News Round-Up
19 May 2024
by Will Jones
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The BBC's war on 'disinformation' – defined as anything contrary to the Government line – is just state censorship by another name, says Shiraz Akram.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are Boris Johnson quitting Parliament, Trump being indicted on federal charges and the BBC's war on 'disinformation'.
The BBC is looking at correcting the 'liberal bias' of its output by hiring more 'diverse' staff. But the BBC is talking about intellectual diversity, so it may not be a terrible plan.
On the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are Andrew Tate's confrontation with the BBC, Robert Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign and the literal and metaphorical fall of Joe Biden.
The Guardian recently reported that 'climate disinformation' was rife on GB News, by which it meant that journalists and broadcasters are asking questions about Net Zero instead of swallowing the green propaganda whole.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are Meghan and Harry's alleged car chase, insane immigration under the Tories and the sinister closure of Triggernometry's bank account.
Ofcom has been flooded with complaints after a Bridgerton star told ITV that the view of Buckingham Palace balcony was "terribly white" on Coronation Day – but a BBC presenter tells her "You haven't upset anyone".
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast the talking points are the Guardian's antisemitic cartoon, Vice going woke and broke and whether Tucker Carlson will enter politics.
In case there was any remaining doubt that 'fact-checkers' are just activists putting their own spin on events, the BBC has appointed a Labour Party activist and Jeremy Corbyn fanboy as a 'political fact-checker'.
The BBC has publicised a disturbing claim in a Parliamentary report that racism has played “a key role” in the deaths of pregnant women, but the claim does not withstand the slightest scrutiny.
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