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Since BBC News doesn't have a mechanism to openly complain about the crappy stories of late, I am going to rant here. Tbh I love BBC News, that this week has been painful.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8580716.stm

What a non-story. Honestly wtf. This really pissed my off as my father called me, worried about security of the browser he uses. My German friends didn't even hear about this. Why did the British media pick up on this ffs?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8584878.stm

Gamed by an insurance company. Companies are desperate to get on the most popular Website (BBC News!) in Europe. It's online advertising that money can't buy. Every now and then BBC drop a company's name like this and I find it appalling. The http://www.national-lottery.co.uk aka "Tax on stupidity" also seems to get an obscene amount of free advertising from the BBC. :(

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8581110.stm

Blatant bias against the exploited victims involved!

Sam says it best ... the same thing happens in the US (they arrest the illegal immigrant workers, instead of fining or suing the company who hires the workers). As I (Sam) see it, they arrest the workers because that makes the bigots happy, and keeps other illegals in line (poor pay and working conditions) without any rights.

Thankfully BBC News didn't pander too much about Mephedrone.

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It's funny that I've never heard you complaining when the BBC reports on IE security flaws. Maybe the BBC thought that they should be impartial, as is their remit. What annoyed me was the "expert" saying that you shouldn't change your browser "willy-nilly", this sounds like an excellent idea to me, you would effectively be a moving target for the miscreants. Agree with you about the occasional advertising though. I think that complaints made to the BBC are released somewhere, they appear every so often on http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/
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It's funny that I've never heard you complaining when the BBC reports on IE security flaws. Maybe the BBC thought that they should be impartial, as is their remit. What annoyed me was the "expert" saying that you shouldn't change your browser "willy-nilly", this sounds like an excellent idea to me, you would effectively be a moving target for the miscreants. Agree with you about the occasional advertising though. I think that complaints made to the BBC are released somewhere, they appear every so often on http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/ eg:

http://ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com/2008/09/17/delayed-complains/

Sound familiar? In fact, did you write the Woman's Hour one? :)

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