tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post4724388861801369789..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Personal stuffCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-2913705071923096532016-06-14T15:35:53.028+01:002016-06-14T15:35:53.028+01:00I agree that the notion that voters are “bored” is...I agree that the notion that voters are “bored” is somewhat patronising. But I believe that many people do find themselves the position of being sick to death of the EU and would support Brexit, but are afraid of the unknown consequences of leaving. Unfortunately, the debate so far hasn’t really helped inform or increase understanding at all. The less said about the BBC’s “Reality Check” the better. So it might be legitimately said that the voters are not bored per say, but are being bored by the nature of the debate. How useful a genuine realty check would have been.<br /><br />Given that so much of the arguments on both sides are little more than speculation, for me it is ultimately a moral/political issue: Do I believe that our country should be ruled by our own elected government or am I happy to see democracy slowly eroded in favour of what might be illusory economic benefits.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05818860172734529356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-53618254211702273252016-06-13T06:05:08.726+01:002016-06-13T06:05:08.726+01:00Just driven South on way to Portsmouth & seen ...Just driven South on way to Portsmouth & seen a heartening number of Leave posters in fields & gardens, but not one for Remain. I'd like to think people are showing how they feel about Dodgy Dave and the organizational he's done a deal with. I'm voting Leave because I believe it's right, but it's definitely a bonus to be taking a swipe at the BBC which has been trying to brainwash us for months!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-5736945613594200262016-06-12T00:34:28.152+01:002016-06-12T00:34:28.152+01:00I kept finding myself half-heartedly playing devil...<i>I kept finding myself half-heartedly playing devil's advocate with them given how strongly pro-Leave they were. I've obviously spent too long listening to the BBC</i><br /><br />Only if you kept interrupting them and inaccurately rephrasing their answers....<br /><br />Your experiences seem to match up with both the Question Time audience trend and the social media count thing Guido Fawkes is posting.<br /><br />As for the Boris vs. the Remainiac harridans, it certainly seems like Remain completely wasted an opportunity by spending so much time and energy on the ad hominem. Does anyone seriously see Boris Johnson himself as the essence of the reasons to Leave? Haven't they (Remain, the BBC, and the Spectator until recently) been telling us for months that it's so horrible that Leave have made the campaign so personal, and the public really want just the facts, ma'am? Or was that just another false narrative the Government and the BBC) have been pushing to manipulate public perception?David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-30843444476824117082016-06-11T23:36:27.058+01:002016-06-11T23:36:27.058+01:00Well the way the campaign has gone has just confir...Well the way the campaign has gone has just confirmed what a crappy Remainiac lie that BBC meme was about this being such a boring subject. On Sky News tonight they are finally admitting that people are unprecedently engaged in this. In my own extended family there have already been a couple of "heated debates" - it's passionate and you can see how civil wars start and just how damaging such conflicts can be. <br /><br />Cameron had no idea what he was starting. He thought it was going to be a slam dunk...he didn't realise he was going to spark a peasants' revolt. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com