Dumping the BBC?
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DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
That's corona. I and many others weren't one of them.
This is no time for statistics though...of that kind anyway.
mauvais
on reddit or something
I think you've cracked the case, detective!
FridgeMagnet
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My normal reaction to having to stay at home and not do much is to turn on Radio 4 or the World Service, but I absolutely can't do that now. The Today programme is three hours of virus. Everything is virus, even the sports which I don't care about anyway. Every other programme, you know is going to turn virus at some point. The World Service is all virus. I know it's a good cheap way of filling air time but it's worthless and in fact actively damaging - not that other channels and publications are any different tbh.
Yes, at Orgreave.According to social media
Apparently the BBC didn’t want to report on the NHS demonstrations tbecause they want too ‘remain impartial’
Anyone seen confirmation of this impartiality?
BBC says sorry over racial slur in news report - BBC News
Director general Tony Hall apologises a day after Radio 1Xtra DJ Sideman quit over use of the slur.
www.bbc.com
Cunts
BBC News has always been establishment, but it's been particularly timid and seemingly unwilling to criticise the government of the day ever since Alistair Campbell took it to the cleaners over the 'sexed up dossier' in 2003, and it does seem to have become a lot worse in the last few years.
I cancelled my TV licence a couple of years ago. I was never a big TV watcher anyway so it was a bit of a waste of money and I'd been thinking of getting rid, but it was some particularly crap bit of reporting on some aspect of the Brexit saga (I can't remember what) that tipped me into actually doing it. I did think about making a political point of it, as someone suggested upthread, but in the end just went through the 'I don't need a TV licence any more' procedure. Tbf to TV licensing (not something I'd often say!) they've not made any difficulties about it. I've had one letter asking me to confirm I still don't need a licence, which I did, and I've heard nothing for more than a year.
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mauvais
on reddit or something
Are you familiar with this story?BBC says sorry over racial slur in news report - BBC News
Director general Tony Hall apologises a day after Radio 1Xtra DJ Sideman quit over use of the slur.
Cunts
An NHS worker got racially abused and physically attacked. The BBC reported on it and were told by the victim's family that they wanted the photos to be shown and the racist phrase to be heard. So the BBC did that.
False Equivalence is Killing the BBC – and It’s Killing Us, Too
As the national broadcaster continues to provide a platform for Coronavirus fringe science, Patrick Howse explores how its airing of opinions not evidence, and prioritisation of political – rather than health – reporters could be lethal during the COVID-19 crisis
bylinetimes.com
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Has anyone taken the survey? I was sent an email asking to rate them and their programming. I did so gladly.
The only thing I’d say is that I think that article is too kind in suggesting it’s an innocent mistake — a failed attempt to create balance. I think that TV stations intentionally go for those whose opinions create a lot of heat and secondary coverage precisely because it improves ratings. Accuracy is utterly irrelevant to this calculation. If anything, hearing the sober truth is, by comparison, boring and niche.False Equivalence is Killing the BBC – and It’s Killing Us, Too
As the national broadcaster continues to provide a platform for Coronavirus fringe science, Patrick Howse explores how its airing of opinions not evidence, and prioritisation of political – rather than health – reporters could be lethal during the COVID-19 crisis
mauvais
on reddit or something
It's too far from my wheelhouse to say with confidence but I'm not sure the BBC is all that heavily driven by programme-specific ratings in the usual way, at least not directly, compared to commercial broadcasting. The favoured measurements are different. I think you need to look elsewhere to try and explain these kind of behaviours.
At the same time, if they consistently made programmes people didn’t want to watch, I think the programme-makers would find themselves answerable to the bosses p.d.q.
mauvais
on reddit or something
Yes, definitely. But I think the org is most concerned with something a bit more holistic. Per-person hours of weekly engagement, habit forming etc, as well as value for money and whether the output as a whole caters sufficiently to all the licence fee payers. That's how we see it in discussions of what the BBC is doing. Peak numbers alone wouldn't cut it. However it's possible I'm wrong and the most impactful decision making on this stuff is closer to the show level and they're motivated by the bit they most directly own, effectively "ratings".
Me, I think that article has it about right and it's a product of normalising certain behaviours.
The BBC has Blacklisted Peter Stefanovic and his ‘Johnson Lies’ Video. Why?
It’s accurate, it sheds light on a vital question, and it has been viewed tens of millions of times – but our national broadcaster is pretending it isn’t there. Brian Cathcart wants an explanation
bylinetimes.com
You. Are. Kidding. Right.
Let me see the Leftie bias
Examples of a Biased BBC: Is the BBC biased? - Politics.co.uk
An overview of the various accusations of political bias made against the BBC, including the history of the claims, and the various different forms they take.
www.politics.co.uk
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