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> lack of news seems very odd. Why does it seem odd? Go watch/read news from a variety of sources. You'll notice that "news" is quite different from country to

by disown 6y ago

> lack of news seems very odd. Why does it seem odd? Go watch/read news from a variety of sources. You'll notice that "news" is quite different from country to country and region to region. The same goes for history. The BBC is a government funded state propaganda machine. They cover and then spin whatever benefits the state. Easily the best in the world with reach in almost every one of their former slave colonies which constitute the british empire/commonwealth today.

iso1210 6y ago
Half the country seem to think the BBC is a tory mouthpiece. The other half think it's a commie plot. Like all organisations, BBC editors have to decide where to focus their limited resources. They have covered Assange, lots. Yesterday they put a hell of a lot of coverage into the HSBC etc leaks, this morning the lead story on the website was the 'Tory donor Lubov Chernukhin linked to $8m Putin ally funding' story [0] The BBC has been criticised for left wing bias in newsnight (indepth news program on about 2240), in the editor really digging into the current government [1], in the presenter really digging into the PM's chief advisor. The BBC's new chief used to be a local Tory Party deputy chairman [3], and the head of Radio used to be an elected Labour party minister, and was set for the top job at one point [4] 15 years ago the BBC DG resigned after the whole David Kelly affair put the corporation at loggerheads with the government [5] Saying the BBC is biassed, one way or another, is a simplistic and wrong view. Saying it's not biassed is equally simplistic and wrong. [0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54228079 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54228079 [1] https://www.theweek.co.uk/107867/bbc-newsnight-editor-lewis-goodall-accused-bias-new-statesman-article https://www.theweek.co.uk/107867/bbc-newsnight-editor-lewis-... [2] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/emily-maitlis-newsnight-dominic-cummings-lockdown-coronavirus-durham-a9533956.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/emily-maitlis... [3] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/05/bbc-appoints-insider-tim-davie-as-director-general https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/05/bbc-appoints-i... [4] https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-plot-to-stop-james-purnell-becoming-director-general-of-the-bbc https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-plot-to-stop-james-p... [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert)
ChrisKnott 6y ago
The BBC is not government funded, and it regularly, in fact constantly, reports things that do not benefit the government
- disown 6y ago
  > The BBC is not government funded https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_Un... But you probably knew this already. > and it regularly, in fact constantly, reports things that do not benefit the government And? I said it was government funded "state propaganda". Government != state. Also, the best propaganda superficially "reports" on government to create an illusion of impartiality. It great a duping the dumb masses.

by disown 6y ago

iso1210 6y ago

Half the country seem to think the BBC is a tory mouthpiece. The other half think it's a commie plot. Like all organisations, BBC editors have to decide where to focus their limited resources. They have covered Assange, lots. Yesterday they put a hell of a lot of coverage into the HSBC etc leaks, this morning the lead story on the website was the 'Tory donor Lubov Chernukhin linked to $8m Putin ally funding' story [0] The BBC has been criticised for left wing bias in newsnight (indepth news program on about 2240), in the editor really digging into the current government [1], in the presenter really digging into the PM's chief advisor. The BBC's new chief used to be a local Tory Party deputy chairman [3], and the head of Radio used to be an elected Labour party minister, and was set for the top job at one point [4] 15 years ago the BBC DG resigned after the whole David Kelly affair put the corporation at loggerheads with the government [5] Saying the BBC is biassed, one way or another, is a simplistic and wrong view. Saying it's not biassed is equally simplistic and wrong. [0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54228079 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54228079 [1] https://www.theweek.co.uk/107867/bbc-newsnight-editor-lewis-goodall-accused-bias-new-statesman-article https://www.theweek.co.uk/107867/bbc-newsnight-editor-lewis-... [2] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/emily-maitlis-newsnight-dominic-cummings-lockdown-coronavirus-durham-a9533956.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/emily-maitlis... [3] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/05/bbc-appoints-insider-tim-davie-as-director-general https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/05/bbc-appoints-i... [4] https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-plot-to-stop-james-purnell-becoming-director-general-of-the-bbc https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-plot-to-stop-james-p... [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(weapons_expert)

ChrisKnott 6y ago

The BBC is not government funded, and it regularly, in fact constantly, reports things that do not benefit the government

disown 6y ago
> The BBC is not government funded https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_Un... But you probably knew this already. > and it regularly, in fact constantly, reports things that do not benefit the government And? I said it was government funded "state propaganda". Government != state. Also, the best propaganda superficially "reports" on government to create an illusion of impartiality. It great a duping the dumb masses.