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    Ed Davey accuses BBC of 'copying Reform press releases' and urges broadcaster to expose Nigel Farage
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    Ed Davey accuses BBC of ‘copying Reform press releases’ and urges broadcaster to expose Nigel Farage

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    1. Sea-Caterpillar-255 on

      Most “news” outlets just reprint press releases. That includes the bbc.

      Ed Davey relies on the same thing to get his talking points out there.

      It’s not the BBC’s job to expose farage, in fact I don’t think there is anything to expose: he’s a liar and a fraud and everyone knows that and (last I checked the polls) about 30% of voters think he is the least bad candidate…

    2. John_Williams_1977 on

      I’m not sure what more the media can do. 

      People are sick of the status quo and, the media (being the status quo) condemning someone didn’t stop Trump. Seems to have helped him.

      Seems like the way to stop Reform is to listen to voters and then write policies to achieve those goals. 

      If your political party can’t beat disorganised Russian puppets spreading nonsense then maybe the issue isn’t Reform…

    3. Trick-Newspaper-9906 on

      Without a doubt the BBC is partly to blame for the increased anti immigration rhetoric that has arisen over the last few years. Yes, they should have a balanced view and offer different takes on things, but they’ve given Reform a platform that has massively outweighed their handful of MPs and helped to build their popularity. They don’t scrutinise anything they say, so they can offer solutions to problems without having to provide costings or impacts, whereas the government can’t offer anything without having to cover every single angle.

    4. KnightJarring on

      I’ve had to stop listening to Nicky Campbell on BBC Five Live as seemingly every morning discussion is about Reform.

    5. LopsidedLegs on

      He’s right, as much as I love the BBC, the news division has been severely compromised since the Cameron era. The current political darling of the BBC News Laura Kuenssberg has gone from going soft on the Tories to going soft on Reform.

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    6. LauraPhilps7654 on

      Žižek pointed out that the more the establishment media attacked Trump, the more popular he became, as it made him appear to voters as an anti-establishment candidate (which, of course, he wasn’t, but it supported the narrative). Farage benefits from the same phenomenon: the more the liberal establishment media attacks him, the more credibility he gains.

    7. JayR_97 on

      The smaller parties should be all submitting complaints to the BBC about the amount of coverage Reform is getting. For example the Greens have a similar number of MPs, yet you barely hear anything about them in the news

    11. Human-Egg2793 on

      I used to listen to R4 on the drive into work, but since it’s become the Nigel Farage fan club station, I prefer silence.