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Dumbed down BBC News!

(37 Posts)
Boogaloo Thu 15-Nov-18 20:56:25

The BBC thinks were all stupid, but maybe it's the BBC who's lost it. My son showed me this and I still can't believe it's real;

www.bbc.com/pidgin

Jalima1108 Thu 15-Nov-18 20:50:32

Auntieflo I noticed that too

varian Thu 15-Nov-18 20:29:49

The maiden voyage of the Titanic was about 95% successful - a lot more successful than brexit so far.

petra Thu 15-Nov-18 20:26:25

Channel 4 news this evening did a piece in front of the titanic exhibition in Belfast: not biased, I don't think so.

varian Thu 15-Nov-18 20:14:02

We still occasionally watch the Brexit Broadcasting Corporation News and are appalled at the bias.

Marydoll Thu 15-Nov-18 19:50:18

I noticed that too! I also noticed the patient was wearing a hospital gown. That doesn't happen in my area. it's bare all to the world time. blush

Auntieflo Thu 15-Nov-18 19:30:30

We were watching the news earlier, covering a short item saying there is to be a massive shake up following errors in cervical smears. Then they showed a mammogram being performed. Now I know that a shot of a cervical smear being taken would not be suitable, but a mammogram !!!
We who have the relevant bits, know the difference.

NfkDumpling Thu 15-Nov-18 19:25:11

We watch Beyond 100 Days on BBC Four and C4 news.

Marydoll Thu 15-Nov-18 19:06:27

We too watch C4 news in the evening.
During the day, it's Sky news we watch. Some of the BBC news programmes have become quite amateurish.

gillybob Thu 15-Nov-18 19:02:00

Me too maryeliza I find it very informative without being patronising.

maryeliza54 Thu 15-Nov-18 18:42:45

I never watch BBC news now - it’s biased and patronising. IMO I watch C4 news as it’s the nearest you can get to news for grown ups

gillyknits Thu 15-Nov-18 18:35:54

Don’t know whether this has been a topic for discussion before but after watching the news tonight couldnt believe my eyes when they were illustrating the words ‘on thin ice’ by a picture of skating, closely followed by the word filleted and a picture of a butcher cutting meat. The final insult was the word ‘spin’ being illustrated by a spinning game.
Do we need these ridiculous visuals which add nothing to the actual content of the news?