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Re: BBC mouthpiece for government
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26-05-2012, 10:07
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Re: BBC mouthpiece for government
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The BBC is accused of being biased by both the left and right. In my book this means they are doing things right...
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I dont care if a story is pro left or right wing but rather its based on facts and is quality reporting.
What I do care about really is 2 things.
Story has to be based on facts, a minister saying something doesnt make it fact.
Also ideally stories shouldnt be selectively picked based on agenda.
As I said in my first post I know other media is bad as well the UK media is bad as a whole but the bbc stands out because its viewed and trusted by so many. Ironically they are the hardest to contact.
I agree that newsnight is still half decent, although I dont rate panaroma much, dispatches puts panaroma to shame. Panaroma's problem is selective coverage as well.
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26-05-2012, 10:28
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Re: BBC mouthpiece for government
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I dont care if a story is pro left or right wing but rather its based on facts and is quality reporting.
What I do care about really is 2 things.
Story has to be based on facts, a minister saying something doesnt make it fact.
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I don't think that the BBC report things a minister says as fact. They'll report the fact that a minister has said something, not that it's a fact because a minister said it.
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26-05-2012, 10:30
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Re: BBC mouthpiece for government
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I don't think that the BBC report things a minister says as fact. They'll report the fact that a minister has said something, not that it's a fact because a minister said it.
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26-05-2012, 14:37
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Re: BBC mouthpiece for government
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I don't think that the BBC report things a minister says as fact. They'll report the fact that a minister has said something, not that it's a fact because a minister said it.
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I was just going to make the same point 
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26-05-2012, 14:50
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Re: BBC mouthpiece for government
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I was just going to make the same point |
Lucky that danielf saved you a post,then....
Oh.... 
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26-05-2012, 15:15
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Re: BBC mouthpiece for government
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I don't think that the BBC report things a minister says as fact. They'll report the fact that a minister has said something, not that it's a fact because a minister said it.
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really?
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26-05-2012, 15:21
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Re: BBC mouthpiece for government
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really?
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Really.
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26-05-2012, 15:23
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Re: BBC mouthpiece for government
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Really.
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Wrong wrong wrong,
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26-05-2012, 15:25
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Re: BBC mouthpiece for government
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really?
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Can you provide a link to a story where they have done what you said?
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30-05-2012, 16:19
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30-05-2012, 18:06
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And how does that prove that the BBC are a mouthpiece for the Government?
I also can't find any reports of that story in the Times or the Telegraph, or on the C4 or ITV News websites.......
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30-05-2012, 18:19
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Re: BBC mouthpiece for government
It is linked from the BBC website down the right hand side (elsewhere on the web)?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/news/?q=Joshua%20Pascoe
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30-05-2012, 18:20
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Re: BBC mouthpiece for government
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And how does that prove that the BBC are a mouthpiece for the Government?
I also can't find any reports of that story in the Times or the Telegraph, or on the C4 or ITV News websites.......
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But they're all govt. mouthpieces too matey..... 
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30-05-2012, 18:47
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Re: BBC mouthpiece for government
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Where does it state that the BBC has to cover every single story that ever happens? 
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