Author Topic: BBC - Brain Training A "Sparkling Innovation"... from SONY?? (Read 10141 times)

Frozen Atlantic · « **on:** June 03, 2006, 12:34:06 PM »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5041690.stm

CRUD!!! They just changed it to Nintendo DS. Anyway, the original version said Sony PSP...BBC sux.

Sir_Stabbalot · « **Reply #1 on:** June 03, 2006, 12:36:43 PM »

Meh. The BBC is still better then the crap we get here in the US.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #2 on:** June 03, 2006, 01:16:32 PM »

U.S. NEEDS MORE BRITISH ACCENTS

Frozen Atlantic · « **Reply #3 on:** June 03, 2006, 01:59:02 PM »

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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.

wandering · « **Reply #4 on:** June 03, 2006, 04:02:30 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.

ThePerm · « **Reply #5 on:** June 03, 2006, 08:34:51 PM »

i love watching parliment

Kairon · « **Reply #6 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

oohhboy · « **Reply #7 on:** June 03, 2006, 09:20:06 PM »

BBC isn't invinicable. About 95% they do alright. The other 5% gets abit embrassing. About 2 or so weeks ago they accidently interviewed a cab driver live on air instead of some other expert. Thier open discussions are a fairly useless like the Doha debate and what not. Hard talk is great when they really get in the mood to grill someone George Foreman style.

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.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #8 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?

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 03, 2006, 11:12:33 PM »

Who isn't biased against Bush?

Kairon · « **Reply #10 on:** June 03, 2006, 11:32:31 PM »

POLITICS! BAD!

But..so fun to discuss...so...

BAD! NO! BAD!

Discuss my weakness for British women instead!

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 04, 2006, 12:02:58 AM »

ummm,... I wasn't talking politics, I was actually talking about hair in a [censored] region.

ruby_onix · « **Reply #12 on:** June 04, 2006, 01:21:03 AM »

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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.

Nephilim · « **Reply #13 on:** June 04, 2006, 07:11:58 AM »

I think americans dont like bbc because there the only station in usa that fully covers whats happening in iraq

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #14 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.

Stimutacs Addict · « **Reply #15 on:** June 05, 2006, 08:23:37 AM »

CNN and Fox News both blow -- Half of the crap they cover is entertainment, not news

"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"

wandering · « **Reply #16 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.

Nephilim · « **Reply #17 on:** June 05, 2006, 11:59:52 PM »

what ever happened to sega's version of brain training for psp?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #18 on:** June 06, 2006, 01:08:58 AM »

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.

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.

attackslug · « **Reply #19 on:** June 06, 2006, 06:05:38 AM »

News media is a business. It has been proven that it is far more profitable to entertain than it is to simply inform, hence all of the human drama stories skyrocketing networks' ratings. All of the major news media is guilty of this, and all that I have seen take a political slant as well, presumably to secure a particualr political/ethnic/religious/etc demographic. Fox is the worst and smaller "indie" news sites are also quite bad as far as bias goes. NPR has great coverage and features, but the opinion segments and choice of events covered undenaibly target the educated liberal whitebread crowd.

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?

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #20 on:** June 06, 2006, 06:24:12 AM »

Are European tabloids different from U.S. ones? Ours (U.S.) are almost completely made up of celebrity gossip and UFO/Bigfoot sightings. I don't think any of them are purporting to give real "news" about national or world events, but then again, I only ever see the covers as I wait in line at the grocery store. I suppose there could be more inside.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #21 on:** June 06, 2006, 11:44:02 AM »

CBC's got a new show called "The Hour". It stars an ex-video station jockey who makes the news "cool". It's very different...kind of interesting. Way too much entertainment news stuffed in there, sadly, but I have to admit, it's more exciting than normal news because it's delivered in a different way. The guy talks like he's having a conversation with the audience instead of reading news to them. The show is apparently pretty popular with the younger crowd.

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?

Ian Sane · « **Reply #22 on:** June 06, 2006, 11:58:36 AM »

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.

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.

Bloodworth · « **Reply #23 on:** June 06, 2006, 05:48:56 PM »

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. On the radio today, I actually heard someone interviewing a National Guardsman working the border ask him the same question THREE TIMES until she got the answer she was digging for. The station it was on carries news programs from various sources though, so I'm not sure which network it was at the time.

Anyways, Ian Sane is right. If you expect a news source not to be biased, you'll be completely misled by someone.

Arbok · « **Reply #24 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.

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