>> On the occasions the BBC has reported on something that I have first hand knowledge
>> of it has not directly lied, but has twisted, sensationalised and disingenuously commented. That together
>> with ill-informed writers frequently relying on guess work makes their attempts at serious journalism pitiful.
I'd say that I could pick holes in reporting of subjects of which I have first hand knowledge across the whole of the media. I'd identify particularly justice and its administration and benefits etc which have been themes of my professional life and aviation for which I have a life long enthusiasm.
For the most part it's not deliberate but an amalgamation of 'mission to explain' leading to over simplification, a need for colour to hold the viewers attention and more than anything the need to fill time.
When I started to take an interest in news reporting form around age of 10 there were two or three TV news bulletins of 15-30 minutes duration across whole of day - 13:00, 1800 and 21:00. Add local programming an Nationwide to the evening bulletin and it might get near to an hour. The 21:00 bulletin ran to 21:25.
Now there a 24 hours to fill and the content isn't sufficiently elastic to fill it with result we get hours of repetition, speculation and meaningless explanation.
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