sure scrutiny of the UK system is down to about the Daily Mail and not much else. The BBC is more likely to criticize such scrutiny than engage in it itself.
And you make a lot of assumptions. 99% could mean a terrible system, or one where only solid cases are pursued. 80% could mean a robust trial system, or lots of shoddy cases pursued by a risk taking, politicized prosecution system.
- mellosouls 7y agoIf the 99% figure has merit, that is what the programme is intended to uncover. Your point about the Daily Mail is lost on me - perhaps you could point to an alternative podcast on statistics that does a less biased job, so I can see the same nationalist perspective as you are seeing, and understand the value of your objection?
- tus88 7y agoAnd as I said, it's always funny watching the UK scrutinize other countries legal systems while internal scrutiny is limited to news outlets that aren't so tightly connected to the state (or literally is state propaganda like the BBC). But boy, when such scrutiny does occur the atrocities it uncovers leaves people scratching their heads at the supposed "envy of the world".
- mellosouls 7y agoAnd as I said - and as you'd know if you ever listened to the programme, it's focus is neutral, and normally directed on British organisations. Your argument seems more based on a personal dislike of the BBC than an actual understanding of what this programme actually does.
- tus88 7y agoAnd as I said, it's always funny watching the UK scrutinize...oh why bother, if it hasn't registered yet it probably never will.
- barneygale 7y agoCould you please provide some evidence that the More or Less programme is state propaganda? AFAIK the presenter[1] is quite reputable. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Harford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Harford
- tus88 7y ago1. The BBC is state owned. 2. It's notorious for left wing ideological extremism, including inciting battery acid attacks on conservative politicians (really!). I guess that covers it.
- DanBC 7y agoYou're using an incomplete, out context quote from a comedy programme that has the aim of seeing how far people can push the boundaries of free speech to make a comment about a completely different programme?
- tus88 7y agoYou think battery acid attacks are comedy? That's one hell of a thing. You should see some photos of acid attack victims...maybe you will find it funny, but you might find a heart.
- GordonS 7y agoIf you're not from the UK, you won't have heard of the Daily Mail - it's a tabloid rag, known for spewing hate, xenophobia (often borderline racism), and outrage, pandering to people's insecurities and using them to whip them up into a frenzy. I find it to be a destructive force in the UK. I find the notion that it has resulted in anything positive at all in the UK, to be quite ludicrous.
- DanBC 7y ago> 99% could mean a terrible system, or one where only solid cases are pursued A system that only pursues "solid" cases is a terrible system because it leaves many people without justice.