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National News The BBC

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Right wing bias.

Why is "unlawfully" in inverted commas when it's a fact?

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He's not resigning anyway, they've no fear of anyone I'm afraid. What a pile of shite we've been lumbered with!
 
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Oslernorth said:
People think the BBC’s biased simply because they don’t support their views.
What they’re failing to realise is they’re not supporting any view.
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I once thought that but I'm no so sure now. It seems in the past year or so that it has started to 'go easier' on those that ultimately control its future.

Anyway, let's see what 'evidence' posters come up with.
 
Oslernorth said:
People think the BBC’s biased simply because they don’t support their views.
What they’re failing to realise is they’re not supporting any view.
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Agreed. I think people's perceptions have been further skewed because it is so easy to get into 'echo chamber' social media where you interact with people who have similar views to you - no matter how odd those might be - so it's a bit of a shock when people have to face what are largely well researched and sometimes inconvenient 'facts' (if anyone remembers what those are any more!).
 
ZeroTheHero said:
Agreed. I think people's perceptions have been further skewed because it is so easy to get into 'echo chamber' social media where you interact with people who have similar views to you - no matter how odd those might be - so it's a bit of a shock when people have to face what are largely well researched and sometimes inconvenient 'facts' (if anyone remembers what those are any more!).
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A place @QR knows only too well.

MH on Andrew Marr this morning basically said "The paperwork was 2 weeks late which was better than people dying".

Shame he was right and the facts are inconvenient.
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Essexyellows said:
A place @QR knows only too well.

MH on Andrew Marr this morning basically said "The paperwork was 2 weeks late which was better than people dying".

Shame he was right and the facts are inconvenient.
:D
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Handcock lies and an emaciated BBC doesn't challenge him. @Essexyellows swallows Hancock's lies and round we go again.

 
ZeroTheHero said:
Well there you go - they are quoting what the High Court has ruled. It's not the same thing at all as putting quote marks around things to imply you don't believe them.
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You quote someone when you are putting distance between you and them as you are unsure if what they are saying is true. This is a fact. Also, if that is so why do later news reports not include the quotation marks?
 
QR said:
Handcock lies and an emaciated BBC doesn't challenge him. @Essexyellows swallows Hancock's lies and round we go again.

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Those good old EU OJEU "rules"..........

"The opportunity was not advertised, because for example only one supplier is capable of delivering the requirement, or due to extreme urgency brought about by unforeseen events."

Hurrah for the EU...... :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
QR said:
You quote someone when you are putting distance between you and them as you are unsure if what they are saying is true. This is a fact. Also, if that is so why do later news reports not include the quotation marks?
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You can do. But you also put quotation marks around phrases when you are simply quoting them, hence their name! It's a bit odd to presume that the BBC are doing the former, without seeming to consider that they are using them in the more normal way!
 
Essexyellows said:
A place @QR knows only too well.

MH on Andrew Marr this morning basically said "The paperwork was 2 weeks late which was better than people dying".

Shame he was right and the facts are inconvenient.
:D
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MH's excuse is horseshit, the contracts were already written so it wouldn't have taken 5 mins to make it available.
 
QR said:
You quote someone when you are putting distance between you and them as you are unsure if what they are saying is true. This is a fact. Also, if that is so why do later news reports not include the quotation marks?
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Maybe they corrected an error quickly.

Come on QR, you are very quick to compliment the EU when they quickly correct a mistake or reverse a decision, why not the BBC ? 😉
 
Anyway one example isn't proof either way. I started this thread as a place to drop examples either way.
ZeroTheHero said:
You can do. But you also put quotation marks around phrases when you are simply quoting them, hence their name! It's a bit odd to presume that the BBC are doing the former, without seeming to consider that they are using them in the more normal way!
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Why did they remove them later?
 
Example two.

On Friday, the day of the ruling, this was not mentioned on the 10 o'clock news until 22:15. The top story was the non -story/at least six months old story that Harry and Megan were leaving the Royal family (ffs!).

Why was the unlawful actions of the Secretary of State for Health and SC put so low down the schedule?
 
SteMerritt said:
...because more people are interested (rightly or wrongly) about that story.

So 2 that aren't bias so far.
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Are you telling me you didn't know about this until Friday?
 
QR said:
Are you telling me you didn't know about this until Friday?
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No, I'm telling you that people are always more interested in royal news.

You are saying it is 'bias' because it was second on the running list. I'd call it 'bias' if it wasn't reported at all.

What did they say in the report? Or is your entire case the fact it wasn't the lead story?
 
SteMerritt said:
No, I'm telling you that people are always more interested in royal news.

You are saying it is 'bias' because it was second on the running list. I'd call it 'bias' if it wasn't reported at all.

What did they say in the report? Or is your entire case the fact it wasn't the lead story?
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It was third on after the Mars landing.

Via this thread I was hoping we might build a body of evidence that might answer the question either way seeing as some think it has a left leaning political bias. Hence the title to the thread.
 
SteMerritt said:
...because more people are interested (rightly or wrongly) about that story.

So 2 that aren't bias so far.
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So exactly what would the BBC news look like if reports were ordered by what people are general interested in? Hello magazine I would suggest.
 
QR said:
So exactly what would the BBC news look like if reports were ordered by what people are general interested in? Hello magazine I would suggest.
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If running order is your entire case, then I would suggest you have a very flimsy one.

As I asked, what in the actual story can you point to that shows bias? Or is it simply the fact it wasn't leading the programme?
 
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