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pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

I'm watching the BBC and they are talking about the high prices of grain. And what do you know, the camera goes to a shot of a giant ethanol factory with a HUGE US flag painted on it.

Because the US has been increasing its production of biofuels, to reduce their dependency on fossil fuels, they are harming the world's food supply, increasing costs making it harder for the rest of the world to eat.

Don't you just love "fair and unbiased" news coverage.

Sleepy in Seoul · Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:52 am Post subject:

Well, why are you watching it then? You could always watch Fox.

Thwartley · Joined: 19 Feb 2008

Dome Vans · Guest

The BBC is still smarting from the whole Dr Kelly suicide/WMD thing. Some heads rolled at the BBC because of it and now they've had it in for the government and any of it's Alllies.

Many BBC journalists have come out and spoken about how dangerous and wrong the US and British relationship is. The BBC is supposed to be unbiased but when the US media is feeding shit daily to the American people, the British government would love this to be the case in Britain but they ain't going to get it.

You know what, I'm one hundred percent on their (BBC) side.

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

BBC employees pride themselves on the quality and impartiality of their work........but who knows what goes on at the top level. Never trust one news source.

However, if I was pushed to name a news source that I would trust, it would be the BBC. They have a proud history of being trustworthy. The day when the BBC can't be trusted would be a sad day for the world. But, hey. I'm always cynical.

kabrams · Joined: 15 Mar 2008 Location: your Dad's house

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Kuros · Joined: 27 Apr 2004

swigs · Joined: 20 Apr 2008

http://www.biased-bbc.blogspot.com/

There is no such thing as an unbiased news source, because people making news just happen to have opinions.

I find news.google.com to be a cool way to look at the news, for any given story they have hundreds of news links from across the world that you can read. That way you never find yourself in the habit of reading from just one source. Although most of the stories are directly derived from the AP wire.

Caledonian Craig · Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Location: Edinburgh

not great by ANY stretch of the imagination- but in terms of a comparitive perspective...a right to reply, (relatively) unbiased coverage of elections, more devolved powers for the regions in terms of programme content, and subject coverage... then not bad. But weighed against industry double standards, 'creative' accounting and shite satuarday evening telly, well I think they're pish. But then there isn't one unifying thread that binds the BBC- there will be shows which contradict and disagree with other BBC shows, and I suppose that's a good thing, no?

PS as for 'reeling' over the WMD/Dr Kelly thing, well I haven't felt it, and I moved back to the UK from Korean in late 2005

Caledonian Craig · Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Location: Edinburgh

not great by ANY stretch of the imagination- but in terms of a comparitive perspective...a right to reply, (relatively) unbiased coverage of elections, more devolved powers for the regions in terms of programme content, and subject coverage... then not bad. But weighed against industry double standards, 'creative' accounting and shite satuarday evening telly, well I think they're pish. But then there isn't one unifying thread that binds the BBC- there will be shows which contradict and disagree with other BBC shows, and I suppose that's a good thing, no?

PS as for 'reeling' over the WMD/Dr Kelly thing, well I haven't felt it, and I moved back to the UK from Korea in late 2005

ED209 · Joined: 17 Oct 2006

I'm still lamenting over John Craven's Newsround.

Dome Vans · Guest

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

So, the US using grain and corn for Biofuels is the number 1 reason that food/grain prices are going up all over the world?

Because, if you were watching that BBC segment, you would think so.

In my opinion, after showing a graph of food prices going up, I would next show a graph showing the global population and it's rise. Then I could compare the world's total food supply against that population and show a relationship.

Not the BBC. They immediately pan to a shot of a US refinery that just happens to have a giant US flag painted on it.

Only a small percentage of grain is used for Biofuels in the US.

The US is an easy out for media outlets. IF something is wrong with the world, they can just point a finger at the US and say "XXX that the US is doing is at fault." They do it because people will WATCH and it boosts ratings.

Lets be real here, BBC, CNN, Foxnews, etc... They don't care about stories or being objective. They care about sponsors, ratings, and having the largest audience to sell their advertising.

Dome Vans · Guest

The BBC doesn't have sponsors. It doesn't have advertising. It doesn't need to please anyone, that's why people pay a tv licence for them. It's part public funded. It is nothing like FOX and CNN.

All media outlets get a picture that they want. It's all about photoshoots and soundbites. Anything else is immaterial.