BBC bias

[Thistle_do_nicely]

On 10/08/2023 at 20:03, lichtgilphead said:

I note that the lead-in to a story about Social Security Scotland on Reporting Scotland tonight was introduced with the words "A Scottish Government Agency has said sorry..."

Here's a link to the 'story' on the BBC website - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66465476

Whilst I'm not exactly happy with the concept of holding quizzes during work hours, I fail to see how the fact that adult disability payments are devolved has any bearing on the fact that Huntley and Brady were pictured in a quiz, or why this shocked and enraged the complainant. We know what Huntley & Brady look like because of media reports, FFS!

I hope that the complainant has also complained to the BBC that they were pictured on it's flagship teatime news programme and on the linked news 'story'

However, I'm sure that everyone has dutifully lapped up today's "Scottish Government baaaaaaad" announcement

pfffft, fucks sake. absolutely love jokes like this tbh.

[MEADOWXI]

On 11/08/2023 at 17:29, Melanius Mullarkay said:

Just popped Boghead into Google translate (English to German) and it came back with Auschwitz.

 

 

On 11/08/2023 at 21:03, O'Kelly Isley III said:

Easy.....

Less suffering at Auschwitz.

[Boo Khaki]

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. 

[StellarHibee]

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

[Alan Twelve]

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.

[Boo Khaki]

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.

[Guest]

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:

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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.

[D Angelo Barksdale]

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

[Leith Green]

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.

[Suspect Device]

13 hours ago, Ziggy Sobotka said:

He looks like a detective from the 1970's

More like Englebert Humperdink.

 

[J_Stewart]

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

[dirty dingus]

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.

[Soapy FFC]

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/aug/17/bbcs-stephen-nolan-accused-of-planting-staff-in-tv-show-audience

Who would've thought it. 

[welshbairn]

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Fullerene]

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?

[welshbairn]

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..

[Dunfermline Don]

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. 

[orfc]

1 hour ago, Dunfermline Don said:

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. 

When you read the article it says that's for the UK wide conservative party though not just the Scottish bit 

[lichtgilphead]

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.

[Guest]

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