Post by: Frozen Atlantic on June 03, 2006, 12:34:06 PM
CRUD!!! They just changed it to Nintendo DS. Anyway, the original version said Sony PSP...BBC sux.
Post by: Sir_Stabbalot on June 03, 2006, 12:36:43 PM
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on June 03, 2006, 01:16:32 PM
Post by: Frozen Atlantic on June 03, 2006, 01:59:02 PM
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Originally posted by: Sir_Stabbalot
Meh. The BBC is still better then the crap we get here in the US.
No way. The BBC is basically Fox News for liberals. Blatant distortion and conjecture run rampant.
Post by: wandering on June 03, 2006, 04:02:30 PM
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Originally posted by: Frozen AtlanticQuote
Originally posted by: Sir_Stabbalot
Meh. The BBC is still better then the crap we get here in the US.
No way. The BBC is basically Fox News for liberals. Blatant distortion and conjecture run rampant.
I think you're thinking of NPR.
Seriously, I get most of my news from the BBC (and the NewsHour on PBS, when I can stay awake through it), and, unlike Fox News, I've never really detected any agenda. Watching their coverage of their elections, for example, it didn't seem like they were biased towards any one candidate. They seemed to try to tear them all down to size with equal measure.
...unless you're talking about some kind of anti-Bush bias. In which case, welcome to what the rest of the world thinks.
Post by: ThePerm on June 03, 2006, 08:34:51 PM
Post by: Kairon on June 03, 2006, 09:13:34 PM
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U.S. NEEDS MORE BRITISH ACCENTS
British accents turn me on.
Favorite Actress: Judi Dench
Favorite TV Show: "As Time Goes By" ... starring Dame Judi Dench!
Favorite Author: Jane Austen
In my DVD player: The 1970something 3 hour BBC production of Jane Austen's "Persuasion."
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: oohhboy on June 03, 2006, 09:20:06 PM
Most to the time I can't stand FOX. Too many annoying CGI flash wizzing things with very little news/facts of interest. Their discussions are even more useless.
BBCs tech shows are OK, but you wait for Top Gear.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on June 03, 2006, 10:47:33 PM
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Originally posted by: Sir_Stabbalot
Meh. The BBC is still better then the crap we get here in the US.
No way. The BBC is basically Fox News for liberals. Blatant distortion and conjecture run rampant.
I think you're thinking of NPR.
Seriously, I get most of my news from the BBC (and the NewsHour on PBS, when I can stay awake through it), and, unlike Fox News, I've never really detected any agenda. Watching their coverage of their elections, for example, it didn't seem like they were biased towards any one candidate. They seemed to try to tear them all down to size with equal measure.
...unless you're talking about some kind of anti-Bush bias. In which case, welcome to what the rest of the world thinks.
Um wouldn't these two statements be in contradiction? They aren't biased yet they are biased against Bush?
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 03, 2006, 11:12:33 PM
Post by: Kairon on June 03, 2006, 11:32:31 PM
But..so fun to discuss...so...
BAD! NO! BAD!
Discuss my weakness for British women instead!
~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 04, 2006, 12:02:58 AM
Post by: ruby_onix on June 04, 2006, 01:21:03 AM
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Originally posted by: wandering
I think you're thinking of NPR.
Seriously, I get most of my news from the BBC (and the NewsHour on PBS, when I can stay awake through it), and, unlike Fox News, I've never really detected any agenda. Watching their coverage of their elections, for example, it didn't seem like they were biased towards any one candidate. They seemed to try to tear them all down to size with equal measure.
...unless you're talking about some kind of anti-Bush bias. In which case, welcome to what the rest of the world thinks.
Um wouldn't these two statements be in contradiction? They aren't biased yet they are biased against Bush?
He said he was watching the coverage of their elections. They're not concerned if their own people lean right or left.
BTW, I seem to remember Bill Clinton saying that he can't even watch the BBC anymore, because he's convinced that they hate America, and not just George Bush.
Post by: Nephilim on June 04, 2006, 07:11:58 AM
Post by: nitsu niflheim on June 05, 2006, 06:38:49 AM
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Originally posted by: Sir_Stabbalot
Meh. The BBC is still better then the crap we get here in the US.
No way. The BBC is basically Fox News for liberals. Blatant distortion and conjecture run rampant.
That would be CNN.
I watch Fox News because I like that they cover more than the typical stories, and they are rather amusing on some of the audience shows.
Post by: Stimutacs Addict on June 05, 2006, 08:23:37 AM
"coming up next, a 65 year old man in Oregon finishes whittling a toy boat that he's been working on for over 20 years"
Post by: wandering on June 05, 2006, 09:38:14 PM
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I watch Fox News because I like that they cover more than the typical stories, and they are rather amusing on some of the audience shows.
I watch Fox News from time to time because I never seem to stop being amazed at what they get away with. Surely they can't run an entire segment essentially defending Tom Delay and get away with it, thinks I. Surely he didn't just say "looks like John Edwards is declaring war on the election results" when other media sources are calling the speech non-committal. Surely they can't continue to be more in lock-step with the Bush administration than China's official news agencies are with their government. Surely they can't continue to say "fair and balanced" with a straight face. Surely me repeatedly saying surely isn't getting annoying.
I think Fox News is insidious - because it works very hard to appeal itself to the average american, and then uses that appeal, not to inform, but to intentionally distort their world view. And it does so very stealthily - it presents itself as balanced, as not telling you what to think. It gives the picture it wants it's audience to see by asking questions in certain way, by telling you what "some people are saying", by covering speeches and interviews by some people one way - and other people another, by repeating the hot air most other news stations ignore (Fox News Alert: "We stand as the eagle of freedom", says Bush.)
...And worst of all, it works. Watchers of Fox News were (and probably still are) more likely to believe that Iraq was directly connected to Al-Queda and that wmds where found in Iraq, than watchers of other news sources like NPR or the NewsHour.
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CNN and Fox News both blow -- Half of the crap they cover is entertainment, not news
And then there's that. When a single missing white girl is the top news story on all the major US news outlets for an entire week or more, something is seriously wrong.
Post by: Nephilim on June 05, 2006, 11:59:52 PM
Post by: KDR_11k on June 06, 2006, 01:08:58 AM
In Europe we've got the tabloids for that. I suppose the numerous pictures of nude women help selling them, too. These things (the tabloids, not the nude women) are dangerous, as dangerous as full blown propaganda. I'd stay away from them lest you want to be corrupted by them. Never believe a single word they say, no matter how mundane it may seem.
Post by: attackslug on June 06, 2006, 06:05:38 AM
Back on topic, doesn't it strain the relationship between Nintendo and third parties such as Sega when they supply the competition with obvious knockoffs of their original titles?
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on June 06, 2006, 06:24:12 AM
Post by: couchmonkey on June 06, 2006, 11:44:02 AM
CNN drives me nuts with the way it "interviews" itself. Anchors talking to anchors, asking them questions. How about interviewing real people for a change?
Post by: Ian Sane on June 06, 2006, 11:58:36 AM
I find with biases most people only notice them when there's a bias against their way of thinking. Conservatives notice liberal bias and liberals notice conservative bias. Think a news source isn't biased? Odds are it is. It just fits your own bias so you don't notice and/or don't care.
Post by: Bloodworth on June 06, 2006, 05:48:56 PM
Anyways, Ian Sane is right. If you expect a news source not to be biased, you'll be completely misled by someone.
Post by: Arbok on June 06, 2006, 06:10:05 PM
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Yeah, I haven't watched enough of Fox News to tell if they're really biased or if they're simply perceived as such because people think the clearly biased competition isn't biased.
You'd be hard pressed to find a more biased major news source then Fox News today. There is a reason, after all, why Tony Snow was elected as the Press Corespondent for the White House.
Post by: IceCold on June 06, 2006, 06:18:10 PM
QuoteOh come on.. CBC is as impartial as any other newscast, if not more - can't say the same about Global, though.
Is BBC owned by the goverment? I only ask because in Canada CBC is so I was wondering if it's a similar situation. That's right, a government run television station has its own nation-wide news broadcast. No conflict of interest there. No siree.
Post by: Bloodworth on June 06, 2006, 06:32:21 PM
