Friday, 22 June 2018

Who Wants to be a Millionaire?



Which of the following do you think is the true version of the way the BBC framed its main story on tonight's BBC One late evening bulletin?

50:50.

Is it?:
BBC Newsreader: Two major employers in the UK criticise what they see as the slow progress of Brexit negotiations. Airbus, which employs 14,000 people here, and which has previously issued similar stark warnings about the risk of the UK not joining the euro and about the UK leaving the EU, says it will now have to reconsider its future if there's no Brexit deal. 
Talking head 1This is just a businessperson sitting here today, explaining the risks we've evaluated for our business - I'm not a politician, and rather than Project Fear, this is dawning reality.  
Talking head 2We are seeing a careful choreography re-run of Project Fear. Airbus and others seem to have been lined up - alongside ex PMs no doubt - to imply end of the world unless blah blah.
Meanwhile, BMW says the uncertainty over Brexit means the UK's car industry could be less competitive. As our economics editor Kamal Ahmed explains though, other big employers in Britain take a different view....
Or?:
BBC NewsreaderTwo big employers in Britain issue stark warnings over the slow progress of Brexit negotiations. Airbus, which employs 14,000 people here, says it will have to reconsider its future if there's no Brexit deal. 
Talking Head 1: This is just a businessperson sitting here today, explaining the risks we've evaluated for our business - I'm not a politician, and rather than Project Fear, this is dawning reality. 
Meanwhile, BMW says the uncertainty over Brexit means the UK's car industry could be less competitive.
I don't think you'll need to ask the audience there.