Yep, here’s an article on the BBC that absolutely sane-washes him. Yes, some of his “controversies” are briefly referred to, but it’s all downplayed as much as possible. This was published shortly before the debate in order to attract maximum views.
For example:
Allegations of sexual misconduct and extramarital affairs have followed Trump the politician.
Allegations!?! It was proven in court that he committed RAPE. He is a RAPIST.
Bbc is one of the few news sources I still trust, but they seem to have a massive blind spot when it comes to trump. It annoys the crap out of me. I think it comes from them trying to be unbiased, they don't want to show one candidate in a bad light, but when one candidate is politically bad, a rapist, a convicted fraudster, under investigation for numerous other crimes, mocks journalists and disabled people and is generally one of the worst people alive they don't really need to be neutral, they can just report all of that stuff in every article. They hold Biden and Harris to the standard that politicians should be held to and seemingly give trump a free pass because he's just so awful.
If they have such a big, obvious blind spot - why do you think you can trust them about other stuff you don't know anything about? What if they have big blind spots there, too?
In this case, it's normally because they are neutral and do not write emotionally flaring articles like most other news outlets. They report on things in a factual manner and provide sources. They do also with trump, but because they're using neutral language, it mutes how awful he really is. I am, of course, writing my own opinion on it, and I am very biased against Trump. It would be interesting to see if anyone has done an actual study on it.
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u/tttxgq 5d ago edited 5d ago
Yep, here’s an article on the BBC that absolutely sane-washes him. Yes, some of his “controversies” are briefly referred to, but it’s all downplayed as much as possible. This was published shortly before the debate in order to attract maximum views.
For example:
Allegations!?! It was proven in court that he committed RAPE. He is a RAPIST.