I mean if they’re all in one spot, I guess this makes things easier

They need more than a gated bridge to stop the floods they will endure.

What floods? This has been public knowledge for time. You gonna do it? Or is this just wishful thinking

And their apology episode was very much ‘we would have believed you if you weren’t so annoying, geez, it’s still your fault’

This has always been one of my favourite far sides cos it’s so dumb, and honestly kinda bad

I have a mental image of Larson with 5 minutes til his deadline being like ‘fuck it, I’ll do the ticks fleas one’

And he lit the beacons to bring Rohan to Pelenor Fields, without which Minas Tirith would have fallen

As a knowledge fight fan, I feel like I should say that it’s more than a ‘fact check’ - it started out more like that, but it functions as a deconstruction of the methods, motives and aims of a right-wing idealogue and by extension, others in that sphere (tucker carlson, rogan etc)

It’s a good way to keep up with and have an understanding of what’s going on in that horrific but impactful space without having to wade in yourself

I know this isn’t what you intended, but you gotta be careful on the Internet saying ‘guess who ‘they’ are’, cos a lotta places on the Internet ask this and the answer is supposed to be ‘jews’

I think it’s important to note that the BBC isn’t ‘state run media’, if only to highlight the ways that it’s more intertwined with the state than it should be.

The government officially holds some sway in the appointment of its chair, which is kinda sus. But the main issue I think is this more unofficial ‘revolving door’ appointment of it’s heads and high level figures

They all seem to come from ex-government and business positions, very much from the same class and background as most of our political leaders

And as such, this same pro-status-quo worldview is present. Add to this that there are clearly many successions made to retain access to important figures…

The BBC in some spheres clearly feels able to critiscise the government, even quite harshly sometimes. But in other cases - notably gaza and climate change, activism etc - waves the same stick around

For my money it’s not so much that the government tells the BBC how to report on this, per se, but that the editorial leaders of the BBC are of the same worldview and agenda of the Government leaders.

Although yes, there probably have been conversations over lunch at clubs and the vague threat of government interference if the BBC goes too far astray…

But above all, I think the BBC is against rocking the boat, and the boat in this case is neoliberalism