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Originally posted by RedmikeHere is the information that they invite you to fill out at the bottom... should you desire to do so. It doesn't translate from html to text all that well, but it is a poll question and your contact info that they want.
I don't what you're on about.
Where you asked to complete a survey at the BBC site?
Curses, our commie plot foiled again....🙄
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Originally posted by Redmikedon't be too sure .... remember what happened with McDonald's and the hot coffee a lady spilled in her lap at the drive thru ...
I'm a union rep, and I often have to defend people in all sorts of circumstances, and sometimes you have to stretch things a bit.
But this, IMO, is just nonsense and the guy should be toast.
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The post that was quoted here has been removedI didn't say I believed it. I said I was trying to enliven a boring thread. LOL
It worked too, I think.
You think it normal then for a supposed NEWS organization to pose leading questions and gather feedback based on said leading question?
Hmmmm......
I guess I am a bit too independent for that kind of laissez-faire attitude. I think that they should be reporting news, not conducting social experiments. But that's just me.
Originally posted by StarValleyWyInviting user opinion is common on the BBC website.
Here is the information that they invite you to fill out at the bottom... should you desire to do so. It doesn't translate from html to text all that well, but it is a poll question and your contact info that they want.
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Stories like this...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6666535.stm
Invite comments like this...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6683037.stm
Seriously take off your tin-foil hat. If you want to talk about about propaganda, then start a new thread, and we'll discuss this...
http://blugg.com/stuff/foxs_view_of_the_bbc_player.htm
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Originally posted by RagnorakJust out of curiousity... what is the general attitude of Brits and Europeans in general about state run news agencies asking people's signed opinions in general? I can see gathering anonymous info, but to have personal info gathered by a state run agency on matters of opinion seems strange.
Inviting user opinion is common on the BBC website.
Stories like this...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6666535.stm
Invite comments like this...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6683037.stm
Seriously take off your tin-foil hat. If you want to talk about about propaganda, then start a new thread, and we'll discuss this...
http://blugg.com/stuff/foxs_view_of_the_bbc_player.htm
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It is an interesting cultural phenomenon I think. I can't imagine a supposedly hard news organization in the US ever doing that. Maybe I'm wrong and just have not noticed it.
It seems that the ACLU would be on that like a fly on stink. It has certain draconian dimensions if you think about it. I'll have to notice US News Paper sites more carefully. I have never really done that.
Originally posted by StarValleyWyI may be thinking outside of the box with this one, but bear with me.
Just out of curiousity... what is the general attitude of Brits and Europeans in general about state run news agencies asking people's signed opinions in general? I can see gathering anonymous info, but to have personal info gathered by a state run agency on matters of opinion seems strange.
Name: Stir Walley
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Comments: You're a bigger conspiracy theorist than Arrakis.
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Originally posted by RagnorakSo curiosity is a conspiracy? Hmmm.... I have never heard that before. Did you make that up all on your own? Yo momma will be so proud when and if she ever learns to read.😲
I may be thinking outside of the box with this one, but bear with me.
Name: Stir Walley
Your E-mail address: Stirwalley@hotmail.com
Town & Country: Up Yonder, Venus
Comments: You're a bigger conspiracy theorist than Arrakis.
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Originally posted by StarValleyWyThe BBC isn't state run.
Just out of curiousity... what is the general attitude of Brits and Europeans in general about state run news agencies asking people's signed opinions in general? I can see gathering anonymous info, but to have personal info gathered by a state run agency on matters of opinion seems strange.
They tell you on their site why they ask for it.
"Why do we need your Town/Country details?
This information is optional. Have Your Say is read by people from all over the world and it is useful and informative for readers to know where comments are coming from."
"From time to time we contact people who send in their comments and ask them to participate in TV or radio programmes. If you would not mind being contacted for such purposes please give us your e-mail address."
"...if you would not mind being contacted for such purposes please give us your telephone number."
I don't see it as any more sinister than a newspaper printing readers letters with the writer's details.
The increase in news agencies asking peoples opinions is a by-product of competition and not being able to fill 24 hours with new news.
"text us with your comments and we'll scroll some of them across the bottom of our screen while we talk about something else"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC
Founded in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company Ltd, it was subsequently granted a Royal Charter and made a state-owned but independent corporation in 1927. The corporation produces programmes and information services, broadcasting globally on television, radio, and the Internet. The stated mission of the BBC is "to inform, educate and entertain";[2] its motto is "Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation".
The BBC is a quasi-autonomous Public Corporation operating as a public service broadcaster. The Corporation is run by the BBC Trust; however, the BBC is, per its charter, to be "free from both political and commercial influence and answers only to its viewers and listeners".[3]
Its domestic programming and broadcasts are primarily funded by levying television licence fees (under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949), although money is also raised through commercial activities such as sale of merchandise and programming. The BBC World Service, however, is funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In order to justify the licence fee, the BBC is expected to produce a number of high-rating shows in addition to programmes that commercial broadcasters would not normally broadcast.[3]
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I don't see it as any more sinister than a newspaper printing readers letters with the writer's details.
I agree with you here.
The increase in news agencies asking peoples opinions is a by-product of competition and not being able to fill 24 hours with new news.
I will go along with that. It makes sense. It is a European cultural thing. I've just never seen it in the USA. That doesn't mean I see anything sinister about it.
"text us with your comments and we'll scroll some of them across the bottom of our screen while we talk about something else
This is the infamous "flying banner". I hate them because they take attention away from the subject on screen. People of this generation have a hard time paying attention long enough to prepare a bowl of shreddys, and don't have a chance against two messages at once. This is not a Euro thing. It is world wide.
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Originally posted by StarValleyWyThe American (read pro-American) media regularly feed you with blatant (and false) anti-European opinions. And you swallow them whole.
It's insane for you not to see the biased characteristic of ALL news media. Be it the BBC, Fox, CNN, Le Monde, The Economist or El Pais.
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Originally posted by PalynkaUmmm.... What?
The American (read pro-American) media regularly feed you with blatant (and false) anti-European opinions. And you swallow them whole.
It's insane for you not to see the biased characteristic of ALL news media. Be it the BBC, Fox, CNN, Le Monde, The Economist or El Pais.
You didn't have a subject in that rant. Surely I need to know WHAT you are talking about? Try again.
It's like I have hit upon a "ticklish" subject here. Problem is I have no idea what it is. 😕 I really have no idea what you are on about.
Can you give examples? That might be best.