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The BBC seems to be discouraging young people from voting.
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I see it as reverse pshychology. Just making younger people aware that there's a voting deadline approaching will make them more likely to vote.
I think it's less about discouraging them, and more the BBC being all
as state media, I think they hold a responsibility for pushing for increased political engagement.
The most corrupt news organisation in the world in my opinion on the basis that they pride them themselves so much on being honest and impartial.
The left think the BBC is too right wing and the right think the BBC is too left wing. What's the truth?
This is how I interpreted it as well.I think it's less about discouraging them, and more the BBC being all
British press is somehow worse then US press by a landslide. Its truly incredible. I'm getting a sneak preview of the ratfucking that would happen if Bernie or even Warren got the nomination and its worse then my most cynical guess could be
What the left thinks. Not hard
What the left thinks. Not hard
"They're trying to depress turnout for demographics less likely to vote for their preferred candidates."
"Yeah? Well they're not dehumanizing immigrants enough! BIAS!"
I'm gonna go with the left's interpretation.
When conservatives and liberals both call the BBC bias I think it's fair to say their probably impartial.
Does CNN have a history of being bias towards Republicans?
CNN is not state owned the BBC is.They have to pretty much remain neutral when it comes to politics.
That when liberals and conservatives both dislike something it means anything and isnt a case by case basis. Conservatives have no real points at any time so they can be written off permanently.
Also theres more then two parties in the UK, I wonder which one everyone is trying to ratfuck hmm
British press is overwhelmingly right wing even compared to the US
Conservatives are often disingenuous arseholes who dislike the media shining a light on facts that counter their lies and bullshit ideologies, and many hate seeing social changes reflected in programming - lefty bias they cry! Those complaints are not equally valid.
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establishment media remains terrible? the televised media in britain is still not as bad as the corp media in America by a factor of ten. leave that to the tabaloids
You seem to think I'm speaking generally, I'm not. In terms of media representation it's been very fair. Conservatives have been calling the BBC bias since Thatcher and there tone has not changed since.
British Print Press is overwhelmingly Right Wing
What I'm saying is that something like Fox News is pretty open about how they portray reality. The BBC pretends to be honest and impartial and conducts its matters in a very underhand way.
Not surprised at all. It's so obvious to see the BBC bias.
Then you would be wrong. The BBC has always assumed the younger generations to be stupid and putting them down.
They aren't, the BBC has been hard on Labour's Antisemitism but has been very very very quiet on the conservatives' Islamophobia.
Laura Kuenssberg is a BBC reporter and has publically stated that Tories Islamophobia is on a different scale.
She has also made zero tweets about Islamophobia itself and zero tweets on about it within the tories party;
The BBC is fucking bias and you would have to purposely ignoring it to say otherwise.
Then you would be wrong. The BBC has always assumed the younger generations to be stupid and putting them down.
They aren't, the BBC has been hard on Labour's Antisemitism but has been very very very quiet on the conservatives' Islamophobia.
Laura Kuenssberg is a BBC reporter and has publically stated that Tories Islamophobia is on a different scale.
She has also made zero tweets about Islamophobia itself and zero tweets on about it within the tories party;
The BBC is fucking bias and you would have to purposely ignoring it to say otherwise.
The Cons are using BBC footage of their news channels as campaign material. I think that shows some bias.
Yeah you clearly did not watch Andrew Neil destroy a Conservative on his shows yesterday on that exact matter.
The senior management at the BBC have stated clearly they don't think they should call people liars, even when they repeatedly lie. The Tories have basically taken that as a green light to just lie repeatedly, knowing they will never be called out by it on the BBC.
I think even reporters at the BBC are frustrated by that line. I heard the health secretary Matt Hancock on the Today programme the other day. He repeatedly claimed that the fact that the NHS hadn't been taken off the table in trade talks with the USA didn't mean it was on the table, while at the same time admitting that the talks were scoping discussions to set out what would be on the table and that the USA had taken things like climate change off the table. It was obvious he was lying, and the strongest language the interviewer could use was to put him the question a few times that what he was saying wasn't true, which he again just strongly denied.
The logic behind it is that calling leaders liars would undermine public trust. I don't think it's an isolated view either, as I've heard it expressed privately too.
I think even reporters at the BBC are frustrated by that line. I heard the health secretary Matt Hancock on the Today programme the other day. He repeatedly claimed that the fact that the NHS hadn't been taken off the table in trade talks with the USA didn't mean it was on the table, while at the same time admitting that the talks were scoping discussions to set out what would be on the table and that the USA had taken things like climate change off the table. It was obvious he was lying, and the strongest language the interviewer could use was to put him the question a few times that what he was saying wasn't true, which he again just strongly denied.
The logic behind it is that calling leaders liars would undermine public trust. I don't think it's an isolated view either, as I've heard it expressed privately too.
That's why Boris bailed on his promised Andrew Neil appearance. I think most people would agree there are people trying to do good journalism at the BBC, but are being held back by institutional policy.
Or in conversely, if non-voters went to the polls, 551/650 seats could have been different. And yet they chose to highlight the 99.
I think it's less about discouraging them, and more the BBC being all
No. It's definitely about discouraging young voters. The BBC have been making countless oopsies to make the Tories look good and Labour look worse for this entire election cycle. It's incredibly obvious, frustrating and scary.
Firstly, no. Secondly, "liberals" aren't left and this isn't America.
The BBC made a tweet addressing that
Do you mean climate change denier, friend of Aaron banks and chairman of the Spectator, Andrew Neil?
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