hunk wrote:I don't think the story is unimportant but....we don't know the agenda of the beeb. .Just saying
Yossarian wrote:I expect that it was popular on social media as it used OSINT techniques to track down the story which are likely to gain traction on social media. The idea that certain stuff goes viral because of some “agenda” is conspiracy theory territory, unless you think that the Beeb are running botnets or something?I thought it was a good story to get out there, but I found it strange how it floated to the top of all social media feeds so quickly... Felt like there was an agenda behind it. Where's the Beebs deep dive into the Buffalo Killer, for example? But somehow, for this one random Chinese media bottom-feeder, they appear to roll out the red carpet on some Stacey Dooley shit.
dynamiteReady wrote:Yossarian wrote:I expect that it was popular on social media as it used OSINT techniques to track down the story which are likely to gain traction on social media. The idea that certain stuff goes viral because of some “agenda” is conspiracy theory territory, unless you think that the Beeb are running botnets or something?I thought it was a good story to get out there, but I found it strange how it floated to the top of all social media feeds so quickly... Felt like there was an agenda behind it. Where's the Beebs deep dive into the Buffalo Killer, for example? But somehow, for this one random Chinese media bottom-feeder, they appear to roll out the red carpet on some Stacey Dooley shit.
I was calling it out, purely because it stood out. I see many of these kind of well produced tweets, on subjects such as these, from Al Jazeera, for example. They cast the net wide, and cover a load of interesting stories. But I barely even see mainstream news stories from the BBC on my feed, so that's why it sticks out for me.
Waiting for the viral Beeb investigation into Schwarz Piet, because that's surely coming, isn't it?
Is your takeaway from this news story really “China is racist” as opposed to the exploitation being carried out for the purposes of making money?
Yossarian wrote:Let’s forget about the fact that this is being done for a Chinese audience for a moment, if these videos were being produced for a European or American audience, do you think it would be newsworthy?
Yossarian wrote:Sorry, I’ve no clue where you’re going with this
I suppose I'm somehow expressing latent disappointment at what seems to be in the national interest.
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davyK wrote:Wouldn't it be great if Africa got to its feet and told everybody to fuck away off?
Ugly formatting, but here's the body of the piece.Kow wrote:Behind paywall. 12 foot ladder doesn't work.
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