Political bias at BBC - something has to be done surely

[sas62]

Heres another one embedded in the same article.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44207677

"Carney: Brexit has cost households £900"

Read the story and what it actually says is "Two year ago we forecast household income would be X in 2 year. It is actually X - £900. Therefore Brexit has cost each household £900."

I would interpret it as "Two year ago we forecast household income would be X in 2 year. It is actually X - £900. Our estimate as, as usual, way out"

[gadgetmac]

mko9 said:

gadgetmac said:

"broadly left wing"

"rabid right wing"

Gadgetmc must work for the BBC. You can tell by how unbiased he is on the subject.

Just adding back some balance to all the “lefty” barbs. Although the whole premise of the thread is anti left.

[GetCarter]

Kinda' sums it up. Nobody agrees whether it is right wing or left wing bias:

[nikaiyo2]

Their coverage of Jezzfest was quite interesting on the The World This Weekend, mentioning Eddie Izzards speech, as if it was made to a packed crowd, no mention was made of there being about 8 people there.

[Johnnytheboy]

nikaiyo2 said:

Their coverage of Jezzfest was quite interesting on the The World This Weekend, mentioning Eddie Izzards speech, as if it was made to a packed crowd, no mention was made of there being about 8 people there.

Hmmm. Maybe the BBC didn't send quite their usual massive posse of presenters that they send to Glastonbury.

Maybe that's why it was half empty?

[lyonspride]

GetCarter said:

Kinda' sums it up. Nobody agrees whether it is right wing or left wing bias:

And apparently the NHS is great, so say the results of the "GP patient survey", where they "randomly" send out surveys to people who've not had any contact with the NHS for a VERY long time.


First of all, it's evident from the "have your say" section on the BBC news website, that most people simply trust the BBC without question and never stop to ask objective questions or research the information elsewhere.......

It's like these idiots that share BS posts on social media, like the f**king dog that saved 1000 people from the burning trade centre buildings, utter nonsense, but nobody stops to fact check before reposting it.

Even the BBCs own .com website has a different political bias, except you can't access it very easily in the UK with the site redirecting you back to the UK (.co.uk) website.

[Randy Winkman]

lyonspride said:

First of all, it's evident from the "have your say" section on the BBC news website, that most people simply trust the BBC without question and never stop to ask objective questions or research the information elsewhere.......

I'd say in contrast that "most people" aren't that bothered if there's a bit of bias one way or another, see plenty of other things to give them a selection of views and don't post anything on "have your say".

[PRTVR]

Randy Winkman said:

lyonspride said:

First of all, it's evident from the "have your say" section on the BBC news website, that most people simply trust the BBC without question and never stop to ask objective questions or research the information elsewhere.......

I'd say in contrast that "most people" aren't that bothered if there's a bit of bias one way or another, see plenty of other things to give them a selection of views and don't post anything on "have your say".

If that was the case comments on all articles would be open, but what we see is if they have found comments not to there liking, no comments are available, the message has not to be polluted with alternative views.

[lyonspride]

PRTVR said:

Randy Winkman said:

lyonspride said:

First of all, it's evident from the "have your say" section on the BBC news website, that most people simply trust the BBC without question and never stop to ask objective questions or research the information elsewhere.......

I'd say in contrast that "most people" aren't that bothered if there's a bit of bias one way or another, see plenty of other things to give them a selection of views and don't post anything on "have your say".

If that was the case comments on all articles would be open, but what we see is if they have found comments not to there liking, no comments are available, the message has not to be polluted with alternative views.

That does annoy me something special, when they're wrong and they know it, when they know they're misleading the public, or when the article is about sensitive subjects (a certain religion) they don't allow comments.

[anonymous-user]

lyonspride said:

That does annoy me something special, when they're wrong and they know it, when they know they're misleading the public, or when the article is about sensitive subjects (a certain religion) they don't allow comments.

That’s just crazy.

You go onto a news website you think is biased. Read the articles to get yourself annoyed and confirm your own biases and then you get more annoyed you can’t comment on it.

Just think about what you’re doing, it’s completely unbalanced behaviour.

[Camoradi]

El stovey said:

That’s just crazy.

You go onto a news website you think is biased. Read the articles to get yourself annoyed and confirm your own biases and then you get more annoyed you can’t comment on it.

Just think about what you’re doing, it’s completely unbalanced behaviour.

as is paying for it, but we do not have the choice in that matter

[lyonspride]

El stovey said:

lyonspride said:

That does annoy me something special, when they're wrong and they know it, when they know they're misleading the public, or when the article is about sensitive subjects (a certain religion) they don't allow comments.

That’s just crazy.

You go onto a news website you think is biased. Read the articles to get yourself annoyed and confirm your own biases and then you get more annoyed you can’t comment on it.

Just think about what you’re doing, it’s completely unbalanced behaviour.

I go on many news websites, first port of call is the BBC, I take a story of interest and then I set out across the internet with some fact checking. I simply don't believe what they say without checking elsewhere first, there's nothing at all wrong with that. What I get annoyed about is when they skew the truth in favour of their own political agenda AND the fact they make it impossible for anyone to counter their in-factual propaganda stories. If they were neutral, they would welcome factual debate and even debunking of their stories, but they do not.

[Halb]

Camoradi said:

as is paying for it, but we do not have the choice in that matter

you have no choice to pay the TV licence?

[tangerine_sedge]

lyonspride said:

El stovey said:

lyonspride said:

That does annoy me something special, when they're wrong and they know it, when they know they're misleading the public, or when the article is about sensitive subjects (a certain religion) they don't allow comments.

That’s just crazy.

You go onto a news website you think is biased. Read the articles to get yourself annoyed and confirm your own biases and then you get more annoyed you can’t comment on it.

Just think about what you’re doing, it’s completely unbalanced behaviour.

I go on many news websites, first port of call is the BBC, I take a story of interest and then I set out across the internet with some fact checking. I simply don't believe what they say without checking elsewhere first, there's nothing at all wrong with that. What I get annoyed about is when they skew the truth in favour of their own political agenda AND the fact they make it impossible for anyone to counter their in-factual propaganda stories. If they were neutral, they would welcome factual debate and even debunking of their stories, but they do not.

No, they close comments on some stories because they know it'll bring out the nutters. Thats why you're posting here and not on the bbc website (speakyourbrains!!)

[anonymous-user]

tangerine_sedge said:

lyonspride said:

El stovey said:

lyonspride said:

That does annoy me something special, when they're wrong and they know it, when they know they're misleading the public, or when the article is about sensitive subjects (a certain religion) they don't allow comments.

That’s just crazy.

You go onto a news website you think is biased. Read the articles to get yourself annoyed and confirm your own biases and then you get more annoyed you can’t comment on it.

Just think about what you’re doing, it’s completely unbalanced behaviour.

I go on many news websites, first port of call is the BBC, I take a story of interest and then I set out across the internet with some fact checking. I simply don't believe what they say without checking elsewhere first, there's nothing at all wrong with that. What I get annoyed about is when they skew the truth in favour of their own political agenda AND the fact they make it impossible for anyone to counter their in-factual propaganda stories. If they were neutral, they would welcome factual debate and even debunking of their stories, but they do not.

No, they close comments on some stories because they know it'll bring out the nutters. Thats why you're posting here and not on the bbc website (speakyourbrains!!)

But they pay a licence fee!

It’s their right to watch and read stuff they don’t like and complain that the BBC don’t want to be associated with their ranting nuttery.

[Randy Winkman]

PRTVR said:

Randy Winkman said:

lyonspride said:

First of all, it's evident from the "have your say" section on the BBC news website, that most people simply trust the BBC without question and never stop to ask objective questions or research the information elsewhere.......

I'd say in contrast that "most people" aren't that bothered if there's a bit of bias one way or another, see plenty of other things to give them a selection of views and don't post anything on "have your say".

If that was the case comments on all articles would be open, but what we see is if they have found comments not to there liking, no comments are available, the message has not to be polluted with alternative views.

Fair enough. All I mean is that "Most people" have no intention of posting comments and don't even bother to read them. They might well think that the BBC has a bit of bias but think it's just a better way of getting a quick update on the news, weather and sport and certainly a better bet than anywhere else.

[jjlynn27]

PRTVR said:

If that was the case comments on all articles would be open, but what we see is if they have found comments not to there liking, no comments are available, the message has not to be polluted with alternative views.

Must be hard feeling constantly oppressed.

'their'.

[dromong]

jjlynn27 said:

PRTVR said:

If that was the case comments on all articles would be open, but what we see is if they have found comments not to there liking, no comments are available, the message has not to be polluted with alternative views.

Must be hard feeling constantly oppressed.

'their'.

Must be even harder having such an empty life that you sit on PH all day posting doltish remarks and checking for spelling
mistakes.

[jjlynn27]

dro said:

jjlynn27 said:

PRTVR said:

If that was the case comments on all articles would be open, but what we see is if they have found comments not to there liking, no comments are available, the message has not to be polluted with alternative views.

Must be hard feeling constantly oppressed.

'their'.

Must be even harder having such an empty life that you sit on PH all day posting doltish remarks and checking for spelling
mistakes.

Spelling? Using 'there' instead of 'their' is a 'spelling mistake'?

Your forum name describes you well.

[PRTVR]

jjlynn27 said:

PRTVR said:

If that was the case comments on all articles would be open, but what we see is if they have found comments not to there liking, no comments are available, the message has not to be polluted with alternative views.

Must be hard feeling constantly oppressed.

'their'.

Not at all just due to the unique way the BBC is funded I am allowed to have an opinion,

even if I never watched any BBC programs and God forbid only watched coronation Street, I would still have to pay the BBC,
so as a customer my view is equal to any other customer, but it has chosen to ignore a lot of its customers because it knows they cannot change supplier, no need to accept different viewpoints,
the present path of the BBC will eventually lead to it demise in its present form, sad really considering what it once was.