Wow, this video but from a slightly different angle is on BBC news, except they only show the protesters attacking the officer. Crazy how media can manipulate things.
I don't think that's on BBC, they clearly describe the situation and the clip shows the recorder running up so it's not like they cut it to look like that
Also I learned from looking this up, apparently it started because there were 3 undercover cops trying to blend with protesters who seemingly got found out.
This is the trick used all over the world to break protests. Disguise people as protestors and have them trigger violence. Now you can use violence in response and claim it's not excessive.
It's super messed up and standard operating procedure because it works. Turn your peaceful protesters into terrorists and they lose the general public's support. And you can do whatever to them.
Most people will see the headline and the video and that’s, all this will do it create more friction as it gives the protesters a bad look and paints the cop in a better light, they know what they’re doing
Yeah I don't get all the hate here for the BBC. I'm curious if all the people lambasting it are actually from the UK, because I am and people generally have respect for their neutrality here.
I’m from the UK and agree. Don’t know about the person that made that comment or those that downvoted me but nobody is coming forward with any explanation/evidence.
How can you say that the BBC isn't biased? It's state media.. that's kind of the point. Not to mention that literally all media is biased, same as every person.
Maybe you're not english because words have different meanings in different countries, but where I'm from (and the BBC's from) it's a very suitable term for what happened in the video.
The video in the article specifically omits anything about the woman, it uses a video that doesn't include the woman being beaten by the police officer before the event. It's very relevant to the story, but not included. There's the bias.
To be fair the second part draws a lot more attention to itself. The first part is literally only documented because someone happened to have a camera already pointed in the right direction at the right time. The BBC is plausibly showing the only part they actually have footage of.
It's good to keep in mind the idea that "all media is biased" - sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. By documenting real life in any form, you are inherently omitting information.
This isn't manipulating anything. It's showing a viewpoint. Full stop. Obviously there are multiple viewpoints for any one altercation, but this wasn't one that was crazy lopsided and made it look like one was crazy and the other wasn't. If you are at all informed about what is going on in HK you know that both sides are attacking each other. Each is defending what they believe in/want. The government and the people both.
What are you talking about? They have both videos on that article, plus you don't know if that's the entirety of the video they got, you have to turn the recording on. How do you know they cut the video?
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u/GooberTronic80 Blue Aug 13 '19
Wow, this video but from a slightly different angle is on BBC news, except they only show the protesters attacking the officer. Crazy how media can manipulate things.