tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post8418526406715138542..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: More news management (update)Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-55470748272023970262017-06-08T16:35:12.549+01:002017-06-08T16:35:12.549+01:00Sykes Rule in effect. You're right about the d...Sykes Rule in effect. You're right about the dangers of 'managing' the news ending up being manipulation. In this case, the BBC could have played the whole thing, and then have the reporter or studio anchor follow up by saying she has retracted that bit. <br /><br />Or, as it's a second-hand account from someone already compromised, just don't show it at all. Fill the 30 seconds of air time with something else. David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-58264515546515951732017-06-08T16:26:10.415+01:002017-06-08T16:26:10.415+01:00BBC Fake News Version: " How we work: See sto...BBC Fake News Version: " How we work: See story. Check it. Assess it. Report it, if accurate."<br /><br />Let's do a reality check on that claim...no you don't. This is how you work:<br /><br />- Choose narrative. <br />- Speculate about public opinion, concern being expressed, to justify the narrative (Mr and Mrs Somesay are useful here). <br />- Phone up your mates in a charity or a dodgy outfit like Chatham House, or maybe a friend from the Guardian , and get them to bolster the narrative with a few juicy quotes. They will be only too happy to do so. <br />- Interview someone who will say what you want to say without you having to say it. Today was a good example on Radio 4 with "Trumpophobic" Anne Applebaum saying Trump had already committed impeachable offences. Her evidence? Don't ask for evidence, punk. <br />- Use fake film to shore up the narrative. Film tiny demonstrations to make them look like they are huge. Focus on libellous posters being carried by demonstrators that say things you can't. When it comes to migrants show women and tiny crying children. When it comes to 25 year old migrants claiming to be 17, don't show them. <br />- Do not report anything that conflicts with the narrative. That's why the BBC tried for 5 days not to report anything about the horrendous attacks in Cologne. That's why you won't hear much if anything about the wall being built by the EU to keep out illegal immigrants, drugs and other contraband. <br />- Use mockery. Of course you can rely on the tame comedians on your entertainment progs like HIGNFY to back up the narrative. But news presenters can add in their own jokes e.g. about "strong and stable" (but not "The many not the few" of course). Also you can use special items on news programme from journalists who are deluded in thinking they are funny to do "takes" on the subject which back the narrative. Yes, we mean you <br />Jonny Diamond and Steve Smith. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com