Things you don't know if you watch the BBC

[Nefertiti2]

Laura Kuennsberg hasn’t had a good day
lying about Corbyn

[URL]https://twitter.com/beardedgenius/status/1196401523254841344?s=21[/URL]

and taking Boris Johnson at more than face value and zero scrutiny

[URL]https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1196378164177580032?s=21[/URL]

[Nefertiti2]

[URL]https://twitter.com/lokinash06/status/1196430006102241281?s=21[/URL]

[Nefertiti2]

I know it’s inappropriate to suggest any sexual chemistry between a woman journalist and a male politician but when you watch this clip you wonder...

[URL]https://twitter.com/thebirmingham6/status/1126190422236307457?s=21[/URL]

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/OborneTweets/status/1196503151060410370?s=20

[Antepli Ejderha]

That's an exemplary piece of writing by Oborne.

Sarah Pascoe nails it about Johnson and Kuenssberg, I'm shocked that was broadcast.

John Ware also said that Johnson had a four plus year sexual relationship with Jennifer Accuri.

Yet people still believe this serial adulterer and sociopath is fit for office.

[Antepli Ejderha]

Johnson also defended Andrew Windsor as well. Those are his standards.

In reality those are the standards of the UK.

[Snake Plissken]

This bit in the Oborne piece got a "What the actual fuck?" from me.

I have talked to senior BBC executives, and they tell me they personally think it’s wrong to expose lies told by a British prime minister because it undermines trust in British politics.

A real "as popular war advances, peace is closer" moment.

[Antepli Ejderha]

Listening to the BBC yesterday was also a wtf moment. Justin Webb has decided to take over from John Humphrys as the resident and clear Tory. His interview with John Ware about the Jennifer Arcuri story seemed to be about balance but clearly wasn't. Nick Robinson then interviewed someone else, I forget who, and went on pure attack mode.

Do we need to know that Johnson has denied an affair with Arcuri? Iirc he actually hasn't said that but rather says there was no improper conduct.

[Snake Plissken]

Seeing as Johnson isn't married, he can't technically have an affair and the "improper conduct" denial can be passed away as referring to the awarding of grants, trips etc.

It bugs the shit out of me that such absolute bog standard responses are never called out. For example -

"Did you take money from this person?"
"That is an outrageous allegation and I'm appalled that someone of your integrity and professionalism has made it"

Is never followed up with

"That is not a 'No'".

[Nefertiti2]

He was married when he was Mayor of London.

[Nefertiti2]

[URL]https://twitter.com/nathanielbayard/status/1196549649462681606?s=21[/URL]

[Snake Plissken]

He was married when he was Mayor of London.

Ah hell, yes he was, wasn't he? I was thinking that he had been with Symonds then.

[Nefertiti2]

Ah hell, yes he was, wasn't he? I was thinking that he had been with Symonds then.

He may well have been, but he was still married until earlier this year

[Nefertiti2]

https://twitter.com/liamyoung/status/1196710448302821381?s=20

[Nefertiti2]

[URL]https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1196740077424123904?s=21[/URL]

[Nefertiti2]

Everyone got this

[URL]https://twitter.com/inthesedeserts/status/1196743693799174144?s=21[/URL]

[Snake Plissken]

That picture looks like the one Guido and his team of scumbags used to look mean and tough.

[ad hoc]

https://twitter.com/greg_herriett/status/1197115377739845633

[Nocturnal Submission]

Are all the other ones independent polls or the online/telephone ones, which can be skewed by partisan voting?

[Etienne]

The others are self selected though. They don't mean shit.

[ad hoc]

Ah, OK

[Satchmo Distel]

The lack of "don't know/they were both as bad as each other" responses in the Yougov poll is odd.* But 49% for Corbyn is worth more than that given how much Yougov's methodology normally under-represents Labour support anyway.

*Maybe "never-Corbyns" and "never-Johnsons" are filtered out?

[wittoner]

Yes, You Gov took out all the "Don't Knows". It was a 51/49 split among those who expressed a definite preference.

[Snake Plissken]

I've seen a tweet that goes into the methodology behind the YouGov poll and indicates that voters who have not decided scored it Corbyn 54%, Johnson 38%, don't know 8%.

[Nefertiti2]

[URL]https://twitter.com/paulmasonnews/status/1197468241712562178?s=21[/URL]

bbc now suppressing their own material if it proves embarrassing to the Tories