http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/02/24/the-paradox-of-the-bbc-objectivity-and-ugc/ A conversation. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:45:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/02/24/the-paradox-of-the-bbc-objectivity-and-ugc/#comment-14650 The BBC and linking part 2: a call to become curators of context | Online Journalism Blog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:01:44 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=4441#comment-14650 [...] highlight of my recent visit with MA Online Journalism students to the BBC’s user generated content hub was the [...] [...] highlight of my recent visit with MA Online Journalism students to the BBC’s user generated content hub was the [...]

]]> http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/02/24/the-paradox-of-the-bbc-objectivity-and-ugc/#comment-14649 Paul Bradshaw Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:46:37 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=4441#comment-14649 Yes, the whole objectivity debate is a separate thing. For the purposes of this, though, I'm talking about the requirement for the corporation not to express an opinion. Yes, the whole objectivity debate is a separate thing. For the purposes of this, though, I’m talking about the requirement for the corporation not to express an opinion.

]]> http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2010/02/24/the-paradox-of-the-bbc-objectivity-and-ugc/#comment-14648 Kebz Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:08:08 +0000 http://onlinejournalismblog.com/?p=4441#comment-14648 There is no such thing as BBC objectivity. You cannot be neutral on a moving train. The BBC frames its coverage according to a certain prevailing viewpoint as directed by the management. This means that its political coverage, whilst it can appear to be neutral to an uninformed observer, is actually biased because of the framing of the issue. There is no such thing as BBC objectivity. You cannot be neutral on a moving train. The BBC frames its coverage according to a certain prevailing viewpoint as directed by the management. This means that its political coverage, whilst it can appear to be neutral to an uninformed observer, is actually biased because of the framing of the issue.

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