Stupid World

[TheDemonLord]

There is strong competition but this is the most stupid thing I've read this week. A man spent over forty years in prison having been convicted of a murder the prosecutors knew he did not commit. They had concealed evidence because they wanted the win. As he was being released from prison because his conviction had been vacated he was grabbed by ICE because he was the subject of a deportation order. The deportation order that had been issued long ago because of the conviction which has now been vacated.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...im/ar-AA1OhhiS

Buried right at the bottom of the article:

Because Subu was never formally naturalized, his earlier drug conviction technically makes him deportable under U.S. immigration law.

Now - having read the full article, this is a bit of a shit situation, one where I actually somewhat side with Subu - but no one disagrees that he had a Drug Conviction and that he was guilty of it - which would make the deportation lawful, regardless of the Murder conviction being overturned.

[pritch]

In Britain the BBC continues to be big news although much of the news is fake. Following the resignation of Tim Davey the BBC is being accused of left wing bias. That is laughable. Davey was a member and office holder of the Tory party and he ran for Parliament as a Tory. Most of the top people at the BBC were appointed by Boris Johnson or his predecessors in the Tory party.

Anybody at the BBC who does display left wing bias tends to be dealt with. Ask Gary Lineker.

[TheDemonLord]

In Britain the BBC continues to be big news although much of the news is fake. Following the resignation of Tim Davey the BBC is being accused of left wing bias. That is laughable. Davey was a member and office holder of the Tory party and he ran for Parliament as a Tory. Most of the top people at the BBC were appointed by Boris Johnson or his predecessors in the Tory party.

Anybody at the BBC who does display left wing bias tends to be dealt with. Ask Gary Lineker.

The BBC has always had a left-wing bias, this has been a sentiment echo'd for many years - most recently in their Brexit coverage and beyond.

There might be a few Tories (who at this point have adopted every policy position of Blairism) at the top, but the Journalists, Editors etc. are all Left-leaning, University educated metropoliton types.

[sugilite:Me]

I was just reading an article yesterday that cited other articles, stats etc that showed the BBC being accused by both the left and the right of bias towards the other side - sounds like they have the balance about right to me.

[TheDemonLord]

I was just reading an article yesterday that cited other articles, stats etc that showed the BBC being accused by both the left and the right of bias towards the other side - sounds like they have the balance about right to me.

As one such example

And another

And another - this one is good because it shows history

The people that complain that the BBC are right wing are the same type of people that say NZ's Labour Party is centre Right (yes, I have heard that one...)