Walker570 Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) I have just read a Sky News report ... "Nearly 79 may be dead in the burned out flats" ... well is it seventy eight, seventy eight and a quarter, seventy eight and fifteen sixteenths maybe" again this is looking for, trying to build a story. Conjecture. Fake News. Pathetic. Problem is 95% of the public out there fall for it with all sorts of totally fake untrue stories wizzing around on facebook, twitter etc., far worse than seventy eight and nine tens. In addition if the words may and could, got banned from usage, the vast majority of news media and for that matter politicians, would be speechless. Edited June 19, 2017 by Walker570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 19, 2017 Report Share Posted June 19, 2017 i posted something similar....BBC reporter............"the fire started inbetween 12 and midnight"............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Why couldn't they say the total is nearing 80, no lying needed no false news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Because there still searching and people that they thought had died in the fire are turning up having been away etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 (edited) You think that our reporters are bad. We are in France at the moment and were looking at the Champs Elysees shooting on the French news. An hour of shaky phone footage showing nothing apart from police vehicles and the stopped car overlaid by speculative voiceovers by the news anchor and 3 specialistes all saying nothing. Edited due to ropey predictive text Edited June 20, 2017 by amateur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saddler Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 Frequently spot the "......3 a.m. in the morning. ..." type of **** from all channels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_seagrave Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 It's everywhere. An ad on Spotify was just this minute telling me that some car had won "over five other awards". Idiots. LS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadWasp Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 i posted something similar....BBC reporter............"the fire started inbetween 12 and midnight"............. could reporter shaming become a game of 2 halves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 could reporter shaming become a game of 2 halves? I would like to see 2 things happen....... proper reporters, who do their groundwork BEFORE they open their damn mouth.. when politicians are being interviewed.....on the left of the screen should be a tick box...so when they answer the question they get a tick....and if they dont answer the question they get a red cross...the at the end of the interview they will be given their marks they want to act like children ...then we will treat them like children......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Prawn Posted June 20, 2017 Report Share Posted June 20, 2017 My take on it is that rolling news means desperation to fill time with anything, more reporters needed which dilutes the quality, and there are so many news outlets that pretty much anyone can write for some publications/sites Although some of these are just slips of the tongue which are bound to happen on live broadcasts, Colemanballs of current affairs if you will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Have you noticed the TV are where they say so many percent of so many surveyed like the product? It always seems to be ending with a fraction of a person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 I would like to see 2 things happen....... proper reporters, who do their groundwork BEFORE they open their damn mouth.. when politicians are being interviewed.....on the left of the screen should be a tick box...so when they answer the question they get a tick....and if they dont answer the question they get a red cross...the at the end of the interview they will be given their marks they want to act like children ...then we will treat them like children......... hello, well said ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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