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On the topic of terrible bullshit:

I think this idea has been floated on here before, and as long as such funding was absolutely ring-fenced, I personally wouldn't have a problem with that. Someone also made the point that the documentaries part of the Beeb, in particular, would make enough to easily fund itself. Which , again I wouldn't mind, though having ad content in there every ten minutes might be a bit annoying.

I agree that this campaign by the BBC is misguided because it's far too self-congratulatory; and if there's something those in the UK (thankfully) loathe, it's American-style displays of ego. The point the Beeb should be making, and one poster above actually hints at this, is that any news source that is voluntarily funded has every reason to shape the "truth" into what their contributors want to hear. You see that all the time with commercial news outlets all over the world. The BBC really does not need to - cannot, in fact - join them in that. I know there are accusations of bias at the Beeb - some of them may be true - but the fact remains that, in that regard, practically every other source that can be thought of is worse. And they are worse because they depend on a revenue stream and therefore tell their contributors what they want to hear. A situation where every single news source has a reason to lie, where they have no accountability for it, where the very idea of truth becomes subverted...well, we're seeing the consequences of that already. Do we really want more of that? Of course, the above point is rather more complex and would need much better packaging to be communicated accurately than the one the Beeb are currently putting across, but all the same, it's the one that they should be making, because, in this world where dreadful things are already happening because people watch, listen to, and act on, the most terrible bullshit given to them by "news" sources, that point is incredibly important.

And today they've told the judge they're still deadlocked. This is going to be a hung jury and a mistrial, isn't it?

By anyone with a big enough audience and an Internet connection yes. It's a brave new world we live in.

There's something in that, though these days digital information means that the narrative isn't just limited to the winner. Which can be both a really good and really bad thing.

Quite likely so.

Quick question. When your supposedly state-of-the-art weaponry doesn't go where it's supposed to and ends up in the middle of a wedding ceremony, resulting in a few deaths and many injuries of those involved... does the "Oh shit, sorry, we really didn't mean it?!" defence mean a lot or not much?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cn74vl31r48o Quelle surprise.

On topic to back this up:

Absolutely. It's not stopping the usual press suspects from caterwauling because their idol is being questioned, though, if some of today's front pages are any judge.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9qr4gp8qy9o Looking that way at the moment - jury is deadlocked.

Right, that can and does happen. Just wanted to clarify any speculation.

I'm sorry, but the article neither mentions missiles nor makes any kind of attribution regarding the explosives being found at the plant?

Ben-Gvir. Again.

Three days of deliberation from the Lindsey Clancy trial jury so far. Either there's some holdouts either way, or it could be a proper hung jury.

The theorising about the future expansion of the Universe has been "in, out, in, out, shake it all about" for the last few decades, it would seem. One of the biggest mysteries of cosmology. There's still so much we don't know about the drivers of that expansion and as such whether or not the expansion rate will drive any one of the three possible endings depicted here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce87e55vgpjo Nasa's powerful next-generation telescope has blasted off into space from its launchpad in Florida, with a mission to explore dark energy, black holes and other mysteries of the Universe. The Nancy Grace Roman telescope will capture vast panoramic views of space, with a field of vision 100 times larger than both the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, Nasa says. The mission begins with a 100-day journey to a vantage point roughly one million miles from Earth, where the telescope will then start charting planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. "Roman is going to change the way we look at the Universe," said Nicky Fox, a Nasa administrator. A little bit of good news.

Ollie Robinson could well be the new Chris Woakes - lethally essential in home conditions despite not being overly fast. Could well be useful in SA and Oz, too.

Poor Shakeel, one good hit from the Lords honours board...

Chinese Long March rocket disintegrates in orbit, creating a lot of debris. Really need to stop toying with Kessler Syndrome like this.

He deserved that one, he's bowled well all match with not much reward.

England set Pakistan 388 to win. Expect that to be somewhere around 150-200 too many and the job to be done before close today.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crr4wd81pdpo Burnham comes across well here IMO, though there is legit criticism regarding this idea having traction in the first place and I'm sure there will be those who criticise unduly no matter what he does.

Beaten, but as per above here's hoping we see more from him in the future.