why the bbc is going down the pan
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Are those Massachusetts, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia?
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Beyoncé to re-record offensive Renaissance lyric
The star will remove lyrics from her new song Heated after criticism from disability campaigners.
www.bbc.co.uk
What word is that? It's deemed important enough for a story, but the article doesn't quote the word, so we're left uninformed as to the sort of word an artist might now use in a song and which might provoke a backlash causing the song to be rewritten.
the line isBeyoncé to re-record offensive Renaissance lyric
The star will remove lyrics from her new song Heated after criticism from disability campaigners.www.bbc.co.uk
What word is that? It's deemed important enough for a story, but the article doesn't quote the word, so we're left uninformed as to the sort of word an artist might now use in a song and which might provoke a backlash causing the song to be rewritten.
"Spazzin' on that ass, spaz on that ass"
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Yes, I had to go to the Daily Mail website to find that out. I don't see why the BBC couldn't report it.
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they could have taken a leaf from boris johnson and made it spaff on that ass
BristolEcho
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They always do this.Yes, I had to go to the Daily Mail website to find that out. I don't see why the BBC couldn't report it.
elbows
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Maitlis gave a keynote lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival and managed to make some rather good points.
Emily Maitlis says BBC rebuke over Dominic Cummings remarks made no sense
The BBC said the then-Newsnight host broke impartiality rules with remarks about Dominic Cummings.
www.bbc.co.uk
bellaozzydog
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Full Emily Maitlis lecture here
The BBC up to its ears in Tory spin doctors
Who knew aye!
The BBC up to its ears in Tory spin doctors
Who knew aye!
Brainaddict
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I just find this incredibly frustrating though. People have been telling the BBC to stop both-siding issues in the name of balance for DECADES. How has she - now that it is too late - just discovered that this is a bad thing the BBC does? It's infuriating.
elbows
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Well she hasnt just discovered it, shes just in a position to say something about it now that she has left.
People who go into the mainstream often think they can live with this phoney balance, that somehow they can shine through despite the nature of management, that their abilities will overcome and that they can still do some good. Only when the frustration becomes to much and the futility of the matter causes them to leave are they prepared to fully acknowledge that it was impossible all along. Some of these thought processes are very much sponsored by some of the high and mighty claims about the merits of journalism that they are taught as part of their journalistic training, and then its just a question as to whether an individual fully buys into that stuff, partly buys into it, or have no such illusions and are cynical and ruthless. eg see the classic clip of Chomsky talking to a wide-eyed Andrew Marr, or Stephen Colbert at the White House press correspondents dinner with Bush.
Those who play the game for a time are indeed part of the problem, but belatedly coming out with this stuff is still better than nothing.
The fake balance does go beyond the BBC since some of its baked into our OFCOM rules. But the BBC take it to the extreme and from the point of view of the establishment this isnt a mistake, its part of the rigged game that keeps people in their place and gives the likes of the BBC some crap cover for leaning in the direction the powers that be want. I think it was Tony Benn that used to go on about how one of the functions of the BBC was to crush the hopes of those who hoped for meaningful change in their lives, meaningful change to the balance of power etc.
People who go into the mainstream often think they can live with this phoney balance, that somehow they can shine through despite the nature of management, that their abilities will overcome and that they can still do some good. Only when the frustration becomes to much and the futility of the matter causes them to leave are they prepared to fully acknowledge that it was impossible all along. Some of these thought processes are very much sponsored by some of the high and mighty claims about the merits of journalism that they are taught as part of their journalistic training, and then its just a question as to whether an individual fully buys into that stuff, partly buys into it, or have no such illusions and are cynical and ruthless. eg see the classic clip of Chomsky talking to a wide-eyed Andrew Marr, or Stephen Colbert at the White House press correspondents dinner with Bush.
Those who play the game for a time are indeed part of the problem, but belatedly coming out with this stuff is still better than nothing.
The fake balance does go beyond the BBC since some of its baked into our OFCOM rules. But the BBC take it to the extreme and from the point of view of the establishment this isnt a mistake, its part of the rigged game that keeps people in their place and gives the likes of the BBC some crap cover for leaning in the direction the powers that be want. I think it was Tony Benn that used to go on about how one of the functions of the BBC was to crush the hopes of those who hoped for meaningful change in their lives, meaningful change to the balance of power etc.
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Perhaps if the mainstream state broadcasters version of propaganda and news is to remain relevant, is to be able to harness any advantages it still has on paper over the newer, more overt and vulgar form of propaganda shitheads in the era of 'fake news' and deeply partisan reconstructions of reality, they will have to indulge in telling it like it is a bit more.
Its always notable when the occasional exception leaks through. It takes the right person and the right format of programme, and the right battles being won behind the scenes. And in this deeply degraded BBC era examples are not so easy to come by, but where they do exist they may stick out even more in contrast. I dont watch enough BBC output to be highly confident of identifying such phenomenon in the current era, but perhaps "Ros Atkins On..." might count?
Its always notable when the occasional exception leaks through. It takes the right person and the right format of programme, and the right battles being won behind the scenes. And in this deeply degraded BBC era examples are not so easy to come by, but where they do exist they may stick out even more in contrast. I dont watch enough BBC output to be highly confident of identifying such phenomenon in the current era, but perhaps "Ros Atkins On..." might count?
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Prick..
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Wonder if you can complain atm. Or is that page frozen out of respect?
Nope, looks like it's working. They're going to get bombarded.
C4 too. Their remit says they're meant to provide an alternative to the mainstream channels, and thoroughly piss off Nadine Dorries. But there were hours on end of KGM wittering to anyone and everyone about nothing whatsoever on Thursday.
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'Footage online showed police attempting to hold back crowds as objects including bottles were thrown. A resident from Green Lane Road said what she witnessed on Saturday evening was "very intimating".'
Large-scale disorder breaks out in Leicester
Officers tried to hold back crowds amid tensions involving young men from sections of the Muslim and Hindu communities.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Just enjoyin' my coffee.
There's a thread on this already. The build up of this has been from Hindu nationalists. This has brought out the islamist loons. It's fucking grim. Over the years, Leicester has been reasonably harmonious.
Both MOTD last night and MOTD2 tonight are on ludicrously late, coming after special extended news bulletins. I presume the latter went in depth into the goings on in Ukraine and Pakistan, the cost of living crisis and that lad shot by police last week, which used up all the time.
extra dry
Happy to be here
As an Ass I am quite upset
elbows
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The BBC should probably pay a bit more attention when it updates its dull template state of Covid in the UK article. Wakey wakey BBC, hospital figures are rising so you need to replace the word down with up.
I'd also like to complain that their coronavirus section of the website doesnt seem to emphasise every single article these days, especially if its bad news. eg the latest article about ONS infection survey showing a rise is not featured prominently at the top of the page, but an older one where the ONS data was still showing a fall is still featured. Scrolling down to their timeline of updates on the page does show that latest article, but its not exactly prominent.
I'd also like to complain that their coronavirus section of the website doesnt seem to emphasise every single article these days, especially if its bad news. eg the latest article about ONS infection survey showing a rise is not featured prominently at the top of the page, but an older one where the ONS data was still showing a fall is still featured. Scrolling down to their timeline of updates on the page does show that latest article, but its not exactly prominent.
Covid inquiry: The UK pandemic in numbers
Explore the data on how the coronavirus pandemic unfolded in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
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I love that long silence.
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Apparently you can get DNA from people if you're next to them when they snore:
"Around 1-4% of modern human DNA comes from our ancestors sleeping with Neanderthals and this inheritance affects our ability to respond to diseases including Covid. "
It's not Newsround or an entertainment article but a science one:
"Around 1-4% of modern human DNA comes from our ancestors sleeping with Neanderthals and this inheritance affects our ability to respond to diseases including Covid. "
It's not Newsround or an entertainment article but a science one:
Black Death 700 years ago affects your health now
Mutations that saved lives from the plague are causing auto-immune diseases today.
www.bbc.co.uk
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