tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post6666232996592574442..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Fake news, filter bubbles and the failure of the BBCUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-17565936166159085262016-11-18T13:51:28.916+00:002016-11-18T13:51:28.916+00:00It took me many years but I eventually came to the...It took me many years but I eventually came to the conclusion some years ago now that the media wouldn't know the truth if they saw it. Their goal is to create controversy and they have certainly been successful!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03267170289726545355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-17991679026110923842016-11-18T07:42:59.971+00:002016-11-18T07:42:59.971+00:00For some years now I haven't thought that the ...For some years now I haven't thought that the Beeb is impartial and its partiality is most evident during interviews when no-one can be left in doubt that an interviewee is disapproved of (it even extends to members of the public - I remember Anita Anand on "Any Answers" expressing her personal outrage at a caller's opinion to a subsequent caller).<br /><br />It's not just London journalists who exhibit conformity to a particular position - my local news presenter looked and sounded as if she was reporting personal catastrophe after the referendum vote - ("Smelling salts, Gavin, looks like Carol's about to go again"!). <br /><br />A cynic might be tempted to believe that not only do all Beeb journalists hold a particular view but that it's Beeb policy to promote that view possibly to shape the narrative.<br /><br />Jay Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-32338848735925295952016-11-17T17:18:25.167+00:002016-11-17T17:18:25.167+00:00I made several hundred pounds from Donald's wi...I made several hundred pounds from Donald's win because months ago I reckoned he had a very good shot at the POTUS job. I just wish I had made the bet earlier. I could have made £10K. So some of us were not at all surprised. Dr Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00176521760477086914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-44256273740134079402016-11-17T15:01:21.711+00:002016-11-17T15:01:21.711+00:00and in a land of immigrants attacking immigration ...and in a land of immigrants attacking immigration seems dumb and just a bit racist -<br /><br />Can you source Trumps attack on immigration please?<br /><br />I watched and read a lot of Trumps words and cannot recall him attacking immigration. He criticised illegal immigration and spoke about repatriation of these illegal immigrants, illegal immigrants are law breakers, criminals and should be deported. They can apply through normal channels like everybody else if they want to immigrate. He also spoke about an hiatus on immigrants from known terrorist countries until a thorough method of vetting was set up, imminently sensible when you consider how many refugees from the Middle East have gone on to commit terror acts in Europe. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-59905978442385461142016-11-17T14:34:11.052+00:002016-11-17T14:34:11.052+00:00Like so many in this country, I looked at the repo...Like so many in this country, I looked at the reports following Trump’s trail and wondered why he was so popular with Americans when he said such bad things. Unlike so many in this country, I watched a few of the speeches he made at his rallies. Outside the auditoria, I watched footage of the crowds of protestors who, when interviewed, had no idea what they were protesting about; I watched supporters who, when interviewed, knew full well what they were supporting.<br /><br />The conclusions I came to included the unpleasant thought that we were being lied to – and lied to by those whom we have trusted for far too long. It makes me doubt almost every story that issues forth from these places, and chills me to think that these are what too, too many people continue to think are completely trustworthy. I now ask the question when someone raises a “fact”: “Is that true, or was it something you heard on the BBC?”Radical Rodenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09098158811572687268noreply@blogger.com