tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868129342202984491.post4203419794540400487..comments2023-05-23T11:07:08.243+01:00Comments on Beeb Bias Craig: A CHALLENGE TO ANDREW MARRCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868129342202984491.post-34044136484571311442010-01-03T20:45:33.585+00:002010-01-03T20:45:33.585+00:00Thank you for your kind words.
Yes, it would be wo...Thank you for your kind words.<br />Yes, it would be wonderful to have a reliable source of news (and wonderful if that were the BBC). <br />Wherever they report from in the world these days, I always have a nagging suspicion (even if it's from India or China or Brazil) that I am probably being fed a line in some way. That may mostly not be the case but, as you say, how can you tell? <br />And then there's the superficiality of so much of it, feeding us emotionally-charged stories rather than factual information. <br />The coverage of the situation in Yemen is a case in point. Why is it in the mess that it's in? What can be done about it that won't make matters worse? I've heard little so far that skims below the surface and the BBC don't seem to be drawing on a great pool of internal (or external) expertise on the matter, and when the do ask an expert (usually the same onee each time) they ask questions that encourage that expert to skim over the surface too, especially as there's usually too little time to expand on any points and dig deeper.<br />And as for domestic politics, that's if anything even worse!Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868129342202984491.post-61810165082433063722010-01-03T19:04:16.023+00:002010-01-03T19:04:16.023+00:00I'm glad that someone is at last trying to qua...I'm glad that someone is at last trying to quantify BBC bias. <br />However, for me the main problem is the news. I go there seeking facts as to what is happening in the world and I'm never sure how biased the information is. Yes, one can compare the time given to politicians to make statements, etc, but it is hard to judge what is happening in, say, Afghanistan, because there are few comparison sources. In my youth, you could believe that anything the BBC told you on the news was factual, now you just have to listen to them on the subject of Arab/Israeli relations to find it is far from being so.English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.com