14-03-2023, 10:55 AM
(14-03-2023, 01:12 AM)Stockland Hillman Wrote: You can understand the stick Fiona Bruce is getting? You're kidding right?
This is exactly what I'm talking about, its so insidious people don't realise what's happened. Please please don't follow that route in your life, you seem like a sound person.
NO she didn't "stick up" for anyone as social media morons and extremists have told you. She READ OUT a pre agreed part of a script producers INSTRUCTED her to read if the topic came up (would have been part of pre show discussion with panel and production, so would have a idea where it may go)
That's a LEGAL requirement to obay the fairness provisions of Broadcast codes that make up Ofcom and BBC service licences. Where a person/topic isn't there to defend themselves or put a view. It's not about defamation (as some smart ass twiter people point out isn't a factor) it's the applicable codes.
Nothing 'poor' not 'excusing ' anyone. Fiona was no more intellectually or emotionally engaged with those words than a train station announcer.
Not my opinion, not a debate, those are the actual facts anyone who's ever been involved with live radio or TV would know as indisputable. It's the live/as live version of content warnings, apologies for language or flashing images
Hopefully you can see how these social media extremist have twisted a basic requirement of TV production to target an individual who they felt deviated slightly from words they find acceptable. It's crazy, it's designed to play on feelings about a subject and the use that emotional response as a weapon.
On a micro level, you read the Bruce comments and thought what you've been told she did, she actually did. You've been groomed, successfully it seems as you repeated the lie as fact (unknowingly)
Now even though it has faults, GB News is targeted the same way.
You were right. Mea culpa. I hadn't actually watched the clip - just read the comments. As it turns out it is indeed much less insidious than certain people on twitter would have you believe. I still think the statement maybe could have been worded better, but that's all academic now.
There are also untrue stories going round Twitter like wildfire about Fiona's husband (Nigel Sharrocks) running a company (Carat Global) that did advertisements for the Conservative government, and an executive of Carat's parent company made donations to Michael Gove's constituency. It is true that Mr Sharrocks was a director of Carat Global, but he resigned in 2012 - so hardly relevant to today's situation. You're right - there is a lot of tin-foil hat nonsense going around, all based on emotions rather than any sort of verifiable facts (as shown by my 'expert' debunking! - I am just a guy on the Internet, so if I can do it then there is no excuse for anyone else).