BBC News Speak....

[cazzer]

Listening to BBC Breakfast this morning and every "news" article began with...

"The BBC has learned..."
"Breakfast news has learned..."
"The BBC understands that...."

What does that mean? Is it an arse covering excercise for talking bks?

"The BBC understands that 1000 jobs are to go at..."
equals
Some bloke we pressganged on the way out of the back door said there might be some job losses?

What? How does this work?

[Man-At-Arms]

cazzer said:

"The BBC has learned..."

isn't that a contradiction in terms, the BBC learning something ?

[hornetrider]

It means its from a reliable source, but being released through the back door prior to any official announcement.

'The BBC understands' means whatever they are talking about is a done deal.

[Raify]

Isn't it a euphemism for "The BBC has read on the Reuters news network that..." ?

[550Hep]

Raify said:

Isn't it a euphemism for "The BBC has read on the Reuters news network that..." ?

Mostly, yes!

Edited by 550Hep on Tuesday 7th September 13:53

[Morningside]

550Hep said:

Raify said:

Isn't it a euphemism for "The BBC has read on the Reuters been watching Sky news network that..." ?

Mostly, yes!

EFA

Edited by Morningside on Tuesday 7th September 14:27

[Cupramax]

Also noticed recently that lies have become "untrue".

[Balmoral Green]

cazzer said:

"The BBC has learned..."
"Breakfast news has learned..."
"The BBC understands that...."

I bloody well hate this too, they go on and on in the same way.

"It has been revealed that..."
"It has emerged that..."

But why the hell are you watching BBC 'Breakfast' 'Lies' in the first place? It's the biggest pack of Orwellian spun duplicity on the whole of TV. I don't even believe/trust them when they give an update on the time.

Edited by Balmoral Green on Tuesday 7th September 15:20

[Truckosaurus]

"one half of one percent" annoys me for some reason.

This "the BBC understands" is little more than rumour mongering.

[AndrewW-G]

No doubt the BBC will at some point start re-writing the dictionary, to ensure that any superfluous words that may upset the general public, are removed from the popular vocabulary . . . . . . . . which as I’m sure we all agree, would be double plus good and will make me even happier to pay the TV licence fee


Any news on next years choc rations or whats happening on the malabar front?

[550Hep]

Morningside said:

550Hep said:

Raify said:

Isn't it a euphemism for "The BBC has read on the Reuters been watching Sky news network that..." ?

Mostly, yes!

EFA

Edited by Morningside on Tuesday 7th September 14:27

I am pretty sure that Reuters is more accurate, faster and better quality than the Beeb or Sky could ever hope to be and has the added bonus of not having the blatant spin of either!

Edited by 550Hep on Tuesday 7th September 15:49

[Andy Zarse]

AndrewW-G said:

No doubt the BBC will at some point start re-writing the dictionary, to ensure that any superfluous words that may upset the general public, are removed from the popular vocabulary . . . . . . . .

When will they do this? At the "top of the hour" I assume?

[cazzer]

Balmoral Green said:

But why the hell are you watching BBC 'Breakfast' 'Lies' in the first place? It's the biggest pack of Orwellian spun duplicity on the whole of TV. I don't even believe/trust them when they give an update on the time.

Because my Mrs puts it on the tv in the bedroom in a morning to wake me up.
Because she knows that within 5 minutes I'll be ranting at it.

[mattviatura]

cazzer said:

Because my Mrs puts it on the tv in the bedroom in a morning to wake me up.
Because she knows that within 5 minutes I'll be ranting at it.

Five minutes? As soon as I see hear Sian Williams incessant inappropriate laugh I'm in a foul mood.

[motco]

"The BBC has learned..." also suggests a degree of exclusivity. By implication nobody else knows this...