Comment by gaiagraphia
1 year ago
"Divides" is a stretch here. The BBC must report both points of view, so by default, anything they right must 'divide people'.
The 'division' in this article comes from: >Some posted on Instagram concerns that clubs could suffer as social media videos of their night act as free adverts
Doesn't really paint the picture of this nightclub having its fanbase split in half arguing about whether it's good or bad....
I hate that this is the case. It’s been incredibly frustrating over the years seeing perfectly normal and universally accepted things be reported about, but they have to find the absolute dregs of society with whacky and extremely stupid ideas simply so they can say they “are impartial”.
It’s been everything from Brexit to Covid and everything in between.
That reminds me of a great Dara Ó Briain routine[0] about pseudoscience.
[0] https://youtu.be/YKZN-hBTBUE
Is it because they have to, or they choose to? There are a great many right wing outlets that call themselves impartial.
The BBC being publicly funded has a genuine obligation to be neutral, which sometimes turns into "both sides" weirdness.
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Potential rise in racist incidents must overrule accurate reporting on and research into what may have spawned a global pandemic directly killing 6+ million people (more than the Vietnam war and Korean war combined) and indirectly killing many more.
The glowies believe it was a lab leak and that’s good enough for me.
Most headlines nowadays turn me off. Why not say it's a good thing and as always there are few that don't like it?