StellarHibee Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Boo Khaki said: The entire 'sports' subsection has vanished from the BBC News Scotland web page. National, English, Welsh, and even Alba pages still have theirs, but absolutely nothing on the Scotland page. It's there. Just as pish as ever - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/scotland 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Twelve Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 3 hours ago, Boo Khaki said: The entire 'sports' subsection has vanished from the BBC News Scotland web page. National, English, Welsh, and even Alba pages still have theirs, but absolutely nothing on the Scotland page. They probably had to take it down temporarily becasuse it couldn't handle the strain of the sheer number of Rangers transfer rumours. An independent Scotland's internet wouldn't have the bandwidth to handle all the Rangers transfer rumours, one more reason why we're better together, or something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 1 hour ago, StellarHibee said: It's there. Just as pish as ever - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/scotland I was meaning the Sports subsection of the /Scotland news page. It's back now, but it was completely absent for nearly 24 hours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 This is annoying. Essentially a puff piece for Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei (roughly an Argentine Bolsonaro) and his flagship policy of dollarisation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-66507826 We might think it doesn't matter because UK readers of BBC can't vote in Argentine elections. The thing is, though, the BBC News site is popular among English speakers in Argentina (as it is in much of the world). There's also that BBC is a respected institution and this type of article can be claimed as an endorsement by Milei sympathisers. There's also just flat out disinformation in it which can also be used to bolster Milei's arguments: Quote In the two decades since that crisis, Argentina has basically muddled through under left-wing protectionist governments. Eh? Mauricio Macri, a right wing neoliberal, ushered in the current problems during his 2015-2019 presidency. That's not just my biased take, its accepted across the political spectrum what a mess of things he made. An Argentine Liz Truss. It was under him that Argentina were given the largest IMF loan in history. He was so shit even the neoliberals criticised him: "By the end of Macri's term GDP had shrunk by 3.4%, inflation totaled 240%, and poverty increased" - Brookings Institute. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted August 16, 2023 Share Posted August 16, 2023 2 hours ago, FreedomFarter said: This is annoying. Essentially a puff piece for Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei (roughly an Argentine Bolsonaro) and his flagship policy of dollarisation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-66507826 We might think it doesn't matter because UK readers of BBC can't vote in Argentine elections. The thing is, though, the BBC News site is popular among English speakers in Argentina (as it is in much of the world). There's also that BBC is a respected institution and this type of article can be claimed as an endorsement by Milei sympathisers. There's also just flat out disinformation in it which can also be used to bolster Milei's arguments: Eh? Mauricio Macri, a right wing neoliberal, ushered in the current problems during his 2015-2019 presidency. That's not just my biased take, its accepted across the political spectrum what a mess of things he made. An Argentine Liz Truss. It was under him that Argentina were given the largest IMF loan in history. He was so shit even the neoliberals criticised him: "By the end of Macri's term GDP had shrunk by 3.4%, inflation totaled 240%, and poverty increased" - Brookings Institute. He looks like a detective from the 1970's 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Top story on BBC Scotland site today? Something about the National Records website. Junior Doctors agreeing a pay deal, meaning no strikes like they are having in England? 5th story down. They also have yet another ferry story. Junior Docs commanded a full 15 seconds on the BBC last night on the news whereas the Graeme Linehan non story got about 2 minutes. STV News covered the junior doctors story correctly, and they also covered the differences between Sarwars policies and Starmers - the BBC didnt even look at this. BBC Scotland is now not even pretending it is balanced. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 13 hours ago, Ziggy Sobotka said: He looks like a detective from the 1970's More like Englebert Humperdink. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Stewart Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 14 hours ago, Ziggy Sobotka said: He looks like a detective from the 1970's Every non-Irish actor that has ever played a Northern Irishman in an ITV drama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 He's got that manager of Grim Colliery Town FC looking uncomfortable when not in his Joma tracksuit telling Alex Scott how a home draw with Liverpool would keep the club afloat for 300 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/aug/17/bbcs-stephen-nolan-accused-of-planting-staff-in-tv-show-audience Who would've thought it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Can't remember what thread the argument was in, but some posters will be relieved or saddened that the top story on the BBC today is about the attempted rescue of a small group of Pakistanis on a cable car rather than wild fires in Europe and the Americas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 3 hours ago, welshbairn said: Can't remember what thread the argument was in, but some posters will be relieved or saddened that the top story on the BBC today is about the attempted rescue of a small group of Pakistanis on a cable car rather than wild fires in Europe and the Americas. Does that mean Nigel Farage has sorted out his bank account? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 21 minutes ago, Fullerene said: Does that mean Nigel Farage has sorted out his bank account? Not sure but these boys in the submarine have definitely been knocked off the headlines, hope they're still ok.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunfermline Don Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 When you read the article it actually mentions that the Conservatives have had a bigger loss. I am looking for the headline on the BBC UK political page which mentions that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 6 minutes ago, orfc said: When you read the article it says that's for the UK wide conservative party though not just the Scottish bit So what? The North British Accounting Unit isn't actually a political party, no matter what DRoss would have you believe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 (edited) Tories are funded by private donations from the financial elite. Those donations will always be forthcoming were the party to need them so they don't care about deficits. SNP do receive private donations but are far more reliant on membership fees. That means their membership numbers are key to their finances, which was the main point of the article. It's worth noting that reliance on membership fees is far more democratic than reliance on private donations. So this is another example of how our system punishes increased democracy. Edited August 24, 2023 by FreedomFarter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 2 hours ago, FreedomFarter said: Tories are funded by private donations from the financial elite. Those donations will always be forthcoming were the party to need them so they don't care about deficits. SNP do receive private donations but are far more reliant on membership fees. That means their membership numbers are key to their finances, which was the main point of the article. It's worth noting that reliance on membership fees is far more democratic than reliance on private donations. So this is another example of how our system punishes increased democracy. The drop in donations was larger than the drop in membership fees. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, strichener said: The drop in donations was larger than the drop in membership fees. Sure, that's the point. The SNP can't rely on donations how the Tories can because society's donors - the financial elite - donate to the party that protects their interests. That's the Tories before its the SNP. Therefore SNP deficits can have consequences whereas a donor will always step in to pick up the tab for a Tory deficit if its ever needed. This is an example of our political system punishing increased democracy because it allows for party finances - and therefore the ability of a party to advertise its message - to be dictated by wealthy individuals rather than mass membership movements. 6 hours ago, FreedomFarter said: SNP do receive private donations but are far more reliant on membership fees. With that sentence I meant, "far more reliant on membership fees" than the Tories, and not than those private donations. Edited August 25, 2023 by FreedomFarter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 9 minutes ago, orfc said: It's not like the SNP have ever been bankrolled by 1 or 2 lottery winners, I mean individuals, is it? When was the last time you read anything? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 42 minutes ago, orfc said: Probably this, when I posted --> https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/euromillions-lottery-winners-colin-christine-22169831 Other than backing up the previous couple of posts, not sure what point you are trying to make. That was your intention I take it ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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