On Friday the UK Government and the Minister in charge of Health (Hancock) were found guilty of acting UNLAWFULLY. The real whiff of corruption. A few years back that would have been news. BIG NEWS. Politicians with principles would have resigned.
Not anymore.
It’s definitely move on, nothing to concern you here.
A check on the main BBC News website not 24 hours after the court judgement and absolutely nothing. Not one reference. Lots of news about Hancock. Lots of quotes from him about other issues but not a single reference to the giant elephant in the room. Even on the 10 must read news items the BBC thinks you need to read – nothing. Government publicity photo shoots, Kim Kardashian, Royal News and a bear attack in Alaska are more deserving of our attention. What has happened to a valued news organisation that was independent and respected.
Our news is BUSTED.
As is ours.
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That’s so sad.
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Tell me about it. There has been so much corruption in the U.S. in the past 4 years that they have to just move on to the next thing or they couldn’t cover it all. When powerful men have control of the media and and cronies of powerful men who have control of the government. Watch out.
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Johnson is definitely using the Trump playbook but with a boyish smile.
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Well at least that’s one small improvement.
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I guess so.
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I noticed that too. I just dispair with it to be honest.
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It so sad.
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And I can’t see it changing to be honest.
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It wont
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Hubby found out a long time ago that in order to find out some real news about the UK, he had to go to foreign news programmes.
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That’s what I do.
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I read the Guardian online now and then. Based in the U.K. they also have offices in N.Y.C. and cover news from around the world. I also read the CBC online. They are usually pretty good sources, but I agree, news sources are not what they once were, which is very troubling. Part of the issue in Canada is that a couple of huge media conglomerates have bought up most communication including newspapers, magazines, radio and t.v. stations and all the like. Which means they decide what will or will not be published. since democracy is best served by independent news sources it is beyond concerning. Social media often is often completely untrue or at the very least give one-sided stories. Corruption breeds easily when there is no media to hold them to task – to “speak truth to power”. That, sadly, is missing in most news agencies these days, all around the world.
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Here they are putting friends in the oversight jobs. No oversight then.
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It seems to be a thing in too many governments these days….feels like we’re taking a giant step backwards.
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It’s all gone a bit Xfiles
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Yes, there is also a definite Twilight Zone feel to these days we’re living – so surreal, and too often not in a good way.
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Sadly I feel the same.
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“Nero fiddled while Rome burned” sadly that seems to be the way of too many so-called leaders these days.
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He has been reborn
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Sadly, yes, he seems to have been reincarnated, not good at all!
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Not good at all x
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What were they busted for?
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Trying to hide contracts they awarded to friends and party donors. Billions of pounds. No due process.
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They are disgusting. The BBC that is. This is before we get to the politicians. But all their as licking of teh Gov is putting more and more people off them. These are the people who pay their fat cat salaries.
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Once the credibility goes it never comes back.
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Huge comments about this over Twitter regarding him and BBC. I say him, as I have heard enough of his name since yesterday and thats including what I have grilled him on, with others.
The question is though, is ‘him’ going to resign, or preferably get the sack? That’s what we are all asking on Twitter, because if he had been in an average job, he wouldn’t have a job. ‘Him’ can take clown with him too.
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If i had done that I would have been sacked and put in prison.
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Welcome to my world.
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I thought I’d never hear that about BBC!
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The news service has become a disgrace.
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Too bad. We used to rate it as high as CNN!
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Not anymore
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😒
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Gone
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Truth is also in lockdown. It has been all along.
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True
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According to my feeds, the ONLY thing currently happening in the UK is princes visiting their father in hospital. That’s IT.
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Always: Follow the money. 💰 💳
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Best way
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It has been for a very long time. Social media and the fact that people can actually communicate instantly has just helped reveal it.
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It so has.
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I miss Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather!! I’m exhausted by sensationalism and biased OPINIONS be passed off as news.
I usually go to foriegn or small independent sites. Still have to check several to compare and get the facts straight. 🙄🤦🏼♀️
Really sad that BBC has gone to the money side. They were a well respected organization.
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I always considered the BBC a step up from the CBC. The discussion leaves me wondering.
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I think the BBC is just as busted as anywhere else these days.
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Sadly it is.
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The news service is busted. But at least other parts of BBC can make great programmes still.
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Principles are out of fashion. x
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Looks like most countries have a low bar when it comes to politicians and their questionable ethics. In part the problem is with the voters not making it matter.
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And the bar is getting lower.
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Our politicians are just doing it so much, and so often. It’s not a shock anymore. We should be upset about it, but we’ve become so accustomed to it.
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That’s what they want.
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Wow!
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“News” is now on a need-to-know basis… they tell us what they think we need to know.
It’s all a popularity contests for likes and follows, and politicians behaving badly…or you know, breaking the law, don’t rate near as high as celebrity marriages and Twitter cat fights.
We’re so screwed.
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It’s sad that you have to always question what is being served up to you
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Wow! Thats not good. I am surprised at the BBC!
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It’s what happens when you put government supporters in charge of it.
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Have you caught this:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/13/new-do-not-resuscitate-orders-imposed-on-covid-19-patients-with-learning-difficulties
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Yes. It’s a disgrace. The Government are not interested.
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