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BBC's anti-bike bias on their website

Visordown spots wayward reporting that paints a bad image of bikers to the wider public

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Posted: 23 May 2008
by Visordown News

CHECK this web page out from the BBC and see if you think the headline and words pasted under the video are biased against bikes.

We've watched the report and reckon it's pretty good, the Aussie bloke in the East Midlands reporting team does a balanced and fair job about the THINK! campaign in the area.

So why then do the BBC put the headline: Motorbike deaths increasing? And then why do they put: The number of people killed in motorcycle crashes is increasing, safety experts have said, under the video window?

Go here to see it, and then let the BBC know your thoughts on how they are packaging bikers to the great unwashed: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7415031.stm

Thanks BBC, shortchange us on the MotoGP coverage and now do this - sometimes we've got wonder why bikers should bother being nice at all...


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eezimob

I fail to see any relationship between that report and the headline the BBC are using for it. The reporter was just showing the number of accidents are rising, and that it's mostly due to lack of due care and attention from both bikers and other motorists.

Oh, and the BBC are just a bunch of arrogant militants run by the Labour government. I'd love to see them have to make their own money rather than stealing it from the general public via the TV licence, I'd give them a year before they declared bankruptcy.


Posted: 23/05/2008 at 09:57


gedge

did I look at the wrong link or something??

the video was all about motorcycle accidents, and seemed a pretty balanced account of the different types of accident and causes..neither the headline nor the content painted bikers aas the great unwashed nor as entirely responsible for all motorcycle accidents.


Posted: 23/05/2008 at 10:04


len
just seen the vid. Nice to see it was unbiased but the bugger in his van didn't do a lifesaver out of his window!

Posted: 23/05/2008 at 10:10


y2blade

how is it the BBCs fault that clueless morons on bikes are planting themselves into things?

face facts....more and more dickheads are riding bikes, they crash stats go up

the beeb are reporting on that,it's there job!!


Posted: 23/05/2008 at 10:10

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