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Posted by: John Hawkes
Date/Time: 15/04/24 10:26:00

Mr Ixer

'unbiased news from the BBC'.

Is there such a thing as 'unbiased news' ?

With the best will in the world, every time any journalist, including those at the BBC, starts choosing words be they nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs and then hits the keyboard, he/she cannot help in doing so but reflect their own intellectual viewpoint or bias over the matter in hand.

It may not be propaganda- a particular position determinedly and deliberately put out even if known not to be true - but there will still be personal influence in the content.

All any reasonably intelligent person can do is to take content from many sources, take a view as to what is the credibility and agenda of these sources and then decide what they think is 'true'.

For what it's worth, I tend to triangulate news and Opinion from the Guardian, BBC, Mail Online, the Spectator and Prospect.

Then I let my gut instinct and prejudice kick in ! 


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Comedy gold13/04/24 15:10:00 Richard Carter
   Re:Comedy gold - not so much14/04/24 10:14:00 Nicholas Evans
      Re:Re:Comedy gold - not so much14/04/24 11:45:00 John Hawkes
         Reply14/04/24 12:09:00 Nicholas Evans
            Re:Reply14/04/24 13:46:00 John Hawkes
      Re:Re:Comedy gold - not so much14/04/24 13:01:00 Ivonne Holliday
   Re:Comedy gold14/04/24 11:12:00 John Hawkes
   Re:Comedy gold14/04/24 15:54:00 Steven Rose
      Re:Re:Comedy gold14/04/24 16:55:00 Ivonne Holliday
         Re:Re:Re:Comedy gold14/04/24 20:02:00 Freddie Francis
            Reply14/04/24 20:22:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply14/04/24 21:21:00 Freddie Francis
                  Reply14/04/24 21:30:00 Michael Ixer
                     Re:Reply14/04/24 22:05:00 Steven Rose
                        Reply14/04/24 22:29:00 Michael Ixer
                           Re:Reply15/04/24 10:28:00 John Hawkes
                              Reply15/04/24 11:13:00 Michael Ixer
                     Re:Reply15/04/24 10:26:00 John Hawkes
                        Reply15/04/24 11:29:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply15/04/24 09:59:00 John Hawkes
      Re:Re:Comedy gold14/04/24 22:48:00 Richard Carter
         Re:Re:Re:Comedy gold15/04/24 10:19:00 Steven Rose
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Comedy gold15/04/24 12:38:00 Ivonne Holliday
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Comedy gold15/04/24 15:46:00 Steven Rose
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Comedy gold15/04/24 16:21:00 Ivonne Holliday
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Comedy gold15/04/24 16:36:00 Richard Carter
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Comedy gold15/04/24 17:31:00 Steven Rose
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Comedy gold15/04/24 17:41:00 Ivonne Holliday
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Comedy gold15/04/24 18:42:00 Steven Rose
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Comedy gold15/04/24 19:47:00 Ivonne Holliday
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Comedy gold15/04/24 20:57:00 Steven Rose
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Comedy gold16/04/24 09:35:00 Ivonne Holliday
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Comedy gold16/04/24 10:24:00 John Hawkes
                        Reply16/04/24 12:26:00 Michael Ixer
                           Reply16/04/24 13:08:00 Michael Ixer
                              Re:Reply17/04/24 15:46:00 Philippa Bond

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