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Fucking self absorbed nation

More than 100 BBC employees are accusing the corporation of providing favourable coverage toward Israel and are calling on the broadcaster to “recommit to fairness, accuracy, and impartiality” over its reporting on Gaza.

In a letter sent to Tim Davie, signed by more than 230 members of the media industry, including 101 anonymous BBC staff, the corporation is criticised for failing its own editorial standards by lacking “consistently fair and accurate evidence-based journalism in its coverage of Gaza”.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bbc-israel-gaza-letter-tim-davie-bias-palestine-b2636737.html

In 2006, shortly after this study was published, research commissioned by the BBC’s Board of Governors and carried out by Loughborough University confirmed many of its key findings. In addition, the BBC’s independent panel report highlighted the corporation’s “failure to convey adequately the disparity in the Israeli and Palestinian experience, reflecting the fact that one side is in control and the other lives under occupation” and stressed the BBC’s need “to fill in the gaps, most obviously in respect of context and history”.

Despite this, emerging research on BBC reporting since 7 October 2023 has produced similar findings, such as a lack of historical context, and differential use of language in relation to Palestinian and Israeli victims. Imbalances in coverage appear to be a long and consistent feature of BBC reporting.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/bbc-impartiality-trust-israel-gaza-media-experts/

They are most definitely bias. They're only changing their tune now after months of pressure and because the government, since Lammy visited, is changing their tune too.

This isn't their first explicit bias either:

So, on the objective evidence presented here, the mainstream TV coverage of the first year of the independence referendum campaigns has not been fair or balanced. Taken together, we have evidence of coverage which seems likely to have damaged the Yes campaign.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/bbc-bias-and-scots-referendum-new-report/

In the past, yes, certainly. And I'm of the view ACAB. However, the Equality Act passed years ago, LGBTQ people are legally not to be discriminated against. The police showing support is therefore a good thing. It solidifies their commitment to uphold this law and treat LGBTQ people as equals in a country that still has a discrimination problem amongst the populace. It reminds both bigots and police officers which side police forces are now on and that there will be consequences for acts of discrimination.

To push them away will not help the cause.

These rights took decades, many people fighting tirelessly, and sadly many deaths and injuries to achieve. Why would you want to throw all that away? Just because you dislike cops? They're finally on the right side with this. Yes, they're twats for a myriad of reasons, but in this regard they're in the right. This is very important support to have, because there are people in society who are doing what they can to overturn this progress. The cops being on side helps prevent that.

Also, remember, that just because something is illegal doesn't mean that law will be enforced. Police forces have previously chosen to decriminalise things like personal amounts of cannabis by just refusing to bother enforcing it. It's still illegal but if no cop arrests you, is it really? They could do the same with regard to the Equality Act if they choose, decriminalising discrimination again. It's harder for them to justify doing that if their vans are covered in Pride livery. It's harder for individual officers to tolerate discrimination if they have a personal positive view of LGBTQ people.

This isn't America, Peelian principles are still at least vaguely adhered to. Community policing is still a thing here.

Except by definition it is a democracy.

Barely.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index#List_by_country

Well of course they do. She's too left wing for Keir's right wing party.

Take the hint that they don't want you Diane and join Corbyn and Sultana in making a genuine left wing labour party. Fuck the red Tories, let their party bleed.

If enough jump ship they might finally take the hint that pandering to Reform and the far right, when they're meant to be the party of unions and the working class, is fucking moronic and traitorous.

What's the admin password? Is it *******?

That's why you should drink Glucozade Port!

Seemingly, the Senate didn't mind their power withering away under a domineering autocrat so long as they didn't have to share power with the poors!

✨ 🎶 A tale as old as time 🎶✨

Space for all, except those who wear small!

Oh wow. The YouTube version of this video had the rozzers faces blurred so I just assumed it was some dumb rookie but there's no way these are rookies!

Fucking fascists.

Have no choice sounds very similar to "just following orders". They all have free will, they all have a choice.

American cops can shoot people in cold blood and get away with it, do you honestly believe they wouldn't get away with choosing not to zip tie disabled people?