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> NRK is Norway’s equivalent to the BBC. Which is britain's equivalent to RT?
by qiskit 5y ago
> NRK is Norway’s equivalent to the BBC.
Which is britain's equivalent to RT?
- willeh 5y agoIf you think the BBC is anything like RT you ought to read about the BBCs reporting during the Falklands War.
- pydry 5y agoBritain's transition to becoming more like a British RT happened post Iraq/David Kelly/Hutton Inquiry and even then it happened fairly slowly - it took time to pension off all the good journalists who asked the difficult questions. The BBC under Greg Dyke and Gavyn Davies was fiercely independent and objective though, until they were unceremoniously let go for not towing the party line on Iraq's WMDs.
- MrYellowP 5y agoPeople are stupid, so you should add links verifying your claims. Also, noteworthy, is that most people can not remember, or talk about, the fact that certain nations lie to us so they can go to war. They also can't think about the whole actual reasons why what's happening is happening. Always remember that 99% of all people only parrot what the mass media present to them, with no critical/analytical thought applied whatsoever.
- KarlKemp 5y agoThat’s the sort of cynicism RT want you to adopt, yes.
- qiskit 5y agoMy opinion of the BBC was formed long before RT even existed. One is a government funded state propagandist. The other is RT. RT emulates BBC as do a lot of state propagandists around the world. All RT and other state propagandists like CGTN, al jazeera, etc does is copy the BBC. It's because the BBC is the best at propaganda. It sets the bar that other state propagandists aspire to. It isn't by accident George Orwell modeled the Ministry of Truth after the BBC. After all he worked as a propagandist for the BBC during ww2. You truly have to be brainwashed to believe that the BBC is any different from RT. Just gotta tip your hat to the BBC. They do a good job.
- Mordisquitos 5y ago> My opinion of the BBC was formed long before RT even existed. One is a government funded state propagandist. The other is RT. I'm surprised that, having held such a strong opinion about the BBC for such a long time, you are still able to immediately make a factually incorrect statement regarding such common knowledge as where its funding comes from.
- qiskit 5y agoRT's funding doesn't come from the government?
- Tostino 5y agoThe BBC funding is primarily through TV licensing fees, so it's essentially an optional tax.
- qiskit 5y ago> The BBC funding is primarily through TV licensing fees, so it's essentially an optional tax. That's a long-winded and highly convoluted way of saying government funded. You have to admire the BBC. They've done such a good job brainwashing people that they jump through all kinds of hoops to hide the fact that the BBC is government funded state propaganda. BBC is what RT aspires to be one day.
- KarlKemp 5y agoNo, see, that's but one example of how your unwillingness or inability to accept any complexity or nuance gets in the way of thinking. The TV license system is set up specifically so that the institution is somewhat isolated from day-to-day politics. It's a completely different situation if the PM can decide on a whim to fund you or not, or if there's a difficult-to-change law that sets the fees that you get for a decade in advance If you insist that everything is the same and all politicians are corrupt and all media are lying then you're just giving away any power you might have. Why would any politician not turn corrupt or leave id you are screaming invectives at them at the top of your lung, completely divorced from their actual work? That's why RT loves cynicism and tries to amplify exactly that work view: it's a self-fulfilling prophesy.
- pydry 5y agoRT didnt fire the director general for not towing the line on Iraqs WMDs.
- epolanski 5y agoBBC is made for britons first, RT is for foreigners.