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[–] 180 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ah yes, the notoriously left wing BBC... My eyes are rolling so hard they may fall out of my head.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    As someone mentioned by american standards its certainly left.

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  • [–] 78 points 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    The US government shouldn't be relied on for credible or reliable information.

    They can't be relied on for anything.

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  • [+] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Incredibly bleak, given how much they've historically invested in demographic, scientific, and economic data analysis.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    But even when you look back on that data and information, the majority of it was skewed and manipulated to conform to and confirm a very specific set of values, politics and beliefs .... much of whom didn't have the best interests of people but rather in coddling corporate interests, the economy, money and power.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    While that may be true, I think it’s also generally correct that the information was generally based on objective reality, even if the interpretation was skewed. Now, they are just making up information, and using it to support that narrative they wanted. It’s easier when you can skip objective reality to make up the story you want, and continue to repeat it as indisputable fact

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    the majority of it was skewed and manipulated to conform to and confirm a very specific set of values, politics and beliefs

    That's the nature of human observation and analysis. Everyone brings their own baggage.

    The raw data continues to prove useful reference material for anyone looking to independently analyze policy.

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  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago

    Said the guy who produces fake news 24/7.

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago*

    Whenever I see things like this it reminds me of Ben Shapiro accusing Andrew Niel of being on the left instead answering the question.

    https://youtu.be/k6-TFpmix54

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    Miss Leavitt is the reason that dumb blonde jokes actually exist.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Miss? She's not even married? How is it that she is accepted by her fellow fascists?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    They think they have a chance.

    And since they treat women like property, I would be wholly unsurprised if the whole Trump administration is full of classic American workplace sexual harassment, Mad Men-style.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Despite this glowing endorsement the BBC can be kind of shit at times, especially with political stuff. But the reporting on US stuff is normally ok because they don't have any dog in that race.

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  • Shes not wrong. The BBC is a lot of shit. I once watched one of their reporters LIVE taking a side in the debate of Scottish independence, when their only job was to give each side a fair amount of time to have their say. The guy would pull the mic away from the SNP dude, and let the labour dude waffle on uninterrupted.

    And thats before you get to the decades of paedophile cover ups. In 2013 a Freedom of Information request revealed: “152 allegations of sexual abuse … against 81 BBC employees and freelancers” in a six‑month period. During operation Yewtree, over 90 people were arrested in connection with child sexual abuse. The BBC is like the current white house. Full of paedos and those who protect them.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    How is calling a news network fake not lible and opening up the government to be sued?

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago

    Didn’t Donny post an AI video of him flying a jet and dropping shit on protesters? Didn’t Donny post an AI video of himself playing guitar?

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Waiting for the first nation to label the US Government as a rogue state.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    It would be kind of ridiculous for them to publicly announce that. You can call Iran a rogue state because what are they going to do about it?

    Publicly calling out the US is a bit more dangerous.

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  • [–] 75 points 1 year ago (8 children)
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    Palestinian deaths treated as less newsworthy: Despite Gaza suffering 34x more casualties than Israel, BBC gave Israeli deaths 33 times more coverage per fatality and ran almost equal numbers of humanising victim profiles (279 Palestinians vs 201 Israelis).

    Systematic language bias favouring Israelis: BBC used emotive terms 4 times more for Israeli victims, applied ‘massacre’ 18x more to Israeli casualties, and used ‘murder’ 220 times for Israelis vs once for Palestinians.

    Suppression of genocide allegations: BBC presenters shut down genocide claims in over 100 documented instances whilst making zero mention of Israeli leaders’ genocidal statements, including Netanyahu’s biblical Amalek reference.

    Muffling Palestinian voices: The BBC interviewed significantly fewer Palestinians than Israelis (1,085 v 2,350) on TV and radio, while BBC presenters shared the Israeli perspective 11 times more frequently than the Palestinian perspective (2,340 v 217).

    https://cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-israel-one-story-double-standards/

    Over 400 media figures, including 111 BBC staffers, have signed a letter demanding the BBC remove board member Robbie Gibb over conflict of interest on Gaza and the Middle East and his “consistent efforts to stifle legitimate coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza”

    https://institute.aljazeera.net/en/ajr/article/3250

    Today Drop Site News is publishing a landmark investigation about the BBC’s coverage of Israel’s unrelenting assault on Gaza by British journalist Owen Jones. His report is based on interviews with 13 journalists and other BBC staffers who offer remarkable insights into how senior figures within the BBC’s news operation skewed stories in favor of Israel’s narratives and repeatedly dismissed objections registered by scores of staffers who, throughout the past 14 months, demanded that the network uphold its commitment to impartiality and fairness. Jones’s investigation of the BBC has three main components: a deeply reported look into the internal complaints from BBC journalists, a quantitative assessment of how the BBC characterizes the year-long siege on Gaza, and a review of the histories of the people behind the coverage—and, in particular, one editor, Raffi Berg.

    https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-war-gaza-israel-biased-coverage

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  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    This just begs the question of who "Newsguard" is and why anyone should trust them.

    There's dozens of conservative sites that do these ratings for right wing crap and give them high scores, too.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    They have an About page that links to who they are and the criteria they use.

    Just because conservatives have a shitty evil version doesn't mean every rating is untrustworthy.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    Ma’am, excuse me but, you’re a fucking idiot.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Does she read his diaper shit like tea leaves to determine what is true?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    That is the highest compliment you can give a news outlet. Great work BBC.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)
  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Every fucking day this portion of the US government is so much like WWE.

    This is prime entertainment for the Kremlin.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago*

    JFC, these people. "You're a big poopyhead!" hasn't been an appropriate comeback since 2nd grade. I can't believe these people do not get tired of being perpetual children.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    She was groomed. Its weird when she has anything to say.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    "all that he’s doing to make America better and the world a safer place."

    SUCH AS? NAME ONE THING!

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    ...and Kim Jong-Un is a great and very honest leader.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    That’s rich coming from the white housse.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Crocodile tears

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    If the government vehemently denies it, it must be true.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    So if it’s 100% fake news, BBC should say “KKKaroline is smart and beautiful and good at her job”

    And because they always lie… 😉

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    As a Scottish person I agree !

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