BBC ‘100% fake news’, says Donald Trump’s press secretary (www.theguardian.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 18:16
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philophilsaurus@sh.itjust.works on 08 Nov 18:18 next collapse

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prex@aussie.zone on 09 Nov 04:23 collapse
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 08 Nov 18:25 next collapse

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

aeronmelon@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 18:51 next collapse

Compared to American news, yeah. :P

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org on 08 Nov 19:25 collapse

That’s the thing though.

 

… um … not sure how to finish this

meco03211@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 22:02 collapse

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

HubertManne@piefed.social on 08 Nov 22:57 collapse

As someone mentioned by american standards its certainly left.

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iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 06:22 collapse

Except for anything related to Gaza/Palestine/Israel.

HubertManne@piefed.social on 09 Nov 18:37 collapse

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.

vegeta@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 18:29 next collapse

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RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 18:54 next collapse

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

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 19:09 next collapse

This just begs the question of who “Newsguard” is and why anyone should trust them.

There’s dozens of conservative sites that do these ratings for right wing crap and give them high scores, too.

snooggums@piefed.world on 08 Nov 19:28 collapse

They have an About page that links to who they are and the criteria they use.

Just because conservatives have a shitty evil version doesn't mean every rating is untrustworthy.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 16:47 collapse

They have an About page

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snooggums@piefed.world on 09 Nov 16:49 collapse

Guess your browser doesn't have the ability to scroll down?

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 17:01 collapse

Not on a screenshot, no

RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 02:11 next collapse

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

Keeponstalin@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 17:23 collapse

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).

cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-israel-one-story-double-s…

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”

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.

dropsitenews.com/…/bbc-civil-war-gaza-israel-bias…

ininewcrow@lemmy.ca on 08 Nov 18:40 next collapse

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

They can’t be relied on for anything.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 19:10 next collapse

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

ininewcrow@lemmy.ca on 08 Nov 19:19 collapse

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 on 08 Nov 21:46 next collapse

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

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 17:01 collapse

the majority of it was skewed and manipulated to conform to and confirm a very specific set of values, politics and beliefs

That’s the nature of human observation and analysis. Everyone brings their own baggage.

The raw data continues to prove useful reference material for anyone looking to independently analyze policy.

SARGE@startrek.website on 08 Nov 20:55 collapse

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

The biggest fucking joke of an empire in human history.

bajabound@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 22:17 collapse

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

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Nobody knew it would be so complicated.

captainlezbian@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 05:02 collapse

Liar they made us buy those boots

Treczoks@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 18:46 next collapse

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

bramkaandorp@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 21:28 next collapse

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

frongt@lemmy.zip on 08 Nov 23:18 next collapse

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 on 09 Nov 00:03 next collapse

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

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today on 09 Nov 06:43 collapse

if shes not wearing her lying cross on her neck you know if shes not telling the truth or not.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today on 09 Nov 06:42 collapse

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

aeronmelon@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 18:52 next collapse

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

echodot@feddit.uk on 09 Nov 06:39 collapse

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.

DarkCloud@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 18:52 next collapse

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

lepinkainen@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 19:06 next collapse

So if it’s 100% fake news, BBC should say “KKKaroline is smart and beautiful and good at her job”

And because they always lie… 😉

Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca on 08 Nov 19:22 next collapse

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

stonkage@aussie.zone on 08 Nov 21:11 next collapse

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

PunnyName@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 21:21 next collapse

BBC should report that.

stevedice@sh.itjust.works on 09 Nov 03:04 collapse

Ah, the liar paradox

echodot@feddit.uk on 09 Nov 06:37 collapse

It’s always funny when the BBC report things about themselves. They always talk about themselves as if they’re a third party.

“The BBC understands that the BBC is been sued”

QuarterSwede@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 21:37 next collapse

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

Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca on 08 Nov 22:22 next collapse

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

frongt@lemmy.zip on 08 Nov 23:15 collapse

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.

samus12345@sh.itjust.works on 09 Nov 00:43 next collapse
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roserose56@lemmy.zip on 08 Nov 22:26 next collapse

Said the guy who produces fake news 24/7.

WanderWisley@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 22:52 next collapse

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?

WanderingThoughts@europe.pub on 08 Nov 23:07 next collapse

If the government vehemently denies it, it must be true.

Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca on 08 Nov 23:35 next collapse

That’s rich coming from the white housse.

Formfiller@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 23:37 next collapse

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

SGG@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 01:06 collapse

Reading? No. Tasting? Yes.

MehBlah@lemmy.world on 08 Nov 23:48 next collapse

100 a fake human she is.

ToastedRavioli@midwest.social on 09 Nov 00:53 collapse

Just ask the botox injections

uberdroog@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 01:18 next collapse

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

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today on 09 Nov 06:43 collapse

her husband is more than double her age, shes only 28, and already on the way to getting maralogo face.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today on 09 Nov 01:59 next collapse

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.

WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org on 09 Nov 03:18 next collapse

Shes a little piglet.

lechekaflan@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 05:10 next collapse

Every fucking day this portion of the US government is so much like WWE.

This is prime entertainment for the Kremlin.

mercano@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 06:30 next collapse

When the President is the WWE Hall of Fame, and Secretary of Education owns the organization…

NeighboursNeverNeighbors@lemmy.ca on 09 Nov 06:48 collapse

I’m not even sure it’s not just a coincidence either.

echodot@feddit.uk on 09 Nov 06:29 next collapse

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.

Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 06:55 collapse

Shes not wrong. The BBC is a lot of shit. I once watched one of their reporters LIVE taking a side in the debate of Scottish independence, when their only job was to give each side a fair amount of time to have their say. The guy would pull the mic away from the SNP dude, and let the labour dude waffle on uninterrupted.

And thats before you get to the decades of paedophile cover ups. In 2013 a Freedom of Information request revealed: “152 allegations of sexual abuse … against 81 BBC employees and freelancers” in a six‑month period. During operation Yewtree, over 90 people were arrested in connection with child sexual abuse. The BBC is like the current white house. Full of paedos and those who protect them.

stretch2m@infosec.pub on 09 Nov 09:17 next collapse

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

SUCH AS? NAME ONE THING!

Vile_port_aloo@lemmy.world on 09 Nov 09:37 next collapse

As a Scottish person I agree !

foo@feddit.uk on 09 Nov 09:50 next collapse

Crocodile tears

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