... The tabloids do this too but I expect better of the BBC. There have been a number of times they have reported misleading or half accounts. The latest one I’ve noticed is as follows:
“In Spain, 37% of the 166,831 people infected have recovered, in Italy 22% of 156,363, in France 21% of 133,670. In the UK 85,208 people have tested positive, but only 0.3% have so far recovered.”
Does the BBC reporter writing this has such little common sense that they believe only 0.3% of those who tests positive for CV in the UK have recovered? I can’t believe that a BBC reporter is so moronic that they just parrot this without question or engaging their brain. Very poor...
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Lazy and brain-dead BBC reporting...
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Derbygerbil · 13/04/2020 10:49
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