tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post4611730976515179873..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Back to realityCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-54701859364521713602017-02-11T11:04:34.158+00:002017-02-11T11:04:34.158+00:00The BBC has tended to focus on 'fake news'...The BBC has tended to focus on 'fake news' recently, giving air time to the seemingly niche market of 100% fabricated stories. I can't say I've come across many instances of this as yet, certainly none that I felt had an influence on me. A piece on Newsnight (last Friday I believe) was particularly worrisome about this, and I did laugh at it's conclusion of "thank God we have the BBC"! <br /><br />But what I'm more interested in, and what I believe is far more influential, is the development of post-event narratives, based in facts, but only a selection of facts, leading to an incomplete picture that is detached from the reality.<br /><br />The £350m claim is a perfect example of this - played up after the referendum by some who wish portray the result as a deception, to overly focus loses the message of the referendum result. <br /><br />What is the ultimate complaint about this slogan - that the figure should've been £Xm instead? How much of a difference would that have made, really? Personally, I always thought they should've focused on the annualised figure of £Ybn, so perhaps Leave missed an opportunity. <br /><br />But to focus on the figures is to fixate on the pedantic and trivial, whilst missing the underlying point of why people voted leave. <br /><br />People, by and large understood the UK was one of the largest net contributors to the EU, and would prefer that money being 'controlled' (a key word of the campaign), by the UK government. <br /><br />Indeed, there is an even larger underlying point - that people on the whole do not feel a sense of democratic representation with the EU. A majority of the people - the ordinary, non-dogmatic, swing voters of a population, those who democracy entrusts to ultimately govern the future of the nation, had lost confidence in the EU. Perhaps due to years of the EU not hearing their concerns, be that immigration controls in the UK, or austerity in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Perhaps down to the widespread perception of incompetence of EU institutions, in dealing with economic crisis (the Euro), or a migration crisis. Somehow, along the way it seems the EU has lost it's democratic mandate in the UK - that should be the major point of contention in the post referendum analysis, and in the debate about the future of the EU.SRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-16415006433429240482017-02-11T02:53:24.424+00:002017-02-11T02:53:24.424+00:00Today's Our Tune tells the story of Britain an...<i> Today's Our Tune tells the story of Britain and the EU. They've been together for more than forty years, but it's never been easy. To begin with the EU kept Britain at arm's length, perhaps sensing danger, and then, when the relationship began, Britain kept asking for more - a rebate, a single market, even expansion into Central and Eastern Europe.</i><br /><br />EU expansion was done to please Britain? Seriously? The rest of this is just the next level of what Nick Robinson said in his biased "Them or Us" documentary. He basically said that the EU seemed rigged a bit against Britain only because xenophobic Little Englanders refused to help set it up and get in on the ground floor so of course missed out on making it right in the first place.David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-7765759647278135392017-02-11T02:49:56.402+00:002017-02-11T02:49:56.402+00:00If nobody says at any time during the film somethi...If nobody says at any time during the film something along the lines of the money not being 'EU money' but rather British taxpayer money taken and doled out in small portions at the whim of EU mandarins, it's a biased broadcast. Does anybody discuss the numbers on how much money is paid into the EU versus how much wonderful largesse is handed out to support farmers (according to Nick Robinson) and museums, etc.?David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-2405996782817269832017-02-10T22:52:34.359+00:002017-02-10T22:52:34.359+00:00I think there might be a "BBCsplitzoverCorbyn...I think there might be a "BBCsplitzoverCorbyn" with the Militant Soggy Left out to get Corbyn. LK is obviously in the Anti-Corbyn faction but also judging from tonight with John Pienaar, virtually inviting Labour voters to vote UKIP or maybe Conservative in the coming by elections, so as to create a crisis for Corbyn, in the hope they can finally get rid of him. It certainly wasn't an old fashioned by election report, where you would be told how the lead candidates were campaigning followed by a list of the minor candidates. It was very slanted against Labour. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-67061159428173658642017-02-10T19:42:27.610+00:002017-02-10T19:42:27.610+00:00I heard only the last program (the Cornwall one) a...I heard only the last program (the Cornwall one) and soon switched-off. I found the "jaunty" style a bit childish.<br /><br />There's no doubt for me that the BBC anti-Brexit bias will continue until we are out of the EU. BBC is trying to influence the deal to be as soft as possible or even have Brexit cancelled. <br /><br />But BBC have had a few setbacks recently. They tried to get the old "ToryspiltzoverEurope" going, but couldn't carry that only on the broad back of Ken Clarke. But with "LaboursplitzoverEurope" to keep OUT of the news, BBC have decided to revive the old standby "NHSincrisis".Ozfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351381043702605990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-52141220723308965982017-02-10T18:00:06.549+00:002017-02-10T18:00:06.549+00:00I heard that and was equally annoyed. He could hav...I heard that and was equally annoyed. He could have started with: <br /><br />"Hello. I'm sure you remember Prime Minister David Cameron telling us he was going to stay on as Prime Minister, immediately trigger Article 50 and lead us out of the EU. In case you haven't noticed, that hasn't happened...and we've got a new Prime Minister." <br /><br />But no - only one slight fib (the correct actual figure is £10 billion per annum) ever gets mentioned. <br /><br />I suspect the programme was set in Cornwall precisely because that's where the bus ad was launched. <br /><br />I object to the programme title. There's nothing much to be perplexed about. We're leaving the EU. A deal will be negotiated about how much access to the EU market above WTO conditions we can get (assuming that's in our interests). We won't know exactly what will be in the deal until negotiations are completed. <br /><br />Really it's "Brexit: A Guide to Make You Perplexed, Worried, Concerned and Anxious We Hope". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com