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  • Is That True or Did You Hear It on the BBC?

  • Disinformation and the BBC
  • Written by: David Sedgwick
  • Narrated by: Philip Darcy
  • Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Publisher's Summary

What exactly is the purpose of the BBC nowadays—to entertain, educate and inform? But is that all? The broadcaster itself claims to be a fearless and independent provider of news tasked with "speaking truth to power"—a true champion of the underdog.

However, as David Sedgwick reveals in his new book, the reality is somewhat different: not only does the BBC diligently protect power from scrutiny, it attacks and attempts to discredit those who dare to challenge the status quo.

Formed in 1922 by the British establishment, the BBC has always been a reliable ally of ultra-wealthy and powerful interests. Indeed, the broadcaster occupies a pivotal position within an international corporate-political alliance which promotes only those narratives which consolidate the "global order."

Using multiple examples of BBC reporting, the author argues that the tax-payer funded broadcaster is a proxy which acts on behalf of a tiny but very powerful clique—a role which compels it to pump out disinformation on an industrial scale, misleading all those who consume its content.
©2022 David Sedgwick (P)2022 W.F. Howes Ltd
Politics & Government Media Studies
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  • Tim
  • 2023-07-02

Great book

Describes the corrupt BBC distorts all news stories. Confirms how almost all government agencies have become controlled by an ideology. They protect their political allies, lie on their behalf. And tax payers are forced, at gun point, to fund them all. Only complaint I have is that the narrator pronounces “etcetera” as “excetera”.

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