This is how the BBC cultivates bias in the name of fairness. Two headlines from same article, a couple of hours apart...
There is no question in either version that Nadine Dorries did what she did. Yet the "accused" introduces a second side to a one-sided story. 1/3
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There is no question in either version that Nadine Dorries did what she did. Yet the "accused" introduces a second side to a one-sided story. 1/3
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But facts don't have two sides. They're facts!
By stating Nadine Dorries was "accused" of something, the BBC made it a "he said/she said" story. And people shrug.
Why not say "Minister Nadine Dorries spread 'fake news' about Labour leader"? That's accurate, and honest too.
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By stating Nadine Dorries was "accused" of something, the BBC made it a "he said/she said" story. And people shrug.
Why not say "Minister Nadine Dorries spread 'fake news' about Labour leader"? That's accurate, and honest too.
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They pulled this sort of stunt for decades when it came to climate change, only recently changing approach.
It's still going on in the Brexit arena, as it has since before the June 2016 referendum (I covered this in a bit more detail in my book "Slaying Brexit Unicorns")
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It's still going on in the Brexit arena, as it has since before the June 2016 referendum (I covered this in a bit more detail in my book "Slaying Brexit Unicorns")
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