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The BBC has been caught telling its staff not to say Maduro was ‘kidnapped’
(www.thecanary.co)
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~~Source is some political influencer paying Elon Musk for better reach on Twitter who reposted this:~~
~~Literally anyone can observe wording in BBC headlines (a side hobby for many) and come up with an image like this. Not really "caught".~~
Misk your takes are normally pretty good, but not this time.
Pretty much every journalist still uses Twitter, and yes they pay for the blue badge. The BBC themselves pay Twitter even more for a gold badge. You've used loaded language to frame a completely normal thing as a negative to smear this journalist.
Owen Jones is not just "some political influencer" (once again loaded language), he is a journalist who writes for The Guardian and contributes to the New Statesman, Tribune, and The National and was previously a columnist for The Independent.
If Owen Jones has somehow faked this evidence, the BBC will be coming after him for libel. This is not something he would do for shits and giggles, making such a claim has strong real world implications that he must feel comfortable that he can defend in a court of law.
I stand corrected. I have trouble with treating people who are still active on Twitter seriously, hence the snark.
It's understandable, everyone really needs to get off Twitter and stop giving it any legitimacy. I'd even settle for them using BlueSky at this point.
Accountability 😍
BBC was especially blatant during Gulf War 2 also.
I'm a fan of "Hamas-run Ministry of Health" thing they did, which changed only when even UK government was pressured into being mildly concerned with the ongoing genocide.
Hats off to you sir,not many have caught on to this, and it's not only the bbc, it most of the western media, including Denmark where I'm from, exact same line translated to all languages, as if the live stream of a full on genocide is not enough, we also have to systematically through shade on any casualty numbers, and undermine every source including the UN
Fucking wild seeing people running to defend the journalistic standards of openly genocidal Zionist BBC in 2026. Have you not learned anything over the past 2+ years of genocide of Palestinians?
You know how tankies from ML turn up and defend any discussion critical of China and Russia?
Similarly, there are wankies who's default mode is to believe everything the western media says and use their propaganda taking points and deflect criticism.
Lemmyverse is a fun place where both get called out.
Nah Misk is a good person, and they're happy to call out the western media and have rightfully done so many times before.
Well, it helps that China is not invading any sovereign country or arming and funding genocide in Palestine.
Tibet, Uyghurs?
Zenz?
What's that?
Adrian Zenz, the only guy, who's never been to China, that is ever getting quoted by every sinophobic BBC article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Zenz
Ah, ok, few evidence of the genocide, noted. Anything about Tibet?