tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post6566491692551256477..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Despite BrexitCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-44275960549857375612018-09-11T20:39:55.103+01:002018-09-11T20:39:55.103+01:00Oh yep, despite often appearing to us as idiots, w...Oh yep, despite often appearing to us as idiots, we have to start with the presumption that most BBC presenters are actually well educated, highly intelligent and therefore they are either (a) lying intentionally or (b) (when appearing stupid) acting out a role (Adrian - are you listening?). <br /><br />Yes when it comes to migration, the misrepresentation, diversion, distraction and straightforward fibbing is on an industrial scale. <br />How did "net migration" ever get started as the key measure? If people are leaving your country in hundreds of thousands every year, you need to ask some questions about your country and who is leaving...is it some of your most skilled people? <br /><br />Furthermore if nearly all of the inward migration is going into maybe 25% of your overall land area, already heavily populated, that should raise some other questions. <br /><br />And notice how they never like to tot up how much net migration there has been in a decade. For some reason, that's not relevant...just keep focussing on the annual figure. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-40359833986974417312018-09-11T20:02:42.818+01:002018-09-11T20:02:42.818+01:00I love the way journalists and politicians seemles...I love the way journalists and politicians seemlessly move from something like GDP, to the growth of GDP or to the rate of change of the growth of GDP as if they were the same thing. Either they don't know the difference or they do but are looking to make a positive, increased GDP, look like a negative, decreased rate of change of GDP.<br />They play this game all the time with immigration, the public believing there are too many immigrants in absolute terms while the politicians assure us that not as many <b>extra</b> came in last month than the month before, (the boat is still sinking but not quite as fast as before!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-67742223179440721982018-09-11T19:21:57.533+01:002018-09-11T19:21:57.533+01:00Real wages up...2.4 annual growth rate in last qua...Real wages up...2.4 annual growth rate in last quarter...record employment...<br /><br />And we are keeping as Governor of the Bank of England the guy who said wages would go down, there would be negative growth and jobs would go down the pan if we voted for Brexit. <br /><br />It's quite incredible! <br /><br />Imagine how we'd be doing if the Governor and Chancellor were talking UP the economy's prospects rather talking them DOWN! Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com