Fake News From The Bbc

[Khandro]

In a pathetic attempt to spread 'bad news' about what they consider to be the 'mistake of Brexit', the Beeb has been showing 4-month old pictures of hold-ups at the channel ports, hold-ups which at the time were in fact caused by the French.

https://order-order.com/2021/01/08/bbc-uses-old-picture-to-hype-dover-ports-story/?utm_source=Guy+Fawkes%27+Blog+List&utm_campaign=ccb26bb281-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_10_20_02_09_COPY_01&;utm_medium=email&;utm_term=0_547885726c-ccb26bb281-230006901

[Mozz71]

//The average person, 'the man on the Clapham omnibus' reading that headline & seeing that picture would assume (& the BBC wanted him to assume) that he was looking at facts, but he was looking, on both counts, at a fabrication.//

Then average from Clapham should read the article as well if he wants to learn the full story, otherwise he has absolutely no rationale for jumping up and down falsely crying "Fake news".

[Sunk]

The link to the story on Guido’s OrderOrder site is...

BBC Uses Old Picture to Hype Dover Ports Backlog Story

Only problem is, the BBC story is not about Dover and never mentions it. It mentions Dublin Port.

[naomi24]

Atheist, lazier still to restrict your responses to criticising other posters without ever addressing the OP.

[Mozz71]

Isn't that exactly what you've done there Naomi? Any comments on the multiple posts debunking the article Khandro linked to?

[naomi24]

No, it isn’t what I’ve done, Mozz. I’ve addressed the OP - and if I’d had anything to add regarding other people’s links I’d have added it.

[ladybirder]

Wise to check first before such a comment Mozz.

[naomi24]

Thanks LB. Good to see someone’s keeping up.

[Mozz71]

Well, you commented on the OP, but failed to address the fact that the OP is incorrect and the article did have a disclaimer that that was a stock footage photograph. I'd have liked to have seen you address that, as your responses tend to be insightful. Of course, you're under no responsibility to do that, it just would've been nice to see.

[naomi24]

I would have thought it obvious that I don’t consider attributing an image to any source ‘a disclaimer’. Nothing less than an explanation constitutes a disclaimer. The excuses offered here are just games with words and intended to mislead .... a bit like the BBC have a habit of doing. In short I don’t believe the OP is incorrect. I trust that helps.

[Atheist]

Naomi 15:16
Point taken.

[Mozz71]

//I trust that helps//

Invaluably.

[Togo]

Wear it with pride.

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