What's with the BBC?
Discussion
NRS said:
Generally I think the BBC is ok-ish - both lefties and righties complain about it, so it can't be too biased one way or the other generally. However one of the stories today is complete and utter b
ks.
"UK shares and pound continue to fall" as main page headline.
"Sterling was trading at $1.3460, down 1.8%, although this was above the low of $1.3228 hit on Friday."
So it didn't really continue to fall when you conside there was a rise, and it is still above the previous bottom. Same with the stock market.
Not to mention the subheading is "UK shares remain volititle in the wake of the Brexit vote, while the pound falls further against the dollar after Friday's record one-day loss."
No, it does not fall further than the record loss... It gains from the loss.
What idiot wrote that crap?!
The BBC have been constantly talking Britain down.ks."UK shares and pound continue to fall" as main page headline.
"Sterling was trading at $1.3460, down 1.8%, although this was above the low of $1.3228 hit on Friday."
So it didn't really continue to fall when you conside there was a rise, and it is still above the previous bottom. Same with the stock market.
Not to mention the subheading is "UK shares remain volititle in the wake of the Brexit vote, while the pound falls further against the dollar after Friday's record one-day loss."
No, it does not fall further than the record loss... It gains from the loss.
What idiot wrote that crap?!
Two weeks ago they reported sharp falls in the pound two days running. This was apparently caused by polls showing a rise in Leave support. On both days, the Pound fell in the morning, but rose by a greater amount in the afternoon. They, shamelessly, carried on reporting the falls.
Johnnytheboy said:
On Friday I thought at one point Radio 4 was going to suspend normal programming entirely, and just play sombre music.
They did - Coldplay at Glasto last night.And shoe-horning in a headline about Glasto onto the 08:00 radio news so we could hear the front man announce the decline of a nation...followed by an interview with a very dull woman who wanted to recant her 'leave' vote (WTF was all that about?).
At least Corbyn is getting into the headlines again through continued competency in all tasks.
Sylvaforever said:
So what is your view of the last four days political coverage Eric?
And they are still at it, divisive, divisive, divisive, using tweets as points of discussion terrible journalism.
"BREAKINGNEWS" Britian votes leave as the constant banner, vitriolic attacks on the democratic will of the people this REALLY needs looking into from the highest authority.
More or less the same for all the TV and radio media outlets, to be honest. My favourite has been Channel 4 as being a bit less hysterical and a bit more perceptive.And they are still at it, divisive, divisive, divisive, using tweets as points of discussion terrible journalism.
"BREAKINGNEWS" Britian votes leave as the constant banner, vitriolic attacks on the democratic will of the people this REALLY needs looking into from the highest authority.
Edited by Sylvaforever on Monday 27th June 10:27
The reason the news is negative is because the leave result has been pretty catastrophic for the UK. You don't see them saying things positive after a disaster. Which is what this is until we get a clear answer on what happens next. Denial won't help anyone.
Edited by jamiem555 on Monday 27th June 12:53
Sylvaforever said:
Denial won't help anyone.
Didn't think that one through did you.
Denying that this result has been bad and asking for positive reporting when there is very little positive to report. Did the majority know what they were actually voting for? I don't think so. I think the BBC are asking fair questions as are the other news channels. We all want to know, what next? Didn't think that one through did you.
jamiem555 said:
The reason the news is negative is because the leave result has been pretty catastrophic for the UK. You don't see them saying things positive after a disaster. Which is what this is until we get a clear answer on what happens next. Denial won't help anyone.
But they are inaccurate - they keep mentioning a fall of say 8% not mentioning it bounced back so by the time of the later news the fall was actually approx 3%Nothing has actually happened yet - we'll know in 2-5yrs whether it was the right decision or not.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/42775348-3c2c-11e6-8716-...
Ok, I know this isn't the BBC, but where is the positive outlook here? What I'm seeing on BBC News 24 is the ticker tape showing a very similar thing. When will it recover? Nobody can accurately say, so it doesn't get reported as it's not fact. The fact is, the stock market is going down as is the pound. That can't be denied.
Ok, I know this isn't the BBC, but where is the positive outlook here? What I'm seeing on BBC News 24 is the ticker tape showing a very similar thing. When will it recover? Nobody can accurately say, so it doesn't get reported as it's not fact. The fact is, the stock market is going down as is the pound. That can't be denied.
Edited by jamiem555 on Monday 27th June 13:24
Username888 said:
Nick Abbott on LBC, quite seriously stated that "the older you get, the more racist you become".
I could not believe a professional commentator could say this, or be allowed to. Of course I have complained.
Tends to be true, though. Most of the soft racist stuff comes from the 60+ group.I could not believe a professional commentator could say this, or be allowed to. Of course I have complained.
jamiem555 said:
The reason the news is negative is because the leave result has been pretty catastrophic for the UK. You don't see them saying things positive after a disaster. Which is what this is until we get a clear answer on what happens next. Denial won't help anyone.
That's just not true, The BBC are distorting the impact of the vote, we watched the BBC news on Saturday evening and commented on how the reporting proportions by time were 90% negative and 10% positive, it was like they were talking it down and anything good just got a mention.Edited by jamiem555 on Monday 27th June 12:53
it was blatant bias
jamiem555 said:
Sylvaforever said:
Denial won't help anyone.
Didn't think that one through did you.
Denying that this result has been bad and asking for positive reporting when there is very little positive to report. Did the majority know what they were actually voting for? I don't think so. I think the BBC are asking fair questions as are the other news channels. We all want to know, what next? Didn't think that one through did you.
Here we go again.
Puggit said:
Sky News have been no better than BBC (before or after) - but at least they don't need to pretend to be neutral. Also ends the myth that Murdoch was instrumental in Brexit. The Times and Sky News both fighting for Remain.
Sky news was very much the only news outlet that was pushing exit.Mudoch was pushing exit as well. The Sun verged on farcical at times. And talking of the Times, it came out lukewarmly for remain on the Saturday before the vote. Even then the comments were wishy-washy. Most of those who read the Times would have already made up their minds which way to vote by then, as would most others as well. It was just a Mudoch ploy to hedge his bets. He was camped out in the Times for the week before, so the much vaunted Times editorial independence might be less believable now.
Holmes does not even attempt to hide his prejudices.
I have a new game to play when watching TV....
A. 100 points every time they interview a person who believed what was stated by the leave campaign
B. 200 points every time they find a person who utters the words "take back my country" and then says "the immigrants have taken our jobs" when what they mean is "benefits"
C. 300 points for finding a neo nazi who says "send them home"
D, 400 points for every commentator who says "historic event" when mentioning brexit at the start of a piece
and
E. 1,000,000 points if A, B C, and D are preceded by E.
The game had a couple of flaws - I ran out of fingers to count because I set the scoring to high and I've exceeded already the number of votes cast in the referendum for leave or remain in just three days. I need to find a new game :-(
A. 100 points every time they interview a person who believed what was stated by the leave campaign
B. 200 points every time they find a person who utters the words "take back my country" and then says "the immigrants have taken our jobs" when what they mean is "benefits"
C. 300 points for finding a neo nazi who says "send them home"
D, 400 points for every commentator who says "historic event" when mentioning brexit at the start of a piece
and
E. 1,000,000 points if A, B C, and D are preceded by E.
The game had a couple of flaws - I ran out of fingers to count because I set the scoring to high and I've exceeded already the number of votes cast in the referendum for leave or remain in just three days. I need to find a new game :-(
Eric Mc said:
brrapp said:
I don't want to start another Brexit thread,
The volume of Brexit threads is only matched by the volume of BBC threads.I see the mods have finally clamped down on any new Brexit themed threads. Maybe it's time they did something similar with BBC themed threads.
Pity our mods can't clamp down on the BBC!!
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