I have now officially given up on the BBC, almost to
the point of boycott.
The main headline on their News website last night
was “Coronavirus: The World Should Prepare For Pandemic, says WHO.”
Scary stuff, except that if you read the article,
the WHO clearly HAD NOT said that at all. They only said that if you took a
butcher’s knife to their quotes and moved bits around so they fit your own
agenda. The WHO gentleman quoted in the article even gave reasons why it ISN’T
a pandemic, and how using words like ‘pandemic’ can cause unnecessary panic. If
it was worded slightly differently, and if the paragraphs were presented in a
different order, it could actually have been an intelligent, informative,
useful, calming read. So why use the headline they did? Because like the rest
of the sorry sadsacks of shit that work as ‘journalists’ they’re only interested
in fearmongering clickbait bullshit.
This is the BBC for
God’s sake. They used to be the world’s most respected news outlet; the
standard bearer to which all other broadcasters aspired.
I’m angry, and I’m done.
On another note (written after calming down a bit) –
I’m really enjoying coronavirus. After a year or so of playing Plague, Inc,
seeing it act out in real time is a dream come true!!
RC 25-2-20
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