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Couldn't help noticing how the BBC ran (not) the tragic story of the murder of a baby of one of their own worker's in Gaza. It was included discretely as just a line in a wider article whereas in Barcelona the free papar called 20 minuts ran it on the front cover.
 
Anudder Oik said:
Couldn't help noticing how the BBC ran (not) the tragic story of the murder of a baby of one of their own worker's in Gaza. It was included discretely as just a line in a wider article whereas in Barcelona the free papar called 20 minuts ran it on the front cover.
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You missed the bit where they said strikes killed militants -they later edited to militants and children. For real. It was even worse than the sidelining of it.
 
It said that he had controversial views on immigration and Europe. Declining to speak ill of the dead isn't unique to the BBC.
 
Boris -lovable buffoon/evil tory cunt- Johnson on Radio 4's Loose Ends yesterday and Eric fucking Pickles on Dessert Island Discs today...
 
I say they're shit for this article about unused medicines in Scotland:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20846190

In particular for this lovely section from the health spokesman Jim Hume(libdem), subtly making a dig that people on medicines long-term are sponging off the taxpayer :

Lib Dem health spokesman, Jim Hume, said these costs did not take into account the value of the medicines being wasted, or the cost of prescribing them in the first place. He said many people were also throwing out unused prescriptions rather than returning them to the pharmacy.
Mr Hume added: "NHS staff need to regularly review the medicines that a patient is on. This is a proactive measure which could cut costs and improve health by ensuring patients are receiving appropriate treatment.
"Patients can do their part by ensuring that they don't take out repeat prescriptions and then not use them.
"This means visiting your GP if you're unsure about the need for your repeat prescription. With taxpayers footing the bill, we should do what we can to reduce it."
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Sod off Jim Hume. Medicines keep people alive - prescriptions aren't sponging off the taxpayer. MPs and MSPs on the other hand...
 
equationgirl said:
No, no, the headline is LOTS of shoppers go, um, shopping. Lots of them. Shedloads.
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I think the tone of the piece should have been more reflective of the hardship we all faced when we were unable to buy stupid shit for over 24 hours thanks to the deranged followers of a dead hippie terrorist from two thousand years ago and the strength of character we showed by leaping straight in the car and heading down to our local retail parks to spew forth money like a hanged man voids his bowels at the first chance we got.

You know, a feel good story about how much of a hurry we're all in to stock up on stuff to backfill our graves with.
 
Today's contribution from the BBC - for the following reasons:
  1. It's a non-news article reporting the glaringly obvious low levels of literacy & numeracy in prison inmates
  2. It's pro-conservative
  3. It's pro-workfare, dressed up as doing the inmates a favour
  4. Prisoners are painted as good-for-nothing wastrels draining the taxpayer coffers dry with their idleness
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20852685
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said: "These findings show just how acute the problem is with prisoners lacking basic skills in maths and English.
"That severely hampers their chances of securing employment when they are released, not to mention the fact they also have a jail term under their belt.
"This is why we need to introduce full-time work and training for prisoners as soon as possible."

Ms Davidson added: "They are gaining nothing from stewing in their cells and watching TV all day when they could be making a positive contribution."
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The Scottish Prison service has maintained that due to changes in the measurement methods used to determine literacy & numeracy levels, these figures cannot be compared on a like-for-like basis with previous estimates (which put literacy levels at around 50%).
 
Excellent piece from the Beeb's man in Delhi on the horrific Delhi gang-rape, which sadly now also encompasses murder:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20765364

I have just returned from Mumbai following a short trip for a friend's wedding. This story was the only topic in town, page after page of every newspaper devoted to it. Good to see that it registers over here and tremendous reporting to boot.
 
Diamond said:
Excellent piece from the Beeb's man in Delhi on the horrific Delhi gang-rape, which sadly now also encompasses murder:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20765364

I have just returned from Mumbai following a short trip for a friend's wedding. This story was the only topic in town, page after page of every newspaper devoted to it. Good to see that it registers over here and tremendous reporting to boot.
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It's nice to know they can still do good reporting, I just wish they'd do more of it.
 
And the BBC decides to be a government propaganda machine (obviously the new year resolution there) by printing Iain Duncan Smith vitriol on the Universal Credit System:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20873180

BBC reporter: if fraud and error under Labour really cost £10bn, why is this government only seeking to reclaim £300m, around 3%? Did you not think to check this? What about the other 97%, if that's being written off or can't be reclaimed, why?
 
I find it fascinating that no matter where in the world I go people everywhere think it's the press's job to report the news in such a way as to reinforce their politics.

People, learn that unless you are seriously introspective and self-critical, your politics is pretty much controlled by your genes and your background. People need to get in the habit of reading press reports they don't like just as much as possible, and avoid finding excuses for dismissing them. True, reporters are also biased, but the damn truth is there are usually a dozen "right" views on every issue. Perspective, perspective, perspective
 
There is a slice of truth in that but the way you've described it is a crock of shit in several places. A dozen right views on every issue my hairy arse. Dozens of factors maybe, but thats not the same thing. And personally as I've aged I have gained more perspective, and a boatload of accompanying waffle, but that doesnt automatically prevent a very specific stance from forming in my mind, especially when I read unfiltered, unchallenged government horseshit that lacks perspective via the BBC.
 
elbows said:
There is a slice of truth in that but the way you've described it is a crock of shit in several places. A dozen right views on every issue my hairy arse. Dozens of factors maybe, but thats not the same thing. And personally as I've aged I have gained more perspective, and a boatload of accompanying waffle, but that doesnt automatically prevent a very specific stance from forming in my mind, especially when I read unfiltered, unchallenged government horseshit that lacks perspective via the BBC.
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I guess I'm just full of it.
 
elbows said:
What are the 11 other right answers to that question?
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I dare say most issues have at least a dozen perspectives from which one can look at them. In fact, most issues have as many perspectives as there are people looking, so I don't plead hyperbole.

That has always been something of a mystery to me -- why is it that most people are either "left" or "right" fairly consistently on a broad range of issues. This happens all around the world. There are obviously personality traits that lead to this sort of consistent leaning.

Of course how one stands is most often determined by one's interest in the matter. It always amazes me how everyone always manages to find their group in the right and the other group in the wrong, or the tax they must pay unfair but the tax someone else has to pay completely fair.
 
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