Looking through the bbc website the last few days and everyday on the Americas has updates on American troops fighting in Iraq. Looked on UK and nothing is said about the UK troops in Iraq. Did they all leave Iraq? Or does the bbc just not want to report about it?http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/default.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/default.stm
Originally posted by torch71The link doesn't work... 😞
Looking through the bbc website the last few days and everyday on the Americas has updates on American troops fighting in Iraq. Looked on UK and nothing is said about the UK troops in Iraq. Did they all leave Iraq? Or does the bbc just not want to report about it?http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/default.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/default.stm
This might though...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_News#Political_and_commercial_independence
Or for more debate...
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=bbc+bias&btnG=Search&meta=
They do often give us reports about Iraq but I dont think its great viewing. No one really wants our troops out there, the vast majority of people I know in London do not believe that killing people creates peace. So I think there is a general lack of interest and wanting to distance one self from news that we do not agree with.
Originally posted by wedgehead2sorry http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/default.stm
The link doesn't work... 😞
This might though...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_News#Political_and_commercial_independence
Or for more debate...
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=bbc+bias&btnG=Search&meta=
Originally posted by Tal on acidInteresting...you state "us", "the vast majority", and "we". Do you offically represent some group? Do you have some sort of stat's on the "us"? Or are you afraid to voice just your own opinion?
They do often give us reports about Iraq but I dont think its great viewing. No one really wants our troops out there, the vast majority of people I know in London do not believe that killing people creates peace. So I think there is a general lack of interest and wanting to distance one self from news that we do not agree with.
Originally posted by Dace AceI think by 'us' he meant the people that view the BBC news, and by 'vast majority of Londoners' he means a great many more than half of all Londoners. And by 'we' it can be inferred from his statement, those that don't agree with the news or rather the war news.
Interesting...you state "us", "the vast majority", and "we". Do you offically represent some group? Do you have some sort of stat's on the "us"? Or are you afraid to voice just your own opinion?
In the Does America Suck thread you say "We realize that everybody is not suited for the military". Who is this 'we'? You don't clearly say what organization you represent.
Originally posted by CliffLandinIn that case, "we" would be soldiers.
I think by 'us' he meant the people that view the BBC news, and by 'vast majority of Londoners' he means a great many more than half of all Londoners. And by 'we' it can be inferred from his statement, those that don't agree with the news or rather the war news.
In the Does America Suck thread you say "We realize that everybody is not suited for the military". Who is this 'we'? You don't clearly say what organization you represent.
There is no BBC in the monolithic sense: it's a collection of contracted programme-makers with varying political tendencies (the main political show is fronted by Andrew Neil, who is one of Scotland's most famously pro-American Tories). The collective tendency is probably centrist, and their leading presenters invariably send their children to private school. If the revolution is ever televised, it won't be on the BBC.
Originally posted by AmauroteSo, with your statement, you would say that they are bias?
There is no BBC in the monolithic sense: it's a collection of contracted programme-makers with varying political tendencies (the main political show is fronted by Andrew Neil, who is one of Scotland's most famously pro-American Tories). The collective tendency is probably centrist, and their leading presenters invariably send their children to private school. If the revolution is ever televised, it won't be on the BBC.
Originally posted by torch71I'd say that there is bias of varying tendencies, but there is no "they" - for example, BBC Online and News 24 have very different political approaches to Panorama and the Today programme. As Mike has just hinted, the real problem with many of these programmes is not so much that they exhibit bias through commentary, but that they trivialize news stories.
So, with your statement, you would say that they are bias?