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What is happening to the BBC? As of 2020, fewer people than ever trust the British Broadcasting Corporation to tell the truth. Accusations of bias and fake news reverberate inside and outside of social media tarnishing the name of this once respected brand.Every minute of every day the BBC production line is hard at work. A finely-tuned machine, Britains publicly-funded state broadcaster pumps out an enormous amount of content much of which attempts to mislead, unnerve and inflame the audience. Encompassing its coverage of Trump, Brexit, climate change, Syria and everything in between, there is nothing spontaneous about BBC propaganda. It is constructed to achieve specific goals. The Fake News Factory promises to blow the lid off what has become a radical, political agenda.Unable to modify its playbook by a single degree however, the corporation faces an existential crisis. More hated than loved, the BBC unravels in front of our eyes. Audiences deserting in record numbers just how does the BBC manage to retain its pre-eminent position within the UK media landscape? Using myriad examples of unethical practice in this sequel to his acclaimed BBC: Brainwashing Britain? David Sedgwick takes the reader on a disturbing journey into the very heart of dishonesty.
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The Fake News Factory
Tales from BBC-land
Tales from BBC-land
DAVID SEDGWICK
Sandgrounder
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reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.
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Copyright 2020 David Sedgwick
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First Printing, 2020
ISBN-978-1-9993591-3-3
ISBN-978-1-9993591-3-3
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Contents
9 Checking Reality: 'The Exact Opposite of What is Reported by
Chris Morris'
Chris Morris'
Acknowledgements
Thanks to all the news/comment websites too numerous to mention and thanks to all print media quoted in this book, especially The Telegraph and The Guardian . Thanks also to the British Broadcasting Corporation without who this book could never had been conceived. Thanks to all publications who gave permission to use quotations for this book, again far too numerous in number to mention individually.
For his help and guidance in preparing the chapter about Cash-for-Questions, thanks to Mr Jonathan Boyd-Hunt. Thanks also to Sharon and Ollie for their assistance proof-reading the text and their insightful suggestions thereafter.
Last but not least, thank-you to each and every reader whose comments and enthusiasm provide the inspiration to continue.
Preface
Upon finishing my previous book on the BBC I had intended to turn my attentions elsewhere. I'd said all I wanted to say about the matter. At least I thought I had. In my head I have already written parts of my next book, Jonathan: Requiem for a Lost Soul , a bitter sweet meditation on life and death as well as everything in between. It was all there swirling around in my head, this elegiac tribute to a lost friend, memories of a character both remarkable and ordinary. Jottings done, I looked forward with a certain amount of trepidation to the task ahead.
But leaving the battlefield halfway (?) through the fight didnt seem right. How could I, while the BBC still lived and breathed, immerse myself in writing something that started to feel indulgent in comparison?
Daily I received messages from people who had read BBC: Brainwashing Britain? and who thanked me profusely for having written such a book. Some urged me to continue, to tackle more issues. I was in two minds. Somehow it seemed indecent to ignore such earnest pleas and so, through gritted teeth, I reset my sails. Researching the type of book I now had in mind would be the literary equivalent of a solo round-the-world yacht voyage, long spells of loneliness punctuated by occasional sightings of dry land.
Twelve months later the journey is now over. And what a journey! I hope the reader emerges from the book better informed about both the topics covered and BBC presentation thereof. Because if there is one overarching purpose of this book, then it surely resides somewhere in the realms of conscience-raising.
Like many others I have watched in horror as the broadcaster has transformed into something straight out of the pages of Orwell, and like them I have come to regard the BBC as a serious threat to liberty and freedom. The BBC agenda is truly frightening. What is arguably even scarier is the almost universal support the broadcaster enjoys amongst the UK establishment. If and when revolution comes it will be via ordinary men and women. Ye are many-they are few.
Contrary to what some people might think little pleasure is derived writing a book of this nature. Like millions of Brits who grew up in the latter half of the 20th century I took the BBC for granted. Saturday mornings in our house meant one thing: Swap Shop . I was brought up on Grange Hill and adored programmes such as It's a Knockout, The Young Ones and Blackadder . However, the current BBC is not the organisation I remember.
Back then it had some connection with people regardless of their social status, political views or ethnicity. The modern incarnation is however darker, much more cynical - judgemental to the point of insufferable. And it shows.
So it's no more BBC for this bon viveur. It's back to Jonathan , on ice these past twelve months. I'm going to do him proud, oh yes. I just hope that I will not be tempted back into the BBC fray - for the sake of my blood pressure if nothing else. The battle though is far from over; in fact it has only just begun. Like a once great beast, a predator that now faces extinction the BBC will fight to the death to preserve its power and privilege. But the tide has irrevocably turned. It is no longer a question of whether the BBC is dishonest or not, but what can be done about it.
Perhaps my venture into epistolary will be brief, a diversion. Who knows I might return, batteries fully charged, to shine an even brighter light on this frankly dangerous institution. In the meantime, read, think and fume. But above all else, be proactive. Do.
Finally a note on the text. This is a meaty book, it had to be. It is therefore structured into thirteen themed sections. Each section is divided into three or four bitesize parts (chapters) which examine related aspects of the main topic.
I wish you a safe journey.
David Sedgwick
El Dorado
Dec 31st 2019
El Dorado
Dec 31st 2019
Yellow vests confronting BBC and chanting Fake News BBC
outside the Ecuadorian Embassy #ProtectJulian
Via Twitter, 6 Apr 2019
outside the Ecuadorian Embassy #ProtectJulian
Via Twitter, 6 Apr 2019
Ofcom has imposed the fine, the highest penalty the media
regulator has imposed on the BBC, for numerous breaches
of Its broadcasting code relating to "faking winners and mis
leading its audience".
The Guardian, 30 July 2008
regulator has imposed on the BBC, for numerous breaches
of Its broadcasting code relating to "faking winners and mis
leading its audience".
The Guardian, 30 July 2008
So depressing to hear on BBC pm protesters ask Dominic
Casciani 'Where you from?' When told BBC they shout 'fake
news! Shame on you!'
Paul Waugh, Presenter BBC Radio 4
Casciani 'Where you from?' When told BBC they shout 'fake
news! Shame on you!'
Paul Waugh, Presenter BBC Radio 4
McDonell: There's a sort of anti-media feeling...
Protester: Not anti-media
McDonell: It is amongst the crowd
Protester: Just anti-media like you. You are fake news
BBC's Stephen McDonell in Hong Kong
Protester: Not anti-media
McDonell: It is amongst the crowd
Protester: Just anti-media like you. You are fake news
BBC's Stephen McDonell in Hong Kong
Introduction
The Phenomenon of Fake News
The Phenomenon of Fake News
The fact that we humans often use the credibility of a communicator to guide us in the rejection or acceptance of a message opens the door once again for mindless propaganda.
Age of Propaganda
Age of Propaganda
Provided you have not spent the past three years on a sabbatical to outer space there is a certain phrase you cannot possibly have avoided. Switch on the TV it's there. Open a newspaper it's there. Everybody is talking about it, or so it seems. We hear an awful lot about 'fake news' nowadays. It's quite possible that in the years to come the term may even come to define the age in which we live. The BBC seems to think so:
'It's likely that more and more of us,' observes the corporation's news website, 'are seeing - and believing - information that is not just inaccurate, but totally made up.' [2] So, what is this thing called fake news which concerns the 'British' Broadcasting Corporation so much?
Fake news can usefully be defined as any form of (serious) media communication via television, radio, newspaper etc. which has been devised to mislead the recipient. Its scope is wide as it is broad. An unscrupulous operator can mislead in a bewildering number of ways: it can present just one side of a debate; misrepresent both issues and individuals; amplify certain points of view and suppress others; invite ridicule towards some targets, reverence towards others; influence an audience simply through choice of headline, image, structure and language. Fake news is so much more than merely telling a lie.
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