Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin...
by empthought on Thursday March 10, 2022 @03:23PM
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The BBC is literally the UK state media.
Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin...
by mardifoufs on Thursday March 10, 2022 @03:36PM
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You ignored the "slave state with an absolute monarchy" part I think. Not like they are even comparable, unless you are saying the BBC journalists could justifiably be fearing for their lives if they criticize the UK government? All state media aren't created equal, and aren't equally independant. Otherwise the BBC, aljazeera and RT would be all equal since they are all state media after all.
Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin...
by ashwagary on Thursday March 10, 2022 @04:41PM
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You stated that you aren't British. You should probably ask some Brits what they think about the BBC and understand their criticisms. You may be surprised by the response.
They generally do not consider it unbiased at all and many would call it false propaganda, especially if they are Irish or Scottish.
Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin...
by jen20 on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:50AM
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I am British. The BBC is the best media service in existence, and although one must watch with open eyes (like any media), it is generally more free of bias than any other available source, especially when covering international matters.
If there were an option to pay the license fee from the US, I would.
I can’t decide your generalizations are pretty ignorant (at best parroting the Daily Mail and friends) or malevolent.
Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin...
by ashwagary on Saturday March 12, 2022 @07:54AM
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>The BBC is the best media service in existence
Hyperbolic claim, so I will ignore it.
>it is generally more free of bias than any other available source, especially when covering international matters.
I disagree, especially when the British have an interest in the outcome of an international situation.
Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin...
by soundnote on Sunday March 13, 2022 @03:41AM
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Not the government, and they won't lose their lives for it, but they do live in a country that records "non-crime hate incidents" and shows them to people requesting your criminal record.
Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin...
by hereforphone on Thursday March 10, 2022 @04:23PM
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Have you remembered to renew your BBC license this year?
Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin...
by mardifoufs on Thursday March 10, 2022 @04:28PM
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I'm not British but I still think a license based financing is still probably better than financing from the ruling family of a slave petrostate.
Your comment is actually an amazing example of why we should absolutely avoid media censorship (like the EU is doing right now); it seems like the people who are usually the most vocally pushing for it are also, not coincidentally, those who are also the most likely to be completely oblivious to propaganda even when it's right in front of them. Yet also think that they are impervious to it.