tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post185411671603390412..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: A question of trustCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-62035527078888219962016-08-16T01:47:14.455+01:002016-08-16T01:47:14.455+01:00Agreed about the lunatic who murdered Jo Cox. They...Agreed about the lunatic who murdered Jo Cox. They should have simply reported that he uttered "a Brexit benediction".David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-58713245791800295612016-08-15T19:11:16.350+01:002016-08-15T19:11:16.350+01:00I actually think that the average BBC journalist s...I actually think that the average BBC journalist suffers from confirmation bias. So when presented with something that fits the chosen narrative that's it, no more "cutting edge journalism" is required. I'm sure we could all find a few examples of this without much effort.<br /><br />It's funny really because the above is exactly what they accuse us of on the right.Clockworkorangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538039281226245073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-28874321716316020482016-08-14T20:45:52.992+01:002016-08-14T20:45:52.992+01:00Sadly, these days one's instinct is to say it&...Sadly, these days one's instinct is to say it's the BBC that's bending the truth or even telling outright lies.<br /><br />I often find UK reporters v. naive about how Jihadis operate. After 9-11 the US captured the AQ manual for operatives - it was full of stuff like "buy canned beer, drain the cans but leave out the empties so people seem them and believe you are not religious"...or "if arrested even if you are not tortured, try to injure yourself and claim you have been tortured"... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-36119662156585042622016-08-14T20:32:11.730+01:002016-08-14T20:32:11.730+01:00The way they DIDN'T hold back on reporting the...The way they DIDN'T hold back on reporting the alleged "Britain First!" shouts of the suspect in the murder of Jo Cox and DIDN'T put claims about HIS mental health issues front-and-centre looks like another example of that hypocrisy to me.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-4836465763582379672016-08-14T19:10:07.946+01:002016-08-14T19:10:07.946+01:00The safe bet is that the BBC isn't telling the...The safe bet is that the BBC isn't telling the truth. They're supportive of the mental health excuse now, but this is the exact opposite of how they treated Jared Loughner and the Breivik lunatic mass murdered. For Loughner, the BBC blamed Sarah Palin. Breivik was linked to Robert Spencer and the Tea Party movement, with John Sopel insisting to the Norwegian PM the day after the tragedy that Breivik was surely part of an international right-wing extremist cell. To this day, BBC reports refer to him as "right-wing", but there is no similar rule for always similarly referring to some Muslim terrorist.<br /><br />The BBC never fails in their hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty when it comes to this issue.David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.com