| WTF is this? 21:02 - May 21 with 2878 views | Darth_Koont |
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-52737557
They've been in government for a decade, Laura. This isn't about timing.
It's about accountability.It strikes me that if high-profile public sector journalists had it and understood it then maybe successive governments would too. |  |
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| WTF is this? on 21:08 - May 21 with 2842 views | monytowbray |
Ahh the Head of Conservative Propaganda at the BBC as usual.
She’s a plant and I’m amazed no one’s gone digging around her political relationships yet.
I’d fully expect to uncover compromised interests. |  |
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| WTF is this? on 21:14 - May 21 with 2812 views | Darth_Koont |
| WTF is this? on 21:08 - May 21 by monytowbray |
Ahh the Head of Conservative Propaganda at the BBC as usual.
She’s a plant and I’m amazed no one’s gone digging around her political relationships yet.
I’d fully expect to uncover compromised interests. |
I think it's even worse than that. She's a party politics nerd and is totally enthralled by the bubble.
She'd rather obsess about personality than assess policy. Which is of zero service to the public or indeed to a functioning democracy. | |
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| WTF is this? on 21:20 - May 21 with 2788 views | blueislander |
| WTF is this? on 21:14 - May 21 by Darth_Koont |
I think it's even worse than that. She's a party politics nerd and is totally enthralled by the bubble.
She'd rather obsess about personality than assess policy. Which is of zero service to the public or indeed to a functioning democracy. |
I am by no means a Tory, and having read that, I am struggling to see what is in that article that brings you to that conclusion. In various interviews in the past, particularly over Brexit, she has asked some very searching questions of Boris, and other Ministers. |  | | |
| WTF is this? on 21:23 - May 21 with 2778 views | monytowbray |
| WTF is this? on 21:20 - May 21 by blueislander |
I am by no means a Tory, and having read that, I am struggling to see what is in that article that brings you to that conclusion. In various interviews in the past, particularly over Brexit, she has asked some very searching questions of Boris, and other Ministers. |
Like the time she told the country she felt he “so rightly deserved” a majority?
She barely scrapes the surface with her questions. Same with Peston. | |
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| WTF is this? on 21:27 - May 21 with 2753 views | blueislander |
| WTF is this? on 21:23 - May 21 by monytowbray |
Like the time she told the country she felt he “so rightly deserved” a majority?
She barely scrapes the surface with her questions. Same with Peston. |
Did she say that? Was that before or after the election? | | | |
| WTF is this? on 21:33 - May 21 with 2732 views | blueislander |
| WTF is this? on 21:27 - May 21 by blueislander |
Did she say that? Was that before or after the election? |
Just looked it up. It was Alex Forsyth that said that. | | | |
| WTF is this? on 21:47 - May 21 with 2696 views | N2_Blue |
| WTF is this? on 21:20 - May 21 by blueislander |
I am by no means a Tory, and having read that, I am struggling to see what is in that article that brings you to that conclusion. In various interviews in the past, particularly over Brexit, she has asked some very searching questions of Boris, and other Ministers. |
She is an awful useless journalist and I've no idea how the BBC gave her such a good gig |  |
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| WTF is this? on 21:50 - May 21 with 2682 views | m14_blue |
| WTF is this? on 21:23 - May 21 by monytowbray |
Like the time she told the country she felt he “so rightly deserved” a majority?
She barely scrapes the surface with her questions. Same with Peston. |
That doesn’t sound likely | | | |
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| WTF is this? on 21:54 - May 21 with 2668 views | Darth_Koont |
| WTF is this? on 21:20 - May 21 by blueislander |
I am by no means a Tory, and having read that, I am struggling to see what is in that article that brings you to that conclusion. In various interviews in the past, particularly over Brexit, she has asked some very searching questions of Boris, and other Ministers. |
About policy? Or about politics? | |
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| WTF is this? on 21:56 - May 21 with 2663 views | reusersfreekicks |
| WTF is this? on 21:47 - May 21 by N2_Blue |
She is an awful useless journalist and I've no idea how the BBC gave her such a good gig |
I actually quite rate her |  | | |
| WTF is this? on 22:00 - May 21 with 2650 views | m14_blue |
| WTF is this? on 21:14 - May 21 by Darth_Koont |
I think it's even worse than that. She's a party politics nerd and is totally enthralled by the bubble.
She'd rather obsess about personality than assess policy. Which is of zero service to the public or indeed to a functioning democracy. |
Agree with this totally, but unfortunately that’s the same with most political journalists at the moment, more interested in the Westminster game than the actual substance of policy.
I don’t really accept the accusations of bias though, especially as they seem to come from both sides. | | | |
| WTF is this? on 22:16 - May 21 with 2604 views | monytowbray |
| WTF is this? on 21:33 - May 21 by blueislander |
Just looked it up. It was Alex Forsyth that said that. |
Sorry my mistake, I linked the article and didn’t even double check it.
Swore it was Laura K. But still she’s got a stack of evidence against her too. | |
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| WTF is this? on 22:17 - May 21 with 2599 views | WD19 |
| WTF is this? on 21:50 - May 21 by m14_blue |
That doesn’t sound likely |
It was a slip of the tongue. It was an over egged, pre-prepared piece to camera where a journalist was talking in an impassioned way about a majority a politician “desired” and said “deserved” instead. |  | | |
| WTF is this? on 22:29 - May 21 with 2572 views | Darth_Koont |
| WTF is this? on 22:00 - May 21 by m14_blue |
Agree with this totally, but unfortunately that’s the same with most political journalists at the moment, more interested in the Westminster game than the actual substance of policy.
I don’t really accept the accusations of bias though, especially as they seem to come from both sides. |
Indeed.
It's not about bias per se. It's about missing the whole point, which is far worse. | |
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| WTF is this? on 10:38 - May 23 with 2320 views | pointofblue |
Maybe I’m reading this the wrong way but I don’t see what is really wrong with this article? It seems quite damaging to the government - after a decade they’re still arguing about caps, taxation and a proposal which has been around for years. | |
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| WTF is this? on 10:45 - May 23 with 2302 views | Darth_Koont |
| WTF is this? on 10:38 - May 23 by pointofblue |
Maybe I’m reading this the wrong way but I don’t see what is really wrong with this article? It seems quite damaging to the government - after a decade they’re still arguing about caps, taxation and a proposal which has been around for years. |
Because she's a senior journalist and has stood by and watched for the last 5 years of this. Or just hasn't seen it because she's busy looking at the game and not the policies.
I don't blame Kuenssberg personally but she's a product of our frankly awful and incestuous political-media landscape. And she should be at The Telegraph, rather than our public broadcaster, if she wants to play cosy insider and diarist. | |
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| WTF is this? on 10:53 - May 23 with 2287 views | pointofblue |
| WTF is this? on 10:45 - May 23 by Darth_Koont |
Because she's a senior journalist and has stood by and watched for the last 5 years of this. Or just hasn't seen it because she's busy looking at the game and not the policies.
I don't blame Kuenssberg personally but she's a product of our frankly awful and incestuous political-media landscape. And she should be at The Telegraph, rather than our public broadcaster, if she wants to play cosy insider and diarist. |
I think there’s a balance between the mainstream media and the public and I’m not 100% sure who feeds who - the dominant obsession of Brexit over the past four years has overwhelmed subjects which should be in the press and public’s focus. Is this because the public want to know the in and outs of our departure or is it all-dominant because it’s an easy job for the MSM to pick up the ball and run with it without overly taxing themselves? | |
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| WTF is this? on 11:04 - May 23 with 2255 views | Darth_Koont |
| WTF is this? on 10:53 - May 23 by pointofblue |
I think there’s a balance between the mainstream media and the public and I’m not 100% sure who feeds who - the dominant obsession of Brexit over the past four years has overwhelmed subjects which should be in the press and public’s focus. Is this because the public want to know the in and outs of our departure or is it all-dominant because it’s an easy job for the MSM to pick up the ball and run with it without overly taxing themselves? |
TBF there was limited interest in the reality of Brexit as well. The public had to make their own choice as individuals and find their own sources in order to seek out most of the truth.
If the BBC and its lead political journalist don't exhibit much interest in or accountability towards presenting the objective truth then we're screwed. It means there's effectively no balance against the owned media and dangerously little holding politicians to account. | |
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