China bars BBC World News over false reports
www.globaltimes.cn
BBC World News has been barred from airing in China, the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) announced, saying some BBC's reports on China infringed the principles of truthfulness and impartiality in journalism.

Chinese observers said the BBC has turned into "a rumor mill" that deliberately throws mud at China, and the decision to suspend its broadcast sends a clear message that China doesn't accept fake news.

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  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Wasn't BBC basically threatened with funding cuts if they didn't give more favorable coverage to the Boris admin?

    • CoralMarks [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Apparently:

      Downing Street is threatening the future of the BBC by insisting it is seriously considering decriminalising non-payment of the licence fee
      [...]
      No 10 pointed to Andrew Neil’s on-air monologue in which he lambasted Johnson for his refusal to be interviewed, and the BBC’s “extensive coverage” of a four-year-old boy with suspected pneumonia forced to sleep on a hospital floor – as supposed evidence of anti-Tory, pro-remain bias at the corporation.
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      • AlexandairBabeuf [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        oi ave u got a loicense for that telly?

        imagine having to pay tax for the privledge of being subjected to the bbc🤢

      • Coca_Cola_but_Commie [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Andrew Neil

        Not being a Brit myself the only thing I really know about Andrew Neil is that he's reactionary scum who deserves to be drowned in a barrel of cum, but this marks the second good thing I know of that he's done. The first being, of course, the public humiliation of Ben Shapiro.

    • Randomdog [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yes. And the new director general is a Tory stooge.

      It's GENUINELY become a corrupt fake news source.

        • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          MI5 but yeah. From the 1930s all the way to the late 80s/early 90s assuming they ever actually stopped.

          They also marked dangerous subversives like children's poet Michael Rosen's staff files with a Christmas tree stamp for monitoring and more.