What's with the BBC?
Discussion
If you think there's bias in their news reporting you can report it here as well as pass a comment about their coverage.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qjrk2
Generally it's on on a Saturday morning at 7:50.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qjrk2
Generally it's on on a Saturday morning at 7:50.
V8RX7 said:
I've noticed a huge bias in BBC reporting on many subjects for quite some time.
I use
http://uk.reuters.com/
To get a better idea of what's going on.
Reuters are saying Brexit is a disaster, as are the BBC. Where is the bias?I use
http://uk.reuters.com/
To get a better idea of what's going on.
TBH I thought Channel 4 news were going to announce Armageddon last night - they might as well have played clips of independence day in the background it was so apocalyptic!
What's the best way of combating uncertainty again? Not continual fear, gloom, doubt and stirring from the media!
What's the best way of combating uncertainty again? Not continual fear, gloom, doubt and stirring from the media!
Puggit said:
Sky News have been no better than BBC (before or after)
No better at pretending Brexit isn't disaster?I called Brexiteers deluded conspiracy theorists somewhere else on PH, threads like these do nothing to change that view.
Everything's great. People saying it isn't are liars.
MarshPhantom said:
Puggit said:
Sky News have been no better than BBC (before or after)
No better at pretending Brexit isn't disaster?I called Brexiteers deluded conspiracy theorists somewhere else on PH, threads like these do nothing to change that view.
Everything's great. People saying it isn't are liars.
MarshPhantom said:
Reuters are saying Brexit is a disaster, as are the BBC. Where is the bias?
It is a state funded public service broadcaster,it should be giving a balanced view, if anything talking it up, putting a positive spin on things, not gloating on all of the negative aspects of the current situation it can drag out.I don't see any bias in the BBC.
Unfortunately, it is simply the case that the news IS that bad. Our economy is tanking and we are spiralling into a nasty recession.
In fact, I think there lack of bias is a problem.
Yesterday, our major banks and housebuilders were hit with the 'dead cat bounce'. Their value fell below the lowest level we saw on Friday. For example, RBS has reduced in value as a business by 30% since Friday. This is massive, imagine if this happened to your house or the business you work for?
Yet the BBC reported Boris Johnsons suggestion that the markets looked fine without question.
The FTSE as a whole has not dropped below it's 52 week low. Which sort of justifies his point, but it is not difficult to look at the detail and see that business with exposure to Brexit issues are suffering.
Jobs are going to be lost here, which is particularly sad as housebuilding and banking were hit massively in 2008.
We are in the worlds first DIY recession, there is no good news.
Unfortunately, it is simply the case that the news IS that bad. Our economy is tanking and we are spiralling into a nasty recession.
In fact, I think there lack of bias is a problem.
Yesterday, our major banks and housebuilders were hit with the 'dead cat bounce'. Their value fell below the lowest level we saw on Friday. For example, RBS has reduced in value as a business by 30% since Friday. This is massive, imagine if this happened to your house or the business you work for?
Yet the BBC reported Boris Johnsons suggestion that the markets looked fine without question.
The FTSE as a whole has not dropped below it's 52 week low. Which sort of justifies his point, but it is not difficult to look at the detail and see that business with exposure to Brexit issues are suffering.
Jobs are going to be lost here, which is particularly sad as housebuilding and banking were hit massively in 2008.
We are in the worlds first DIY recession, there is no good news.
powerstroke said:
MarshPhantom said:
Puggit said:
Sky News have been no better than BBC (before or after)
No better at pretending Brexit isn't disaster?I called Brexiteers deluded conspiracy theorists somewhere else on PH, threads like these do nothing to change that view.
Everything's great. People saying it isn't are liars.
brrapp said:
I don't want to start another Brexit thread, it's over and done with and we need to move on but it seems that the BBC won't let go. They've thrown out any pretence of neutrality that they might have had before the vote and seem determined to stir things up and push people into fighting the results. I understand that any journalist needs to look for a story in every situation but in my opinion, they're actually looking to exaggerate every negative story and are happy to drag out and give credence to the bitter and twisted losers to keep the arguments going . I think it's astonishing that 3 days after the nation made one of the most monumentous decisions for change in a generation, our national TV station has not produced one single positive comment, but seems determined to play up the negatives.
To be fair, there are quite a few negative stories to report at the moment... - No effective UK Prime Minister in place
- No shadow cabinet in place
- Silence from the Brexiters on "the plan"
- Rowing back on the "£350m for the NHS promises"
- Pound dropping to levels not seen for 30 years
- FTSE250 lost significant chunk of value since the vote
- Collapse in the share price of companies focused in the UK property market and UK Banking
- Loss of the UK Triple A rating
- Forecast recession for 2017
t propaganda from the Leave campaign?I've said on a previous thread, we all have to accept the result and move on. But that doesn't mean the media should stop reporting on what is actually happening.
Adrian W said:
MarshPhantom said:
Reuters are saying Brexit is a disaster, as are the BBC. Where is the bias?
It is a state funded public service broadcaster,it should be giving a balanced view, if anything talking it up, putting a positive spin on things, not gloating on all of the negative aspects of the current situation it can drag out.
The only place I've read any positivity about Brexit is on this forum. Look outside the BBC, nobody is being positive about Brexit.
powerstroke said:
MarshPhantom said:
Puggit said:
Sky News have been no better than BBC (before or after)
No better at pretending Brexit isn't disaster?I called Brexiteers deluded conspiracy theorists somewhere else on PH, threads like these do nothing to change that view.
Everything's great. People saying it isn't are liars.
Mike_Mac said:
TBH I thought Channel 4 news were going to announce Armageddon last night - they might as well have played clips of independence day in the background it was so apocalyptic!
In the interests of balance, I have to agree that I thought Jon Snow was absolutely lapping up the bad news and was trying to squeeze every last drop of negativity from the situation.We need some clarity urgently from the Brexiter's on "the plan" so we start to get a view on what the green and sunny uplands look like.
grumbledoak said:
+1. The only surprise here has been Sky/Murdoch campaigning for Remain.
There was not Sky/Murdoch campaign for remain. Sky News is so pro exit that it was funny just to watch. And as for Murdoch, the Sun was running with exit and the Times only came out in favour of remain at the last moment, after everyone had made up their mind. The only interpretation of this that I can see is that he was hedging his bets. The Times was a mouthpiece for exit. Even the remain editorial, so late as to be a waste of space, was mild and woolly. According to the Eye Murdoch was camped out in the Times office the week before. That's the paper that has total editorial freedom. They say.
Murdoch wants us out. His media empire will now not be under threat from the EU. His pernicious media empire will be allowed free rein.
There is no fourth estate. Murdoch's Sky News was biased towards exit.
Murdoch sees the BBC as his biggest threat, and quite rightly. It is independent but obliged to be fair to all sides. The BBC is seen as biased because it has been the main target of both the Blair government and the Cameron one. They have to attack it because otherwise Murdoch will take his support elsewhere.
Blair is mates with Murdoch whilst he was in government. Once he was gone, Murdoch dumped him. Cameron is, now was, mates with Murdoch, even entertaining his underlings at Xmas.
Murdoch has got what he wanted all right. An exit. In chaos the carpet baggers thrive.
The Don of Croy said:
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?).
I heard that; the OH and I were driving back home from the Portsmouth ferry* and they had two women on. The woman who'd changed her mind sounded (as I said to Mrs DS) like she was off her face on mogodon or something. In comparison the defiant leave voter woman was very switched on, lucid and knew what she was talking about. She ought to be a government spokesperson.I wanted to punch the "right-on" Coldplay cretin in the teeth.
MarshPhantom said:
powerstroke said:
MarshPhantom said:
Puggit said:
Sky News have been no better than BBC (before or after)
No better at pretending Brexit isn't disaster?I called Brexiteers deluded conspiracy theorists somewhere else on PH, threads like these do nothing to change that view.
Everything's great. People saying it isn't are liars.
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