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[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

if the bbc were nuked I'd be okay with that

[–] DasRav@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's really a two for one deal there, London and the BBC. Total bargain!

[–] WittyProfileName2@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

London and the BBC.

Possibly Cardiff instead if Iran just really hates Dr Who.

[–] BattleshipPokemon@hexbear.net 51 points 1 week ago

@BattleshipPokemon, also in my 20s and living in London, says: "About them hitting energy infrastructure, using an atomic bomb, or levelling Britain. My honest reaction is that I'm OK with all of these."

[–] axont@hexbear.net 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As an American I unironically want president Xi to launch a dongfeng missile into the pentagon. Do I get a quote in the BBC now

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago (5 children)

is it just me who thinks it probably wasn't actually the BBC who made it up? I reckon they probably just deliberately, blindly swallowed what some gusano told them with zero fact checking to maintain a facade of plausible deniability. Not like there's any shortage of absolute freaks willing to just say random shit. Not that it matters, it's functionally identical.

[–] murmelade@lemmy.ml 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Who made it up is irrelevant, it's that they chose to publish it to shape public opinion.

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

Yeah, that's what I'm getting at at the end. It was purely idle speculation, not any kind of apologia for the beeb.

[–] TrustedFeline@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago

The BBC has had a persian propaganda outlet for decades. It's serving its pupose here

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They actually stealth edited the quote in the article to something less insane, so if it wasn't made up before, it is now

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

Could have also been a source from the CIA or its proxies, who give "tips" to journos all the time.

Weird how they don't write stuff like this about the Islamic monarchy of Saudi Arabia

[–] shath@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago

jesus fucking christ

[–] Soot@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

Capitalism is a death cult

[–] bunnossin@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is what scares me the most, to be honest. Trump boasting and making vague threats is one thing, but if the media starts trying to manufacture consent for a nuclear strike...

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

Well there you have it they started. I agree this is fucked.

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

Under communism the state run media will retroactively change information to suit their narrative 1984

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Isn't squirrel full of shit tho?

[–] bunnossin@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

Yeah but that doesn't make them factually wrong about things like this.

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Squirrel is very curmudgeonly and sometimes too uncharitable, but I would not describe them as full of shit.

[–] SickSemper@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

This is true tho

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago