What are your thoughts on the BBC?

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  1. AGS

    AGS Notable Member

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    #41
    Even when it is backed up with evidence and links from other sources? Dude you're turning into a GTech these days lol. At least places like rense and Prison Planet post articles with links, the BBC just reports what it is told to report.
     
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    #42
    They are micky mouse sites. They exist almost entirely to give conspiracy theorists something to link to on forums as a "source". I watched the video but it was hardly compelling. The footage was of poor quality and no definitive conclusions can be drawn from it.
     
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    #43
    Exactly Sherlock!!!

    So how can the BBC state that Proinsias de Rossa was knocked to the ground?

    It's typical BBC sh*t.

    This is also a big clue that you also failed to notice:

    The BBC is a disgrace.
     
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    #44
    Because the BBC's report isn't based on the inconclusive footage. Unlike the "report" from prison planet which concluded from the video that the BBC fabricated the whole thing.

    If no definitive conclusions can be drawn from the footage, By your own admission, Why are you siding with the only people who DID draw a conclusion from the footage?
     
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    #45
    The thing about the BBC is that it's very much on the centre ground, politically speaking - in regards to two issues, Ireland, anti-EU (amongst much else) it doesn't really know how to deal with them - so it does it's best to ignore them

    That's not institutional bias, just a reflection of its employees.

    I listen to BBC Radio 4 a lot. This is the only national radio station (in the UK) that deals with current affairs, other than the 1 minute news gap upon the hour that other stations handle. But it's very staid - a "middle class institution" as it's been described as.
     
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    Blitz Well-Known Member

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    #46
    Generally speaking, the working classes aren't as interested in current affairs as the middle classes. Compare red tops and broadsheets.
     
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