Lencho01
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The anchors who go along with this are ****ing shameful.
They probably have no choice, one way or another.
The anchors who go along with this are ****ing shameful.
All media is corporate owned from the left to the right. They dont care about news, they care about money. Corporate owned news is the threat to Democracy.
I mean, I would agree its a problem but what exactly is the better alternative? The government running the news? I'm not sure what the solution is here. Feels like we'd have major problems either way.
In finding that the show broke several impartiality rules, Ofcom said: There was no reflection of the views of the U.K. Government or any of the authorities or people criticized, which we would have expected given the nature and amount of criticism of them in the program. The presenter did not challenge the views of his contributors; instead, he reinforced their views.
In the case of Hannity, Ofcom investigated the outspoken presenters monologue in January regarding President Trumps proposed travel ban. An opening segment of the show had video clips of public figures opposed to the order, which saw those individuals repeatedly dismissed or ridiculed by Hannity, Ofcom said.
During the rest of the program, the presenter interviewed various guests who were all prominent supporters of the Trump administration and highly critical of those opposed to the order, Ofcom said. The presenter consistently voiced his enthusiastic support for the order and the Trump administration.
The program didnt include a sufficiently wide range of views, and any alternative opinions put forward during the discussion were dismissed by the presenter, an Ofcom spokesman said.
As decent a news source as the BBC is, saying they're "impartial" is hilarious. C'mon now.
The main criticism of the BBC for, oh, half a century or more has been that they lean left.
Which is fine, most non-profit public-funded media does, PBS in the U.S., ABC in Australia, the works. Nothing wrong with that. But the BBC answering to a regulatory board, most of whom probably lean their way ideologically anyway, hardly makes them "impartial".
It's fine to have a stance on things, they should just embrace it rather than denying it.
Sometimes there's just a right and wrong though. Objectively fact-checking certain statements can reveal that.
If Fox News says the oceans are made up of the tears of God, but a news agency comes out and says this is patently false and that ocean water is a chemical compound composed of hydrogen, oxygen, and salt that's not a "stance" its a statement of actual fact.
In the scenario above, its pretty easy to determine whether both sides of a debate are presented and if a journalist (which Hannity is NOT BTW) is taking one side.
This isnt like a "Is abortion ethical?" type thing here.
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The main criticism of the BBC for, oh, half a century or more has been that they lean left.
Which is fine, most non-profit public-funded media does, PBS in the U.S., ABC in Australia, the works. Nothing wrong with that. But the BBC answering to a regulatory board, most of whom probably lean their way ideologically anyway, hardly makes them "impartial".
It's fine to have a stance on things, they should just embrace it rather than denying it.