BBC Turned From Public Broadcaster Into Bill Gates-Funded Propaganda Machine and... a Crank/Troll-Feeding Machine
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-06-14 07:06:49 UTC
- Modified: 2020-06-14 07:06:49 UTC
BBC: we're only useful for weather forecasts and football scores. The rest is noise, not news (distracting from information). Pouring gasoline for misinformation to reach broader audiences and online abuse to intensify.
Playing along also with
Social Control Media ‘cancel culture’. In
her own words, this is what happened:
Summary: BBC was supposed to give taxpayers their money's worth, but instead it's killing articles about corruption (without explaining the reason) and feeds all sorts of cranks (giving them a platform) or gossip (Social Control Media "tweets" or "likes")
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