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So the BBC is impartial is it?
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Told you so, get it privatised.
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So? I have never seen the BBC state it has to be neutral and impartial concerning the EU and Brexit. They are entitled to be partisan on the issue and have been.
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I wondered what the creaking sound was. Turns out it's all those knees being jerked at the very idea that the BBC should be involved in a research programme funded by the EU.
How very dare the EU spend money in this country! They should be spending it somewhere else so that the moaners could have even more to moan about. Still, if Bridgen had his way, I'm sure that Rupert Murdoch would be only too happy to take over even more of the media than he already owns. |
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Do you think it only takes a few million over a few years to buy editorial control of a broadcaster? You are aware that many companies recive EU grants and in this case it is for research and development. Nothing whatsoever to do with editorial or actual programme making. |
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So? I have never seen the BBC state it has to be neutral and impartial concerning the EU and Brexit. They are entitled to be partisan on the issue and have been.
No UK news broadcaster can be partisan by law. |
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So the BBC is impartial is it?
Overall, both BBC News and Sky News do a very good job and the bias is invariably in the eye of the partisan beholder. If you want a really rubbish channel then look no further than the propaganda outlet that is Russia Today. Memo to all anti Sky News and BBC News whingers - stop whining and get a life. |
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The story in the OP is just the standard anti-BBC muck raking over nothing that we get from certain tabloids.
The BBC certainly is biased though, demonstrably so through academic research. Its clearly very pro the current Tory administration and very anti labour/corybn. |
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The story in the OP is just the standard anti-BBC muck raking over nothing that we get from certain tabloids.
The BBC certainly is biased though, demonstrably so through academic research. Its clearly very pro the current Tory administration and very anti labour/corybn.
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Anyone who was watching the EU referendum results show post Sunderland must have thought they were watching a funeral broadcast. Surprised they didn't all have a wardrobe change during a news break and come back wearing black. When it was announced leave had won Laura Kuenssberg was almost in tears and it was negative from then on - the first reaction coming from Emily Thornberry.
The BBC may try to be impartial but the liberal pro EU London centric bias of most of its presenters bar Andrew Neil just shines through |
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The Express? Lol
And an OP questioning impartiality using the Express as a source? Even funnier. |
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The Express? Lol
And an OP questioning impartiality using the Express as a source? Even funnier. Go ahead and find me a document that proves the opposite to this article. It's rather pathetic stating "Express: mega-lolz" without anything to add to the conversation. All in all, a totally pointless post. |
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Lol? Are you 12?
Go ahead and find me a document that proves the opposite to this article. It's rather pathetic stating "Express: mega-lolz" without anything to add to the conversation. All in all, a totally pointless post. Do you belive that a drop in the ocean amount over a few years to the BBC R&D department buys editorial control of a national broadcaster's entire news and political output? |
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Old news regurgitated.
Do you think it only takes a few million over a few years to buy editorial control of a broadcaster? You are aware that many companies recive EU grants and in this case it is for research and development. Nothing whatsoever to do with editorial or actual programme making. It's been one of their headlines at least once or twice a year for several years. |
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But surely the Express is totally impartial and in no way is it a rival news organisation.
And its a base lie to say that it is a financial backer of UKIP. Some wicked people might even call it UKIPs mouthpiece. |
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To see the establishment pulling down the establishment supporting BBC is odd.
Surely Labour won't mind seeing the back of the BBC. (However New Labour would have been aghast) |
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Brexiter links the Daily Brexit in a "how dare the EU fund UK projects" rant. |
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But surely the Express is totally impartial and in no way is it a rival news organisation.
And its a base lie to say that it is a financial backer of UKIP. Some wicked people might even call it UKIPs mouthpiece. |
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Both the Mail and Express under fire for 'toxic' and 'nasty' Brexit front pages.
https://www.joe.co.uk/news/both-the-...nt-pages/91258 Daily Express Forced To Remove List Of Things We’d ‘Get Back’ If We Left The EU Because It Wasn’t True http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entr...b07cb01dcf7871 Three newspapers to be reported to Ipso over 'inaccurate' EU stories https://www.theguardian.com/media/gr...ate-eu-stories Press’ hateful 8 stories from Brexit debate https://infacts.org/hateful_eight/ The Express corrects over a third of “facts” in this pro-Brexit piece published before the vote It was forced to remove the entire article, which was riddled with misinformation. http://www.newstatesman.com/politics...published-vote SIX LIES TOLD BY NIGEL FARAGE IN EXPRESS ARTICLE https://tabloidcorrections.wordpress...press-article/ |
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What's the argument here? An admission that research funding actually will dry up post-Brexit? If not, then surely the fact that some of the money is currently coming via the EU ought to be neutral, as it will simply be replaced with similar UK-sourced grants?
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I'm sure the BBC is more impartial than the rag you've linked to.
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The Express is an even more disgusting paper than the daily mail, so forgive me if i immediately dismiss their propaganda as nonsense.
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