Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Covid

Mumsnet doesn't verify the qualifications of users. If you have medical concerns, please consult a healthcare professional.

Interesting Article on BBC's Complete Disconnection With Reality About Covid

104 replies

Advance · 25/12/2021 16:47

Intro:

"I’ve seen from the inside how the corporation has failed in its reporting on the pandemic

I have been a BBC journalist for many years, and in that time I have been committed to impartiality and the corporation’s Reithian values to inform and educate. My despair about the BBC’s one-sided coverage of the pandemic though has been steadily growing for some time. And in early December, as I listened to a BBC radio broadcast, I felt the corporation reach a new low."

Here is a link through the paywall:
archive.md/EIZZW

Maybe a whistle blower from The Guardian will do one soon!

OP posts:
Piggywaspushed · 29/12/2021 19:26

Reported it PT.

swallowedAfly · 30/12/2021 09:30

Whilst I agree with deleting complete misinformation I would have liked to have read it. I recently did a little deep dive into where the hell some of the more crazy types are getting their info and theories from.

I do try these days to look at output from all the extremes as well as the mid range pseudo left/right (I don't think those words mean much anymore personally) because it's informative as to the kind of culture war we're living in and to try and tease out understanding of who is driving the misinformation and what they stand to gain/what the agenda is.

Piggywaspushed · 30/12/2021 09:37

It was dangerous home self medication crap (and also not relevant to UK). I really wouldn't have wanted it standing.

Honesty find it elsewhere online if you want to read it out of academic interest.

swallowedAfly · 30/12/2021 11:03

I find it boggling that people can take that stuff seriously and actually post it in public.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page