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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 183 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 52 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Compared to American news, yeah. :P

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 23 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the thing though.

 

... um ... not sure how to finish this

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

That's the neat thing. You don't. Omniman.jpg

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

As someone mentioned by american standards its certainly left.

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Except for anything related to Gaza/Palestine/Israel.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

I mean our left is about limiting the amount of aid to isreal and balancing it with palestinian aid. Your ultra left if you want to stop selling weapons completely to isreael.

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[–] philophilsaurus@sh.itjust.works 78 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] prex@aussie.zone 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

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(Not you)

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 77 points 4 weeks ago (8 children)
[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 53 points 4 weeks ago

You're not measuring by what percentage of Trump stories are positive/negative, the only metric that matters to him.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

Nutrition Label...? Is that just a cute name for the full details?

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

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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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 49 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

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

They can't be relied on for anything.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 19 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Can't even be relied on to feed it's people.

The biggest fucking joke of an empire in human history.

[–] bajabound@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

We tried giving people boots with straps to pull themselves up, but that didn't work either.

Nobody knew it would be so complicated.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Liar they made us buy those boots

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 weeks 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.

[–] mystik@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks 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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[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 43 points 4 weeks ago

Said the guy who produces fake news 24/7.

[–] stonkage@aussie.zone 36 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 33 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

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

[–] bramkaandorp@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

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

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 weeks 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.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

At least mentally she is a miss. As in miss by a mile...

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 4 weeks ago

she also wears a pretty big cross that swells everytime she lies.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 29 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] SGG@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago

Reading? No. Tasting? Yes.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 27 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 24 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 18 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It's spoken, so it would be slander. Libel is printed.

But they wouldn't really have much to gain by suing. They're not losing business because of this.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 23 points 4 weeks 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?

[–] WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 21 points 4 weeks ago

Shes a little piglet.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 4 weeks 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.

[–] radiouser@crazypeople.online 20 points 4 weeks ago

Another hot take from Bullshit Barbie.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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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[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 12 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

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

[–] stretch2m@infosec.pub 5 points 4 weeks ago

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

SUCH AS? NAME ONE THING!

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago

That’s rich coming from the white housse.

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