Reply to: Patronising Peston and dumbing down

[BoredBloke]

Isn't his dad a Lord - I wonder if that had anything to do with him getting a job at the Beeb?

[Board Game Geek]

Bada Boom !

Thank you Basil Brush !

Funnily enough, I was sitting in the staff room eating lunch, and the discussion revolved around an article in a magazine about a lady who had tried many different types of beauty treatment cream for the face, but who swore on the efficacy of semen.

And yes, there were copious jokes about "facials".

Apparently she pays £200 a pop from the internet for a tube of the stuff.

She said in the article "I did think of the idea of ringing up my male friends, but decided against it.

[Churchill]

But that's the problem with the London Underground. Too expensive and smells of bodily fluids.

I thought you were into that kind of sh!t!

Churchill - In "IGMC" mode!

[Board Game Geek]

Ruprect posted : You're right - it was all the other posts that are unrelated to the initial one

You noticed that too huh ?

I think it's a new thing on the forums, that is becoming more noticable of late.

Start a post, and the replies to it become the "new" post.

No one ever replies to the original post anyone, and only responds to the post above it.

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But that's the problem with the London Underground. Too expensive and smells of bodily fluids.

[Ruprect]

It's you, I'm afraid.

The previous posts were discussing the point of the media, and what they publish and why they publish it. There was a side point about the BBC, which was mentioned earlier in the thread, but that point had sunk earlier, and was superceeded with regards to the articles the newspapers publish.

You're right - it was all the other posts that are unrelated to the initial one

[Board Game Geek]

It's you, I'm afraid.

The previous posts were discussing the point of the media, and what they publish and why they publish it. There was a side point about the BBC, which was mentioned earlier in the thread, but that point had sunk earlier, and was superceeded with regards to the articles the newspapers publish.

[Ruprect]

Well, I suspect that most people are interested in news that may affect them personally.

Whilst the building of a local Sally Army church may not pose a threat to them, a sudden influx of economic migrants most definitely would.

Hence it's reasonable to expect the news to focus on issues that affect people nationally and locally, such as :

Policing & Crime
NHS provisioning
Government mandates
Economic migrants / Asylum seekers
Education standards and changes
Local government edicts
House prices
Cost of living
etc...etc...

Is it me, or is this post completely unrelated to the thread?

[Board Game Geek]

Well, I suspect that most people are interested in news that may affect them personally.

Whilst the building of a local Sally Army church may not pose a threat to them, a sudden influx of economic migrants most definitely would.

Hence it's reasonable to expect the news to focus on issues that affect people nationally and locally, such as :

Policing & Crime
NHS provisioning
Government mandates
Economic migrants / Asylum seekers
Education standards and changes
Local government edicts
House prices
Cost of living
etc...etc...

[sasguru]

I would report the news. I can just about accept newspapers printing what they want, because it's up to me whether I buy them or not. With the BBC, I have no choice, so it has no business having an agenda.

If it wants to play that game - scrap the license fee.

Unfortunately media is a business and they need bums on sofas/people buying their papers. The BBC has to compete on sensationalism with the commercial outfits. I've given up reading papers or watching the news - its all about getting the largest number of people's attention by being outrageous.

After all, who would buy a paper whose headline read "We are in a severe recession, but its not the end of the world, no one will starve or die - so count your lucky stars you don't live in some war zone, you spoilt fec-kers".

[PM-Junkie]

They do, as do all the media. I see your point.

But if you were in the place of a newspaper editor or a news broadcaster, would you do anything different?

I would report the news. I can just about accept newspapers printing what they want, because it's up to me whether I buy them or not. With the BBC, I have no choice, so it has no business having an agenda.

If it wants to play that game - scrap the license fee.

[Ruprect]

They do, as do all the media. I see your point.

But if you were in the place of a newspaper editor or a news broadcaster, would you do anything different?

Pogle would.

[Doggy Styles]

No, that isn't my point - of course it is rising. But it is the way they ignore any good news and for straight for the bad news that turns me off. They clearly have an agenda.

They do, as do all the media. I see your point.

But if you were in the place of a newspaper editor or a news broadcaster, would you do anything different?

[PM-Junkie]

Does that mean unemployment isn't rising after all?

No, that isn't my point - of course it is rising. But it is the way they ignore any good news and for straight for the bad news that turns me off. They clearly have an agenda.

[Doggy Styles]

I won't listen to the BBC anymore - I don't like their agenda. I get a report every two weeks detailing company investments by market sector, and it makes very interesting reading - especially the last two reports.

Example - 10 million pound investment here, 12 million pound investment there, 1000 new jobs here, 750 there...and 700 jobs lost somewhere else.

And guess which one the BBC reports?

Does that mean unemployment isn't rising after all?

[PM-Junkie]

I won't listen to the BBC anymore - I don't like their agenda. I get a report every two weeks detailing company investments by market sector, and it makes very interesting reading - especially the last two reports.

Example - 10 million pound investment here, 12 million pound investment there, 1000 new jobs here, 750 there...and 700 jobs lost somewhere else.

And guess which one the BBC reports?