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The BBC's headline on their top story on the day after we (UK) became the highest official death toll in Europe was "Coronavirus: Italy death toll tops 30,000,
by drcongo 7y ago
The BBC's headline on their top story on the day after we (UK) became the highest official death toll in Europe was "Coronavirus: Italy death toll tops 30,000, highest in EU" [1]
They've been a propaganda machine for the tories since the day Laura Kuenssberg took over as political editor, and as long as she's in charge they should be considered among the least trustworthy news sources in the UK.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52594570 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52594570
Edit: Clarifying that by "we" I meant "the UK"
- matthewfelgate 7y agoAbsolute tin hat stuff mate.
- drcongo 7y agoSo, the BBC's top story when the UK became the highest death toll in Europe was about Italy being the highest death toll in the EU, and you think that's non-partisan news? I wish I was as blissfully credulous.
- buggeryorkshire 7y agoAre we comparing apples with apples here? I get confused about the stats. Originally the dailies were deaths in hospitals, then it changed. So the question is - is the 30k vs 50k comparable? Are they measured in the same way?
- drcongo 7y agoThis 50k number is derived from expected deaths vs actual deaths. Italy's 30k is their reported deaths, which is still smaller than the UK's reported deaths, but I think you might be missing the tiny qualifier in the BBC headline, "highest in the EU" vs "highest in Europe".
- hyko 7y agoNo. The 50k number refers to “excess deaths”, which is the portion of “all cause mortality” above what you’d expect this time of year.
- matthewfelgate 7y agohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52549860 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52549860 BBC headline "Coronavirus: UK death toll passes Italy to be highest in Europe"
- drcongo 7y agoAre you deliberately not reading my post to try to appear clever? This wasn't the top story, the Italy one was. Mate.