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Places where BBC reporters are banned... (Original Post) True Dough Feb 2017 OP
Wow... Freedomofspeech Feb 2017 #1
A K&R caus I cannot add anything! angstlessk Feb 2017 #2
K & R SunSeeker Feb 2017 #3
bbc does a really good job of reporting on the US . the Russian coverage has been JI7 Feb 2017 #4
Lolsob😢 BadgerMom Feb 2017 #5
The disgrace is other news outlets should be standing in solidarity against this travesty still_one Feb 2017 #6
That kind of thing is going to become a badge of honor. calimary Feb 2017 #7
What an embarrassment. TomCADem Feb 2017 #8
Used to listen to the BBC world service on shortwave dembotoz Feb 2017 #9
You can listen to the BBC on the internet or read the news. hunter Feb 2017 #15
ehe :) A different era, a different presentation style. mwooldri Feb 2017 #22
K&R nt avebury Feb 2017 #10
Now there is company to be proud of. DFW Feb 2017 #11
MAGA! progressoid Feb 2017 #12
k and r niyad Feb 2017 #13
pretty chilling Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #14
Countries that have censored the BBC... mwooldri Feb 2017 #16
Every body was censored during WWII DK504 Feb 2017 #24
Tit Tat matt819 Feb 2017 #17
North Korea - dictatorship lark Feb 2017 #18
dictators bora13 Feb 2017 #19
That says it all, doesn't it? Places where dictators don't want info getting to the public. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #20
K&R laserhaas Feb 2017 #21
Yep.. the current wh goes right along with those fascist Cha Feb 2017 #23
Kim Jong Un should have a soft spot for Trump. 11 Bravo Feb 2017 #25

JI7

(89,248 posts)
4. bbc does a really good job of reporting on the US . the Russian coverage has been
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 02:08 AM
Feb 2017

especially good.

they also just tell it like it is. no need to do the "both sides" bs. no need to normalize the jackoff .

dembotoz

(16,802 posts)
9. Used to listen to the BBC world service on shortwave
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 08:08 AM
Feb 2017

Found out about lots of stuff the networks did not think important.
Found then unbiased and always honest...
Not a propaganda arm like radio free Europe

hunter

(38,311 posts)
15. You can listen to the BBC on the internet or read the news.
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 03:37 PM
Feb 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio

The BBC does have their peculiar biases, mostly concerning British high finance, but it's not nearly so wretched as NPR's groveling before their corporate and foundation sponsors.

Deutsche Welle, the German international broadcaster, is pretty good too.

http://www.dw.com

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
22. ehe :) A different era, a different presentation style.
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 10:49 PM
Feb 2017

When Shortwave (or mediumwave aka AM) was the way to listen to World Service, and there was a lot more variety.

If you want a blast from the past.... https://audioboom.com/posts/686744-bbc-world-service-1980 - not complete programmes I'm afraid but certainly a nice bit of nostalgia.

I didn't have much exposure to the World Service - as I was fully indoctrinated by the domestic services.

Did a little search and found this gem: a BBC One programme uploaded to YouTube about the history of the World Service:



#1 Worldwide in the 1980s, still #1 in 2017.

DFW

(54,369 posts)
11. Now there is company to be proud of.
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 09:05 AM
Feb 2017

It's kind of like being banned from meetings of the Westboro Baptist Church, ISIS, the Taliban, CPAC and the KKK--more an honor than a form of punishment.

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
16. Countries that have censored the BBC...
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 05:38 PM
Feb 2017

Russia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, People's Republic of China... North Korea... There's more.

So far the USA isn't on the censorship list. The UK has censored the BBC in wartime, mainly WW2... but a bit in the Falkland Islands / Malvinas conflict with Argentina but this was internal direct censorship. Usually it's the BBC itself that is accused of censorship, mainly because for years it was the only radio broadcaster.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
25. Kim Jong Un should have a soft spot for Trump.
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 05:19 PM
Feb 2017

Thanks to Donnie, Li'l Kim no longer has the most ridiculous hair of any world leader.

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