The Ferret and investigative journalism in Scotland

***Lester B*** · 29-07-2019 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by Fife-Hibee

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You know it's impossible to make any kind of points with people like you who just write anything off as a "conspiracy". It doesn't matter what facts are flung in your face such as the carefully selected BBC Question Time audiences who were found out to be councilors and political activists for the far right. Or the blatant over dramatization of their "panorama" programme on Jeremy Corbyn.

They're not even trying to be balanced anymore. Yet here you are making the same tired age old argument that the BBC are fair and impartial and that anybody who challenges that assertion (with blatant facts) is a crazy conspiracy theorist.

I suppose the ever increasing number of people who are turning their viewership away from the BBC are all crazy conspiracy nuts. Because the BBC can do no wrong.

I didn't make any argument that "the BBC are fair and impartial". I didn't say "the BBC can do no wrong". I implied that your assertions that "They are given a narrative to follow and are effectively told which side to take. They are also told which news stories can and can't be mentioned on air." were somewhat far fetched and questioned where this "narrative" came from and asked where you got this from. As ever arguing with the self appointed enlightened, there's no answer as such but a lot of hyperbole from you, in effect arguing against points which have not been made. but this in turn consolidates the self appointed position of 'truth seeker' or some similar guff. You cite two examples; QT and Panorama. To project these onto the entire output is creative not credible and certainly doesn't establish your imposed narrative theory

"Blatant facts" is arguable. Heck, "facts" is arguable in this context.

There are more news sources than ever before and people look for something which they feel chimes with their views regardless of esoteric said views are. Some are indeed crazy conspiracy nuts, most are not. You however may well be. I note on another thread that you are suggesting that a meteor may be heading for the earth and it's being hushed up or at least is capable of being kept quiet. Wow. That has to be a parody surely?? Or....

Pure Dunning Kruger