Is the Young Turks the most balanced show in america no the world | 26 comments (26 topical, 0 hidden)
people in UK (none / 0)
The british people have become more dissatisfied with BBC in the last 10 years.  It doesn't have the same credibility that it used to.  

by sampson on 11/07/2009 11:15:50 PM EST

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Really? (none / 0)
When I was in the UK it seemed to me that people always went to the BBC when they wanted serious information and their website is one of the most popular in the UK.

Of course their was criticism, and this criticism might be more verbal than 10 years ago. Still, look at the "scandals" of recent years. A teaser for a docu about the Queen was edited to make a wrong impression, Russel Brand admitts that he has slept with a woman and Clarkson makes a joke about prostitutes.
People were outraged about these things, because they expect the Beeb to be perfect.

PS: Just one week until a new season of Top Gear starts. Post watershed.

"The first thing Fascists usually try to do is silencing the opposition."

by opposition on 11/08/2009 05:36:54 AM EST

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Oh, yes (none / 0)
That would be "more vocal than 10 years ago". (Don’t mention it : >) ) The BBC World Service just did a piece on the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the age of oil, with the drilling of the first well in 1859. You might think they would link it to the approaching decline in the availability of oil, or at least the continuing decline in US crude supply, or the plummeting decline in supply in Mexico. But no, it was linked to the investment in a railroad by Warren Buffett.

World oilfield depletion is a big issue: it will probably prevent the economic recovery they drone on about endlessly. Yet the BBC will NOT go there if it can possibly avoid it.

So no, it doesn't have quite the credibility it used to possess. (It's standard of English is becoming bloody awful, too.)

by Landbeyond on 11/09/2009 04:17:47 AM EST

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As always you are nearly completely right (none / 0)
The problem with PO is the lack of good pictures.
Still, they should definitly report more about PO, even though nothing could be more obvious.

Really how hard is it for some people to understand that it is bad to burn fossile fuels?

You have to admitt that as many people criticize the BBC for being ecological do-gooders as there are claiming that the BBC is ignoring ecological issues. I understand that you want more about an issue that is close to you and really important.

And now for something completely different...

Have you listened to the episode of "Fry's English Delights" that was called "Speaking Propper"?

I really wish more people would have Stephen Fry's attitude towards the English language combined with his skill.

"The first thing Fascists usually try to do is silencing the opposition."

by opposition on 11/09/2009 06:13:34 AM EST

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   "The problem with PO is the lack of good pictures."

But it has graphs - some of them pretty - multicolored!

   "Really how hard is it for some people to understand that it is bad to burn fossile fuels?"

Peak Oil is about a lot more than burning fossil fuels. Oil is a relatively "clean" fuel.

   "Still, they should definitly report more about PO, even though nothing could be more obvious."

No, it's not obvious. Ask 10 people of above-average educational standard what they think about PO. Probably most of them won't have a clue what you're talking about. Could the MSM, including the BBC, have something to do with that? Any that have heard of it will probably have swallowed the (apparently rational) idea that since there's a lot of oil left there can't be a problem. What do geologists know about stuff below ground? Just trust the economists and the politicians and Exxon: have they ever misled you?

   "I understand that you want more about an issue that is close to you and really important."

That comes across as the teensiest bit condescending, but I'll assume it wasn’t intended that way. It's "close to me" because it's close to everyone.

The IEA's World Energy Outlook 2009 came out on 10 November. What did you think of the media coverage? Exactly.

Stephen Fry's is an outstanding talent. Never heard of "Fry's English Delights"

Not sure what attitude Fry has towards the English language, but few use it to better effect.

This guy uses it to some effect too:

http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=oAMDVt_gor4

It's surprising what you can get into a 5-minute clip. Like Homer said once, "It's funny because it's true."

Mind where you step, though: it's a long way down.

Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!

by Landbeyond on 11/18/2009 01:54:22 PM EST

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Is the Young Turks the most balanced show in america no the world | 26 comments (26 topical, 0 hidden)