Cutter wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 16:23:

UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 15:34:

Cutter wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 15:05:

UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 13:47:

Beamer wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:

UKSteve wrote on Sep 14, 2024, 11:00:
Take that with a pinch of salt as the BBC have lost their way lately and spout al manner of untruths in the name of news.

Can you give us specific examples?

I know Wikipedia isn't the best place to start but neither is the BBC nowadays but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_controversies, https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2018/11/23/when-the-bbc-did-fake-news you don't have to look hard nowadays, shame really as the BBC used to be a trustworthy source but the fact they refuse to call the Hamas terrorists says a lot about the modern BBC and the way they try to hide all the paedo's is yet another way they have lost their way lately.

Yeah. Sure. Okay, pray tell, who do you consider an actual, truthful, reliable news source? Why would the BBC lie about a story like this? What, in this universe or any other, is the possible upside for them in doing so? You know counterfeit products are a huge problem in Italy right? Ever walk around the market outside the Mercato Centrale in Florence? I have and seen it all first hand. Then again, I could be lying and just looking for clicks.

Thats so funny I said take with a pinch of salt and you WRONGLY read they were lying, go figure.

No, you said they're a news organization that consistently lies about everything. And I asked you why that is. People, businesses in particular, don't do things unless there's something to gain. So what exactly are they gaining with "fake news" like this? What's the upside to this for them? Clickbait? They're just making shit up for make a few more pounds? Is that it? So either you or them is intentionally sowing disinformation and there's nothing funny about that.