There seems to be a clear pattern of negative posts about the BBC. Certain accounts are at it on a daily basis. I find myself wondering why.

Some motives for such behaviour I could think of are:

  • The BBC wrote a story that hurt them
  • Reporting did not reinforce their world view
  • They expected the BBC to be perfect and inevitable failures to meet that standard lead to disappointment
  • They found the style of reporting annoying
  • Perhaps some reporters were annoying

I’m sure that list is nowhere near exhaustive as my imagination is rather limited.

A cynic might think that something deeper is going on, for example, a systematic campaign to erode trust in the BBC. Perhaps such a campaign is not just limited to feddit.uk communities, as mightily influential as they are, and could be happening across social media.

Such a cynical person might further wonder what groups, organisations, or perhaps even states with well resourced intelligence organisations might want to mount such a campaign.

I’m not a cynic, and as mentioned don’t have much of an imagination, so such thoughts don’t even cross my mind.

I’m simply wondering why some people hate the BBC so much. For me it, with all its failings, is one of the best public broadcasting organisations in the world.

  • Aria@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    151·
    1 day ago

    The BBC wrote a story that hurt them

    The BBC’s editorial line is that humans are worthless, and that genocide is forgivable.

    Reporting did not reinforce their world view

    Any decent human should share the world view that genocide is a pressing matter.

    They expected the BBC to be perfect and inevitable failures to meet that standard lead to disappointment

    No one expects it to be perfect, but failure to meet expected standards means it’s unworthy of existing.

    They found the style of reporting annoying

    It’s laughable that you can use words like “annoying” when defending an organisation championing for genocide. Their reporting isn’t annoying, it’s psychopathic and sickening.

    Perhaps some reporters were annoying

    Criminals. Enemies of mankind. Monsters. Some of their reporters are monsters.

    A cynic might think that something deeper is going on, for example, a systematic campaign to erode trust in the BBC.

    Perhaps this is a natural and uncoordinated response to the BBCs systematic campaign to make people value some human lives over others?

    For me it, with all its failings, is one of the best public broadcasting organisations in the world.

    I take it you regularly come across reporting from the others and find them wanting?

    • JohnSmith@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      24·
      23 hours ago

      I take it you regularly come across reporting from the others and find them wanting?

      I do.

      Apologies for failing to add /s to a number of places in my post. Clearly that would have been needed.