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Previously on "Patronising Peston and dumbing down"
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Isn't his dad a Lord - I wonder if that had anything to do with him getting a job at the Beeb?
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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.
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Ruprect posted : You're right - it was all the other posts that are unrelated to the initial one
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.
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Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostIt'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.
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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.
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Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostWell, 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...
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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...
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Originally posted by PM-Junkie View PostI 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.
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".
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostThey 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?
If it wants to play that game - scrap the license fee.
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Originally posted by PM-Junkie View PostNo, 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.
But if you were in the place of a newspaper editor or a news broadcaster, would you do anything different?
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostDoes that mean unemployment isn't rising after all?
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Originally posted by PM-Junkie View PostI 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?
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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?
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