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Fair and balanced my arse (February 2004)

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CO
Corin
This evening 2004-03-25 at 20:32h UTC, BBC Radio Bore broadcast the text of the infamous FOX NEWS CHANNEL " My Word " editorial feature by John Gibson with the now legendary declaration

Quote:
remember it was the Beeb caught lying.


This was part of the show " Analysis ".

Quote:
Analysis The News From Here

Do we still need rules governing the impartiality of broadcast news? Tim Gardam reflects on the growth of news outlets and asks if regulation designed to prevent bias is still necessary or even workable. Where once we worried that a small number of broadcasters could wield too much influence for the democratic good, can we now expect the market to be better at achieving balance?


You may listen to the repeat of this show on Sunday, March 28th, 2004 at 21:30h UTC
on BBC Radio 4 198 kHz LF, 92-95 MHz VHF Band II, or LCN 74 on the SDN Multiplex A on UHF.
MA
Marcus Founding member
For an alternative view on the American right, including Fox, I reccomend

Lies (and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them) by Al Franken

Available from Amazon
NG
noggin Founding member
Marcus posted:
For an alternative view on the American right, including Fox, I reccomend

Lies (and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them) by Al Franken

Available from Amazon


Heartily seconded - a humourous but scary read. (A bit less reactionary and a bit more analytical than Michael Moore IMHO)
DV
dvboy
Corin posted:
You may listen to the repeat of this show on Sunday, March 28th, 2004 at 21:30h UTC
on BBC Radio 4 198 kHz LF, 92-95 MHz VHF Band II, or LCN 74 on the SDN Multiplex A on UHF.


Translation:
"This show's repeated on Radio 4 on Sunday at 8.30pm"
...which is wrong anyway because you forgot we put the clocks forward on Saturday night. And Radio 4's on lots of other frequencies on other platforms too.

But anyway my points are:
a) can't you just put things in plain English?
and b) people know where to find Radio 4 (and if they don't, your silly jargon ain't gonna help anyway).
NG
noggin Founding member
dvboy posted:
Corin posted:
You may listen to the repeat of this show on Sunday, March 28th, 2004 at 21:30h UTC
on BBC Radio 4 198 kHz LF, 92-95 MHz VHF Band II, or LCN 74 on the SDN Multiplex A on UHF.


Translation:
"This show's repeated on Radio 4 on Sunday at 8.30pm"
...which is wrong anyway because you forgot we put the clocks forward on Saturday night. And Radio 4's on lots of other frequencies on other platforms too.

But anyway my points are:
a) can't you just put things in plain English?
and b) people know where to find Radio 4 (and if they don't, your silly jargon ain't gonna help anyway).


A useful tip which shouldn't mean waiting until Sunday, is to go to the BBC Radio 4 listen again website. "Analysis" is listed as one of the shows that should be available.

Radio 4 Listen Again
:-(
A former member
dvboy posted:
Corin posted:
You may listen to the repeat of this show on Sunday, March 28th, 2004 at 21:30h UTC
on BBC Radio 4 198 kHz LF, 92-95 MHz VHF Band II, or LCN 74 on the SDN Multiplex A on UHF.


Translation:
"This show's repeated on Radio 4 on Sunday at 8.30pm"
...which is wrong anyway because you forgot we put the clocks forward on Saturday night. And Radio 4's on lots of other frequencies on other platforms too.

But anyway my points are:
a) can't you just put things in plain English?
and b) people know where to find Radio 4 (and if they don't, your silly jargon ain't gonna help anyway).


Umm...

UTC is the standard time measurement..

Universal Time Constant.

The time given is actually correct .

There are those of us who work in UTC (or GMT) all year round. Astronomers, for example. Do not assume that everyone changes their clock for daylight savings - it does not work that way.
DV
dvboy
But the repeat is at 21:30 BST, that's why the time is wrong.
MA
Marcus Founding member
dvboy posted:
But the repeat is at 21:30 BST, that's why the time is wrong.


Indeed. If you are going to be pretentious, at least get your facts right. Smile
Last edited by Marcus on 26 March 2004 8:47pm
CO
Corin
Yup, I forgot that the clocks in Europe, where daylight savings time is observed, are springing ahead one hour this coming Sunday morning.
MA
Marcus Founding member
Corin posted:
Yup, I forgot that the clocks in Europe, where daylight savings time is observed, are springing ahead one hour this coming Sunday morning.


Clock in Europe go forward one week earlier than the clocks in North America.

Causes havoc for the BBC World planners.

15 days later

CO
Corin
Getting some TV content back into this thread, surf on over to this site to see a clip of Secreatry of Defense Donald Rumsfeld contradicting his earlier statements about "immediate threat" and his attempt at weaseling out of that awkward denoument.

<http://www.moveon.ORG/censure/caughtonvideo/>

(Warning: Flash (tm) player required)
SP
Sput
There is one recent Fox News article I rather enjoyed reading, firstly from its sheer lack of research which is admitted:
Some Fool posted:
I’ve only seen the trailer, but my money is on the movie, not global warming, being the disaster


and then its sheer ignorance...
Quote:
This column has addressed Green extremism and global warming many times in the past ¯ "Eco-Imperialism's Deadly Consequences" ; "Global Warming not a WMD"; and "Global Warmers Admit No Solutions," for example. So suffice it to say that there’s no credible evidence humans are altering global climate in any measurable way and, to the extent that global climate is changing ¯ as it always has and always will ¯ there’s nothing that humans can do about that change except to adapt.


...but the best irony of the article, which the reporter could well be oblivious to, is that the film is in fact a Fox production! Of course that might mean he has principles...all righty, sure.

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