O/T - general election 2019

[wendun]

These NHS lies from leaked documents are getting a bit boring

Still I expect they might get a few sheep to move in a certain direction

Grist, the world is quickly going mad and certainly losing a sense of perspective. Placido Domingo hounded out of Covent garden and the Met for upsetting some second rate snowflake. Today on the BBC news all day the second or third story on each bulletin was some Man City fan making monkey gestures at Man Utd players. Do gooders, politicians, police, anti-racist spokespeople and Kick It Out wastrels all on to say how shocking. Pathetic.

[Exiletyke]

Grist, the world is quickly going mad and certainly losing a sense of perspective. Placido Domingo hounded out of Covent garden and the Met for upsetting some second rate snowflake. Today on the BBC news all day the second or third story on each bulletin was some Man City fan making monkey gestures at Man Utd players. Do gooders, politicians, police, anti-racist spokespeople and Kick It Out wastrels all on to say how shocking. Pathetic.

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[wendun]

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I was slightly wrong. Just listened to the Villa Leicester game on Radio 5 and on the news immediately after the Man City story had jumped to first place, complete with interview from Kick It Out spokesman. Then we had a fire in Delhi, a murder, a bit of politics and last, a brief mention of two people arrested at Dover in connection with terrorism.
No, Exile, I probably didn't phrase it well. I went for my blood tests and being an old codger they gave me a flu jab. I only mentioned the statins thing because I thought (perhaps wrongly) there were parallels with worries over the flu jab. Cheers.

[Exiletyke]

I was slightly wrong. Just listened to the Villa Leicester game on Radio 5 and on the news immediately after the Man City story had jumped to first place, complete with interview from Kick It Out spokesman. Then we had a fire in Delhi, a murder, a bit of politics and last, a brief mention of two people arrested at Dover in connection with terrorism.
No, Exile, I probably didn't phrase it well. I went for my blood tests and being an old codger they gave me a flu jab. I only mentioned the statins thing because I thought (perhaps wrongly) there were parallels with worries over the flu jab. Cheers.

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[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Grist, the world is quickly going mad and certainly losing a sense of perspective. Placido Domingo hounded out of Covent garden and the Met for upsetting some second rate snowflake. Today on the BBC news all day the second or third story on each bulletin was some Man City fan making monkey gestures at Man Utd players. Do gooders, politicians, police, anti-racist spokespeople and Kick It Out wastrels all on to say how shocking. Pathetic.

The NHS is undoubtedly under pressure, funding could be better and more people (many born outside the U.K.) put more pressure on it. However the NHS does a great job, its staff being highly commendable, so on today’s BBC web page under election coverage the headline is “General Election 2019: working in the NHS feels sometimes unbearable”

We know it’s hard in the NHS, but still there are GPS retiring at 50 because they don’t financially need to work anymore.

So do we get a well balanced “ make your own mind up” report from the BBC, no we get the emotive stuff that the sheep lap up.

[Redshank]

The NHS is undoubtedly under pressure, funding could be better and more people (many born outside the U.K.) put more pressure on it. However the NHS does a great job, its staff being highly commendable, so on today’s BBC web page under election coverage the headline is “General Election 2019: working in the NHS feels sometimes unbearable”

We know it’s hard in the NHS, but still there are GPS retiring at 50 because they don’t financially need to work anymore.

So do we get a well balanced “ make your own mind up” report from the BBC, no we get the emotive stuff that the sheep lap up.

Perhaps if you were exposed to the "emotive stuff" and a standard of care bordering on criminal negligence you may think differently.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Perhaps if you were exposed to the "emotive stuff" and a standard of care bordering on criminal negligence you may think differently.

I think you're missing the point.

The article wasn't an examination of the NHS, good or bad. The BBC had got it under Election Coverage. As such it should be a balanced look, not emotive stuff about certain (no doubt carefully selected) individuals within it.

[Exiletyke]

I think you're missing the point.

The article wasn't an examination of the NHS, good or bad. The BBC had got it under Election Coverage. As such it should be a balanced look, not emotive stuff about certain (no doubt carefully selected) individuals within it.

Any idea where to look for any news media that presents a balanced look
Almost the entire news media has a very strong right wing leaning but that's ok is it?

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Any idea where to look for any news media that presents a balanced look
Almost the entire news media has a very strong right wing leaning but that's ok is it?

There are right wing and left wing newspapers, Mail to the right, Guardian to the left.

But this is the BBC who should be impartial and fair at all times.

They aren't

[Exiletyke]

There are right wing and left wing newspapers, Mail to the right, Guardian to the left.

But this is the BBC who should be impartial and fair at all times.

They aren't

Do you think the program was biased?