Good-Candidate3044 t1_j95burn wrote on February 19, 2023 at 10:23 AM

Reply to comment by ilhahq in Transparency and Trust in News Media by ADefiniteDescription

We have the tv license in the UK, 150 odd a year that funds the BBC who are the most bias news source in the world. Is the version you guys have over there working? Ours certainly isn't.

thirdender t1_j95ekmg wrote on February 19, 2023 at 11:02 AM

The BBC was widely lauded as a more reliable source of international news than US news outlets about a decade ago. I stopped watching broadcast news around that time, so I can't say if that's changed since.

geetarzrkool t1_j9640cx wrote on February 19, 2023 at 3:23 PM

That's like saying Jack the Ripper was slightly better than Jeffrey Dahmer. Define "better" :/

thirdender t1_j966jxo wrote on February 19, 2023 at 3:42 PM

I think the benefit of following BBC or Al Jazeera, as an American, is that our national news sources overemphasize the importance of America on the international stage. Even if a news source is incredibly biased, access to alternative news sources can induce cognitive dissonance. This can be uncomfortable, but allow us to objectively engage with our own internal biases.

ilhahq t1_j95eeiv wrote on February 19, 2023 at 11:00 AM

I dont think that BBC is that biased (at least in comparison with other sources). Check a bias in media website to see. For instance,

https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart

Deutsche welle is quite good, and it is funded by this tax. Dont know abiut the other channels, since I am not a german speaker.

geetarzrkool t1_j9b9oai wrote on February 20, 2023 at 5:43 PM

"Here in Germany" ....Media Good....."I am not a German speaker."

Wirklcih? Ich spreche kleine Deutsch!....nur ein bischen ;)

geetarzrkool t1_j95nurs wrote on February 19, 2023 at 1:01 PM

AMEN!!!! Force state-sponsored propaganda and you have no other options. This is precisely why Orwell modeled Big Brother after the BBC where he worked for years. He knew from experience. They even have a statue up at BBD HQ mocking him with one of his own quotes.

"If Liberty means anything at all, it means telling the People what they don't want to hear."

Correct, the People do not "want to hear" the lie, propaganda and double-speak that the BBC produce for global consumption.

Statism is never the answer. The First Amendment to the US Constitution is. That's why they put it first, of course.