Notices tagged with bbc

@musicman ask the people of #Libya if #HilaryClinton being in charge of things is good for human wellbeing. According to the #BBC, Libya ...

> once had one of the highest standards of living in Africa, with free healthcare and free education
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-24472322

... until Secretary of State Clinton decided to smash it apart.

NASA said to be investigating first allegation of a crime in space https://www.bbc.com/news/world-49457912 #BBC

@fitheach the public funding argument is a curious one. The counter-argument is that only UK taxpayers fund the #BBC so only they are entitled to free access. Possible solutions include a clause in copyright treaties that all publicly-funded media is exempt from copyright, or has to be under a #CC license. Or a global (or per-language) public interest media fund that all governments contribute to.

@null #ProPublica. #HuffPost. #RadioNZ (livestream available and many shows now available as podcasts) #ABC (Australian), #BBC, and other public broadcasters now available to a global audience. But I'm pretty sceptical of the whole concept of "the news". As #NeilPostman wrote about its origins and biases in 'Amusing Ourselves to Death', it's form derived from the telegraph, and however impartial it aims to be, it tends to distort the relative importance of information based on how "new" it is.

#fangirl #bbc #fandom #sherlock

@jackyan we're also supposed to believe that #RT is purely a propaganda channel - even though we're told "80%" of what they broadcast is good journalism - because it's funded by the Russian state. But the #BBC is not a propaganda channel, and the 20% they get wrong (eg Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction") is just innocent mistakes #YeahRight. IMHO both are state propaganda channels, whose journalists squeeze in good journalism whenever the state that funds them doesn't have skin in the game.

Spectacular investigation work from #BBC , journalism at its best : https://twitter.com/BBCAfrica/status/1044186344153583616 #twitter