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Emrys

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3. The BBC tends to be very conservative in its coverage of such stories.

Reply to abqtommy (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 26, 2021, 01:20 PM

Apr 2021

In fact, it tends to carry water for Johnson and the Tories, and not cover embarrassing revelations.

If this had just been a Mail story, I wouldn't have posted it. The fact the BBC has chosen to cover it and claims to have sources adds credibility.

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Boris Johnson said bodies 'could pile high' during lockdown discussion [View all] Emrys Apr 2021 OP

Seems to me that Johnson and the Royals are set Miguelito Loveless Apr 2021 #1

The Daily Mail is not a reliable news source. But then that doesn't mean they're wrong abqtommy Apr 2021 #2

The BBC tends to be very conservative in its coverage of such stories. Emrys Apr 2021 #3

Of course The BBC receives its funding from the government. That's why I referred to abqtommy Apr 2021 #4

The Guardian has nothing so far except the all too predictable denials from government sources. Emrys Apr 2021 #5

That's interesting and I appreciate and trust your input since you're there on the ground, abqtommy Apr 2021 #6

Well, I'm hundreds of miles from Westminster! Emrys Apr 2021 #7

The Guardian now has some analysis of the claims in its liveblog: Emrys Apr 2021 #9

I'm sure glad you and I are on the same side. I have to think back when the tabloids there abqtommy Apr 2021 #10

I think we're definitely on the same side. Emrys Apr 2021 #11

Some corroboration from ITV News's Robert Peston: there may be at least three sources Emrys Apr 2021 #8

Drowning Pool sue Boris Johnson for ripping off "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor" T_i_B Apr 2021 #12