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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    Hang on, so some of you are calling out the BBC. Well, why not try GB News instead?
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,349
    elbowloh said:

    briantrumpet said:

    focuszing723 said:

    The BBC seemed perfectly happy to have him working for them for 25 years!

    I'm also in no doubt both of you would have watched his shows over the years.


    The BBC obviously has an unimpeachable record on the people it employs.
    How long was Saville on the beeb for?

    Well yeah, but... at least they had a religious affairs editor to put things right... Martin Bashir... oh, hang on...
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Also why isn’t it UK news?
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    Also as for agenda bias, couldn't the same be said for many outlets?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited June 2021
    focuszing723 said:

    Also as for agenda bias, couldn't the same be said for many outlets?

    So boring boring tv news is supposed to be fairly unbiased / objective and the written press can be as partisan as they like from a regulatory perspective
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  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    rick_chasey said:

    Also why isn’t it UK news?

    Because they had seen that Boris had traded away NI.
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    rick_chasey said:

    Also why isn’t it UK news?

    I don't know, why is it the British Broadcasting Corporation?
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    focuszing723 said:

    Also as for agenda bias, couldn't the same be said for many outlets?

    Of the TV news providers? Not really. They're all quite dull. Maybe C4?

    The print media is another matter.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    Also why isn’t it UK news?

    I don't know, why is it the British Broadcasting Corporation?
    They’re imperialist stooges, no? 😉😉😉
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    focuszing723 said:

    Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
    See it like a fly trap. Keeps em all in one place 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    The Beeb had the excuse of being formed in 1922 and not long after NI became part of the UK.
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    rick_chasey said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
    See it like a fly trap. Keeps em all in one place 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
    What the hell is that supposed to mean? A fly trap for which type of people?

    Surely the majority of people pick and flip between media resources getting balance view.
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
    See it like a fly trap. Keeps em all in one place 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
    What the hell is that supposed to mean? A fly trap for which type of people?

    Surely the majority of people pick and flip between media resources getting balance view.
    I doubt the majority do, no.
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    elbowloh said:

    focuszing723 said:

    rick_chasey said:

    focuszing723 said:

    Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
    See it like a fly trap. Keeps em all in one place 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
    What the hell is that supposed to mean? A fly trap for which type of people?

    Surely the majority of people pick and flip between media resources getting balance view.
    I doubt the majority do, no.
    No. I'm sure anybody on the internet picks from a variety of resources, along side what you consider to be the media.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,408
    The first Wokewatch episode should be amusing.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • elbowloh
    elbowloh Posts: 7,078
    Stevo_666 said:

    The first Wokewatch episode should be amusing.

    Especially as it would have to lead with Boris telling the G7 that they need to build back in a fairer, greener, gender neutral and more feminine way.
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8e1agz9od8
  • shortfall
    shortfall Posts: 3,288
    Twitter is having a meltdown about GB News also. Lots of lefties who've spent the past 18 months hiding behind their sofas are now wetting themselves that people who don't share their world view are getting more choice about where to get their news from. Tremendous stuff.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited June 2021
    shortfall said:

    Twitter is having a meltdown about GB News also. Lots of lefties who've spent the past 18 months hiding behind their sofas are now wetting themselves that people who don't share their world view are getting more choice about where to get their news from. Tremendous stuff.

    It’s a good laugh, mate. Relax.

    You’ve got some news that won’t trigger you every 15 seconds - of course it’s tremendous for you.
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  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    I don't know why you are making judgments when it has only just started and you haven't even watched it yet?

    I'm a hundred percent sure somethings you will agree with.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    Sounds like an echo chamber to me. I thought those were a bad thing? Or are they only a bad thing under certain circumstances?
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,930
    Not watched it yet but the Guardian has already given it 1 star out of 5 , which probably tells you something. People on here criticising it before it had even been broadcast.
    Perhaps a liberal mind is now actually a closed mind.


  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Or perhaps right wing echo chambers are still just as crap as they always were?
  • Jezyboy
    Jezyboy Posts: 3,605
    Given Rick's (admittedly limited) running through of Neil's positions on big topics, why anyone would value his position as a talking head is beyond me!

    Having said that, he is an entertaining interviewer...

    I can't help but feel that what makes TV news have to turn towards a lack of balence and towards partiality, is simply the amount of airtime they have to fill.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,151
    I think what some people seem to not like is the premises GB News is pro UK. This goes against their EU vote stance where consequently they are stuck in a mindset of knocking the UK at every opportunity.

  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Jezyboy said:

    Given Rick's (admittedly limited) running through of Neil's positions on big topics, why anyone would value his position as a talking head is beyond me!

    Having said that, he is an entertaining interviewer...

    I can't help but feel that what makes TV news have to turn towards a lack of balence and towards partiality, is simply the amount of airtime they have to fill.

    Well true to populist form he kicked it off with “Now is the time to do news differently. We are committed to covering the people’s agenda, not the media’s agenda.” which is populist enough, but then they're using people who are all from the same Westminster lot as ever.

    it's best if you don't take it too seriously. I turned it on and they had Lord Sugar being asked about taking the knee and he started going on about his knee op
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  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    focuszing723 said:

    I think what some people seem to not like is the premises GB News is pro UK. This goes against their EU vote stance where consequently they are stuck in a mindset of knocking the UK at every opportunity.

    Obviously! Being wary of a partial news challenge clearly means you hate your country.
    Although for the avoidance of doubt, maybe you could show your workings.
  • Jezyboy
    Jezyboy Posts: 3,605
    focuszing723 said:

    I think what some people seem to not like is the premises GB News is pro UK. This goes against their EU vote stance where consequently they are stuck in a mindset of knocking the UK at every opportunity.

    What's confusing is that the people on the side that threatens the break up of the UK, re-starting the NI troubles and doing long term harm to the UK economy... Have somehow convinced themselves that they are the patriots.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    edited June 2021
    Jezyboy said:

    focuszing723 said:

    I think what some people seem to not like is the premises GB News is pro UK. This goes against their EU vote stance where consequently they are stuck in a mindset of knocking the UK at every opportunity.

    What's confusing is that the people on the side that threatens the break up of the UK, re-starting the NI troubles and doing long term harm to the UK economy... Have somehow convinced themselves that they are the patriots.
    bUt ThAt'S wHaT tHe MsM tElL yOu - wAkE uP sHeEpLe

    You have to laugh at the conspiratorial "MSM" chat.
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