Have the BBC been ask to limit war coverage?

CanOfGerms · 2023-10-28T00:12:32+00:00

I went into the BBC website and noticed this conflict is much less prominent than it has been. Then I read this article: [[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/27/us-asks-qatar-to-turn-down-the-volume-of-al-jazeera-news-coverage https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/oct/27/us-asks-qatar-to-turn-down-the-volume-of-al-jazeera-news-coverage]] Do you think the BBC might be adhering to a request to quieten coverage like Al Jazeera has been asked? If so, would it be for the same reasons?

Agustteen · 28/10/2023 01:21

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Floralnomad · 28/10/2023 01:50

It’s monopolising the news on BBC tonight so I don’t think so

CosimoPiovasco · 28/10/2023 01:54

BBC do seem to be limiting it and from what I just saw are being quite biased in favour of Israel. Perhaps they’ll put something on looking at both sides at some point but I haven’t seen much.

ITV news yesterday was appallingly biased.

EachandEveryone · 28/10/2023 02:00

Ive been watching Sky and its showing both sides

Pussygaloregalapagos · 28/10/2023 02:03

Radio 4 seems to be tending to sympathy with the Palestinians current situation and covering it endlessly. They are all politics and international relations though. I don't know about what it all looks like as I only get my news from radio or online newspapers.

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CanOfGerms · 28/10/2023 02:56

I’m not in the UK so can’t see video coverage. Looking at other online newspapers, it does seem less (not Guardian though). Daily Mail doesn’t appear to know it’s happening.

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CosimoPiovasco · 28/10/2023 03:00

CanOfGerms · 28/10/2023 02:56

I’m not in the UK so can’t see video coverage. Looking at other online newspapers, it does seem less (not Guardian though). Daily Mail doesn’t appear to know it’s happening.

Which is why we call it the DailyFail

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CanOfGerms · 28/10/2023 03:08

Since posting, top 3 headlines in DM are related.

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EnoughIsay · 28/10/2023 03:41

In my opinion they have decided to back off a bit.

I do think a quiet word was had - most western countries are very afraid of backlash, people taking to the streets.

Just compare the coverage of the first six months of Ukraine.

I was in the States last week - mindblowing how nakedly bias it is.

We live in a an age of extrordinary censorship.

AutumnalLeaves38 · 28/10/2023 04:09

Channel 4 News has been pretty fair and incisive, IMO.

Seem to have given a voice to both perspectives far more than other outlets I've watched, either MSM or indy.

And at least hasn't announced breaking news as hard 'facts' until they've been investigated and verified as far as they can be, given the circumstances.

Plumpciousness · 28/10/2023 08:19

CanOfGerms · 28/10/2023 02:56

I’m not in the UK so can’t see video coverage. Looking at other online newspapers, it does seem less (not Guardian though). Daily Mail doesn’t appear to know it’s happening.

So you're not in the UK, don't have access to BBC TV and radio, and decide to start a thread called "Have the BBC been asked to limit war coverage" based on what you see on the BBC website?

As someone who is in the UK, I can tell you it's been wall to wall coverage for the past 3 weeks, apart from a brief focus on floods in the UK and the US shooting yesterday. War in Ukraine is hardly mentioned.

The BBC is a broadcaster and the content of their website is secondary to that, unlike newspapers, which are print media and therefore their entire content is visible on their websites.

CherryCokeFanatic · 28/10/2023 08:24

My general advice is to avoid tv news as it’s depressing, miserable and always quite obviously biased. You will not feel any better watching it. If you do really feel the need, Channel 4 has been the best in my experience when it comes to being mostly factual reporting with less obvious bias. Their reports the other week on the evidence for/against both sides for the hospital bombing, was very balanced.

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CanOfGerms · 28/10/2023 08:45

Yes. Like many British expats I imagine, BBC news website is usually my first port of call for news. To be honest, I’ve not seen TV news for so long it hadn’t crossed my mind that would be people’s main experience. Sorry if that upsets you.

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Changingplace · 28/10/2023 08:51

CanOfGerms · 28/10/2023 02:56

I’m not in the UK so can’t see video coverage. Looking at other online newspapers, it does seem less (not Guardian though). Daily Mail doesn’t appear to know it’s happening.

Since you’re not in the UK so can’t see the BBC news your thread makes no sense, how would you even know what television coverage the BBC is giving to this topic?

Its all over the news here, on all channels.

Who do you think would tell the BBC that anyway since all the news programmes operate independently and despite fake news from people who clearly know no nothing about how it (or other independent news media) operates, editorial control for the BBC is held within the organisation, nobody/no other organisation controls that.

Changingplace · 28/10/2023 08:52

CanOfGerms · 28/10/2023 08:45

Yes. Like many British expats I imagine, BBC news website is usually my first port of call for news. To be honest, I’ve not seen TV news for so long it hadn’t crossed my mind that would be people’s main experience. Sorry if that upsets you.

It’s not upsetting, it’s just crazy for anyone to assume that the BBC website contains anywhere near the volume of news coverage it provides.

Changingplace · 28/10/2023 08:55

EnoughIsay · 28/10/2023 03:41

In my opinion they have decided to back off a bit.

I do think a quiet word was had - most western countries are very afraid of backlash, people taking to the streets.

Just compare the coverage of the first six months of Ukraine.

I was in the States last week - mindblowing how nakedly bias it is.

We live in a an age of extrordinary censorship.

Who do you honestly think has had a ‘quiet word’? It doesn’t work like that at all, if editorial decisions are made it’s in house, or for legal reasons.

I’ve worked in media for over a decade.

Notbeinfunnehbut · 28/10/2023 08:55

Not a war it’s genocide ,

not having a pop op but please use the correct language

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hopeishere · 28/10/2023 08:57

It's interesting though. The coverage reminds me of the start of the Ukraine was (remember that?) lots of big name reporters on top of buildings at night. At some point the focus will move to something else.

EasternStandard · 28/10/2023 09:01

Not at all. It’s majority coverage

EasternStandard · 28/10/2023 09:02

hopeishere · 28/10/2023 08:57

It's interesting though. The coverage reminds me of the start of the Ukraine was (remember that?) lots of big name reporters on top of buildings at night. At some point the focus will move to something else.

I was just thinking of Ukraine

Maybe we just go with journalists so if they move it doesn’t get mentioned

Plumpciousness · 28/10/2023 09:54

hopeishere · 28/10/2023 08:57

It's interesting though. The coverage reminds me of the start of the Ukraine was (remember that?) lots of big name reporters on top of buildings at night. At some point the focus will move to something else.

Clive Myrie reporting live from Kiev, on a rooftop, after dark and lit up with bright lights for the camera - I was always on edge wondering if he was going to get his head blown off on live television.

ForfarFourEastFifeFive · 28/10/2023 09:57

The BBC will only report things either their reporters can see, or they can confirm or verify, and of course in this sort of situation, it’s very hard to verify anything at all.