Covid 19 and the Media

[Geoff Parkstone]

I'd give up debating if I were you Ram, I have. When everything you suggest is met with the same blank faced stare, its not worth saying anything.

Interesting to see that Liverpool has been locked down today due to high infection rates. That sort of bangs the argument that you cant get covid from bins on the head.

[ramAnag]

I'd give up debating if I were you Ram, I have. When everything you suggest is met with the same blank faced stare, its not worth saying anything.

Interesting to see that Liverpool has been locked down today due to high infection rates. That sort of bangs the argument that you cant get covid from bins on the head.

Lol...the only reason you’ve ‘given up’ is because I don’t subscribe to your mantra of ‘mustn’t criticise the Government’ and you don’t have any answers, while all that second paragraph proves, again, is that it’s you who’s the cynic, not me.

[Trickytreesreds]

Interestingly enough though. The media played the COVID card exactly today to their own agendas.

The Sun ran with Corbyn breaking the 6 person rule, having a marxist dinner party.

The Mirror ran with Johnsons dad being spotted not wearing a mask and wanting hiM fined £10K and flogged.

The Gaurdian was more outraged by the possibility of illegal migrants being placed on off shore detention centres, even though all quarentime rules are currently being ignored.

Funny as ****

[ramAnag]

Interestingly enough though. The media played the COVID card exactly today to their own agendas.

The Sun ran with Corbyn breaking the 6 person rule, having a marxist dinner party.

The Mirror ran with Johnsons dad being spotted not wearing a mask and wanting hiM fined £10K and flogged.

The Gaurdian was more outraged by the possibility of illegal migrants being placed on off shore detention centres, even though all quarentime rules are currently being ignored.

Funny as ****

Which on the other (Are the Media biased?) thread is exactly what we’d all concluded...that they all have their own agendas but there are probably more Right wing than Left wing agendas.
Interesting that all those ‘stories’ were covered on the BBC News in, imo, a totally even handed way.

[Trickytreesreds]

Well it's only your opinion that counts RA. We've all deduced that.

[ramAnag]

Well it's only your opinion that counts RA. We've all deduced that.

Thanks...I wasn’t actually disagreeing with you Tricky...but if you want to join GP in having a pointless little ‘dig’ feel free.

[Andy_Faber]

Which on the other (Are the Media biased?) thread is exactly what we’d all concluded...that they all have their own agendas but there are probably more Right wing than Left wing agendas.
Interesting that all those ‘stories’ were covered on the BBC News in, imo, a totally even handed way.

No we DIDN’T all conclude that, you did!

BBC News were neutral on all issues you mention, but things may change if Emily Maitless is presenting Newsnight

Nice to see that Tim Davie is enacting a long overdue control on BBC employees and contractors preventing them from offering political opinions in public, under pain of, ultimately, dismissal.

[mistaram]

No we DIDN’T all conclude that, you did!

BBC News were neutral on all issues you mention, but things may change if Emily Maitless is presenting Newsnight

Nice to see that Tim Davie is enacting a long overdue control on BBC employees and contractors preventing them from offering political opinions in public, under pain of, ultimately, dismissal.

Do you mean the same Tim Davie who has been on the BBC executive for 12 years and also Director General twice and done feck all about the things he's talking about doing now Despite being paid £642,000 in 2019 no wonder he supports paying for licences

[Andy_Faber]

Do you mean the same Tim Davie who has been on the BBC executive for 12 years and also Director General twice and done feck all about the things he's talking about doing now Despite being paid £642,000 in 2019 no wonder he supports paying for licences

If you mean he gets paid too much, too right that’s outrageous

[ramAnag]

No we DIDN’T all conclude that, you did!

BBC News were neutral on all issues you mention, but things may change if Emily Maitless is presenting Newsnight

Nice to see that Tim Davie is enacting a long overdue control on BBC employees and contractors preventing them from offering political opinions in public, under pain of, ultimately, dismissal.

I wasn’t actually talking about the BBC in terms of neutrality...but it seemed fairly clear that the Guardian and Mirror are left leaning, the Independent relatively devoid of bias and the Express, Mail, Sun, Times and Telegraph all right leaning...or have I got that wrong?

I’m not sure what you mean about BBC employees and contractors offering political opinions. I haven’t seen the likes of Louise Minchin, Dan Walker, Naga Munchetty or Charlie Stayt ever doing that, but clearly those on more political or satirical programmes are paid to do precisely that, aren’t they?