Let’s talk about BBC

[Blazing Saddles]

The Iranians aren't so happy with the BBC


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And yet, despite all the shenanigans surrounding Greenland…

 

[C R]

And yet, despite all the shenanigans surrounding Greenland…

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Note that the Israeli embassy is the one leading the complaints about the lack of coverage in the BBC. Just another fascist stick to beat the BBC with.

 

[briantrumpet]

Not a complimentary take on the BBC and Brexit campaign finances:

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With binders of evidence, each sentence in those binders geared to be a nail in the coffin of the people who perverted democracy sitting right in front of her, she asked if there was “a smoking gun.”

I remember being shocked by the question.

A reduction of serious investigations and accusations and evidence being reduced to a soundbite by someone who was purported to be an intelligent person. Here was a respected British journalist, actively undermining and belittling someone to ensure that her job and her career and her reputation remained intact in the face of the scale of the accusations I was bringing to light. I remember noticing trepidation, awkwardness. I remember all of the journalists & producers at the BBC being scared - many have said it to me directly.

I came into that room expecting reasonable and rational discussion about what was sitting in front of all of us, only to be reduced to a young boy, getting too big for his boots, without a so-called “smoking gun”.

Jo had done her job just right. And the political establishment, BBC and conservative cesspit ran that clip over and over again: “no smoking gun.”

I didn’t have a smoking gun, they were right.

I had an entire farking bomb.

 

[Rusty Nails]

I watched BBC news at ten last night and it was disgusting that only the first five minutes or so were spent talking about Iran.
This is not what I pay my licence fee for.

 

[matticus]

I'm baffled. How does Cleese fit in?

It's baffling that people are so obsessed with Cleese! What an odd person to take umbrage with, with so much shoot being flung by so many more powerful (and obnoxious) people.

Hey-ho!

 

[AuroraSaab]

Note that the Israeli embassy is the one leading the complaints about the lack of coverage in the BBC. Just another fascist stick to beat the BBC with.

Maybe officially but on social media lots of Iranians are also complaining about the lack of coverage from all outlets, but especially the BBC. They aren't fascists. Unless you think they are all Zionist plants or something. The BBC were late to the party but it could just be that many outlets were slow to realise the size of the pushback this time and with no reporters in the country some were averse to using social media reports and footage of which they couldn't verify the date or location.

 

[Beebo]

Note that the Israeli embassy is the one leading the complaints about the lack of coverage in the BBC. Just another fascist stick to beat the BBC with.

Hilarious from Israel.
There is no internet and only a few journalists in Iran. So getting verified information out is tricky.
Very similar to why the BBC weren’t reporting out of Gaza very much. But I don’t recall Israel being overly concerned about that.

 

[C R]

Maybe officially but on social media lots of Iranians are also complaining about the lack of coverage from all outlets, but especially the BBC. They aren't fascists. Unless you think they are all Zionist plants or something. The BBC were late to the party but it could just be that many outlets were slow to realise the size of the pushback this time and with no reporters in the country some were averse to using social media reports and footage of which they couldn't verify the date or location.

They don't need to be plants to be fascist and supporters of zionism. Many of the shah's supporters are outright fascists, specially the older generations. Many Iranian exiles are maga and Israel supporters because those two are enemies of the islamic republic. They are in for a bit of a surprise, like the one the Venezuelan exiles got.

During the Israeli attacks last year, many Iranians abroad, particularly those who no longer have family in Iran, were gleefully supporting the bombing. For those living in Iran, or those who still have family in Iran, that was a step too far, and many broke up long running friendships because of this.

So, no, they are not plants, they just parrot the far right, pro Israel talking points like they have always done.

 

[Psamathe]

I watched BBC news at ten last night and it was disgusting that only the first five minutes or so were spent talking about Iran.
This is not what I pay my licence fee for.

Maybe the question is whether they reported the news fully. However important events, I think the time allocated should not run beyond what there is to be reported. Nothing worse than happens sometimes on some news programs where much of the program is given to an important issue but one where there isn't a lot to actually report so you get endless repetition from all their different correspondents, often providing nothing useful. They to fill the time you start getting views from UK public stopped on the streets ...

 

[AuroraSaab]

Seems unlikely that they're all fascists. Maybe they're just desperate for the world to pay attention in the hope that it will help.

 

[C R]

Seems unlikely that they're all fascists. Maybe they're just desperate for the world to pay attention in the hope that it will help.

Have you stopped beating your partner yet? I explicitly said that there's a particular group, long term exiles mostly loyal to the memory of the Pahlavi regime, who are. I didn't say they all are, and described how this particular group have alienated many other Iranians.

 

[Beebo]

Maybe the question is whether they reported the news fully. However important events, I think the time allocated should not run beyond what there is to be reported. Nothing worse than happens sometimes on some news programs where much of the program is given to an important issue but one where there isn't a lot to actually report so you get endless repetition from all their different correspondents, often providing nothing useful. They to fill the time you start getting views from UK public stopped on the streets ...

The problem of have a daily fixed 30 minutes to fill.
Some days there is too much news. Other days too little. But it has to be filled somehow.