Quote Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone View Post
I tend to source my broadcast news from BBC, Sky and C4. Internet based sources tend to be more inflammatory so I pay less heed to those and social media is something I don't regard as a news source at all but rather a comedy store.

So, to your question, it's hard to answer in specifics but it's an impression I formed when considering the 3 broadcast sources. The BBC coverage seemed less empathetic with the victims and whilst not pro the perpetrator(s,) less "critical" of them. Not just the train incident but ever since Southport I suppose, when we have seen how many similar incidents? 6 or 8?

i suspect the downplaying may stem from the aftermath of Southport and perhaps the BBC trying to not inflamed reactions to yet another mindless act of personal violence committed by an ethnic minority (note I don't say immigrant or illegal here). But that just my interpretation of my perception of differences between reporting.
I get most of my ?news? from BBC but anything I?m really bothered about I fact check, and there is often a bit of ?spin? included. What you dont get from not traditional outlets is the things they choose not to report at all, some of the ?unrest? caused by the pro Palestine protestors was easily as newsworthy as that at the ?far right? protest, for instance

Internet sources also run rings round traditional media wrt speed, the ?appearance? of the train perp was all over the internet before the tv coverage even broke the news - I first saw it on a footy forum. Not to say you don?t have to take most stuff with a pinch of salt