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That's a great fluff piece to bury the PM having just been caught in corruption ... can you see that story in the top 10 "most read" ... The story is there, it

That's a great fluff piece to bury the PM having just been caught in corruption ... can you see that story in the top 10 "most read" ... The story is there, it's hidden in a "top 5 things about Covid today". When something random and unimportant hits the top of BBC news in recent years that seems to mean there's a story on Tory failure/corruption being buried.

switch007 6y ago
This, so much this. It's top 5 most read (#5) for me.
estaseuropano 6y ago
I don't see any corruption article on the BBC page.
- pessimizer 6y ago
  It was very difficult to find: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56839459 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56839459
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bobthechef 6y ago
The BBC a Tory newspaper? Wow, that's a new one. Is the NYTimes a Republic rag then?
- dijit 6y ago
  Real talk, so please read charitably: 1) BBC has a policy of not going hard against the sitting government, this seems to be true regardless of who's in charge. 2) BBC is a large organisation, they have parts which are more pro-tory and others which are more anti-tory, but overall the anti-tory stuff will be a bit more curbed due to point 1. 3) David Cameron stacked the board with pro-tory people, this has little effect on the actual stories since the board has no direct involvement, but this could lead to a tory bias in some cases. citation on point 3: https://www.ft.com/content/7ba884c2-176d-11e6-b197-a4af20d5575e https://www.ft.com/content/7ba884c2-176d-11e6-b197-a4af20d55...
  - TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
    Considering the absolute horror show of sleaze and incompetence of the last few years, the BBC has become notorious for not holding the government to account. An Italian civil servant is a non-story compared to the £37bn given to the UK's private sector to run a poor-to-nonexistent COVID test and trace scheme. For comparison the entire annual budget of the NHS is £44bn. And the government refused to increase the pay of doctors and nurses who have more or less singlehandedly held the NHS together through COVID. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/03/19/covid-19-test-and-trace-scandal-its-not-too-late-to-change-the-story/ https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/03/19/covid-19-test-and-trace... Among other stories. That's just the worst of an appalling raft of cash-for-cronies handouts. But the BBC rarely publishes news about Europe at all. And when it does it's often negative. Not only do we have a story about an Italian civil servant, but also - coincidentally - there's news about Malta's EU cash-for-passports scheme. Which is more or less identical to the UK's cash-for-passports scheme. But less expensive.
    - yrro 6y ago
      It's £37 bn over two years. It's not clear how much of that has actually been disbursed yet (I vaguely recall a figure of £5-6 bn in Private Eye, but I'm not sure).
  - toyg 6y ago
    I don’t disagree but the focus on Tories is somewhat misleading. At the end of the day, the last PM to effectively fire the BBC Director General (and the board) because of a report that he didn’t like (while being likely correct) was Tony Blair. The Tories would love to dismantle the BBC, rather than controlling it, but both parties like the grip it gives on propaganda.
easytiger 6y ago
You have to be in possession of a particularly warped mind to believe that this story is published to bury another story. That is conspiratorial nonsense.
- pbhjpbhj 6y ago
  What do you think is the most important news today in the UK? Why do you suppose BBC have published this news story (front page, as of now for me) about how brilliant Dyson is but without any information on the corruption case? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46149743 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46149743
  - easytiger 6y ago
    They "republish" or "re-promote" old articles & profiles of people who are currently in the headlines to give context all the time. That article is the same thing that was published in Jan 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190507054620/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46149743 https://web.archive.org/web/20190507054620/https://www.bbc.c... Grow up. Totally pathetic conspiratorial giberish

switch007 6y ago

This, so much this. It's top 5 most read (#5) for me.

estaseuropano 6y ago

I don't see any corruption article on the BBC page.

pessimizer 6y ago
It was very difficult to find: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56839459 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56839459

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bobthechef 6y ago

The BBC a Tory newspaper? Wow, that's a new one. Is the NYTimes a Republic rag then?

dijit 6y ago
Real talk, so please read charitably: 1) BBC has a policy of not going hard against the sitting government, this seems to be true regardless of who's in charge. 2) BBC is a large organisation, they have parts which are more pro-tory and others which are more anti-tory, but overall the anti-tory stuff will be a bit more curbed due to point 1. 3) David Cameron stacked the board with pro-tory people, this has little effect on the actual stories since the board has no direct involvement, but this could lead to a tory bias in some cases. citation on point 3: https://www.ft.com/content/7ba884c2-176d-11e6-b197-a4af20d5575e https://www.ft.com/content/7ba884c2-176d-11e6-b197-a4af20d55...
- TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
  Considering the absolute horror show of sleaze and incompetence of the last few years, the BBC has become notorious for not holding the government to account. An Italian civil servant is a non-story compared to the £37bn given to the UK's private sector to run a poor-to-nonexistent COVID test and trace scheme. For comparison the entire annual budget of the NHS is £44bn. And the government refused to increase the pay of doctors and nurses who have more or less singlehandedly held the NHS together through COVID. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/03/19/covid-19-test-and-trace-scandal-its-not-too-late-to-change-the-story/ https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/03/19/covid-19-test-and-trace... Among other stories. That's just the worst of an appalling raft of cash-for-cronies handouts. But the BBC rarely publishes news about Europe at all. And when it does it's often negative. Not only do we have a story about an Italian civil servant, but also - coincidentally - there's news about Malta's EU cash-for-passports scheme. Which is more or less identical to the UK's cash-for-passports scheme. But less expensive.
  - yrro 6y ago
    It's £37 bn over two years. It's not clear how much of that has actually been disbursed yet (I vaguely recall a figure of £5-6 bn in Private Eye, but I'm not sure).
- toyg 6y ago
  I don’t disagree but the focus on Tories is somewhat misleading. At the end of the day, the last PM to effectively fire the BBC Director General (and the board) because of a report that he didn’t like (while being likely correct) was Tony Blair. The Tories would love to dismantle the BBC, rather than controlling it, but both parties like the grip it gives on propaganda.

easytiger 6y ago

You have to be in possession of a particularly warped mind to believe that this story is published to bury another story. That is conspiratorial nonsense.

pbhjpbhj 6y ago
What do you think is the most important news today in the UK? Why do you suppose BBC have published this news story (front page, as of now for me) about how brilliant Dyson is but without any information on the corruption case? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46149743 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46149743
- easytiger 6y ago
  They "republish" or "re-promote" old articles & profiles of people who are currently in the headlines to give context all the time. That article is the same thing that was published in Jan 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190507054620/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46149743 https://web.archive.org/web/20190507054620/https://www.bbc.c... Grow up. Totally pathetic conspiratorial giberish