BBC Breakfast Inaccurate Reporting of Settlement Visas

[7by7]

The report said that the figure was "at least £18,600." making it obvious, I'd have thought, that it may be more in some circumstances.

You do, I trust, know what "at least" means; so do most of the rest of the British public.

ok without the sarcastic comments of course I know what "at least" means but without qualifying that how can the public form an opinion.

If you don't like this thread appeal to the Oldgit to have it removed.

What do you mean by qualifying "at least?"

The minimum earning level is £18,600: that is what "at least" means!

Surely you wouldn't want the BBC to misinform it's viewers by saying the minimum was higher than this?

They could have qualified it by saying that savings above £16,000 can be used to reduce the minimum earnings figure; but this was a brief report on one family's situation, not an in depth analysis of the new regulations.

You do seem to be expecting a lot from a report which lasted about 4 minutes.

[Kevin1908]

The report said that the figure was "at least £18,600." making it obvious, I'd have thought, that it may be more in some circumstances.

You do, I trust, know what "at least" means; so do most of the rest of the British public.

ok without the sarcastic comments of course I know what "at least" means but without qualifying that how can the public form an opinion.

If you don't like this thread appeal to the Oldgit to have it removed.

What do you mean by qualifying "at least?"

The minimum earning level is £18,600: that is what "at least" means!

Surely you wouldn't want the BBC to misinform it's viewers by saying the minimum was higher than this?

They could have qualified it by saying that savings above £16,000 can be used to reduce the minimum earnings figure; but this was a brief report on one family's situation, not an in depth analysis of the new regulations.

You do seem to be expecting a lot from a report which lasted about 4 minutes.

Now you are being obtuse. Whether it is 4 minutes or 40 minutes why can't it accurate. They could have said £18600 or £23400 if there is one child. It is only a 4 miniute clip so to hell with the accuracy. Why don't you comment on the misleading statement about claiming benefits?

[Kevin1908]

When I saw that Kevin1908 had posted a topic ... I had to tune in (BBC - 'tune in' ... oh, never mind)

Kevin ... I'm an armchair fan.

I was quite a fan of the BBC ... did they factually get something wrong ... or was it an interpretation of the facts?

Carry on ...

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Watch the clip then you tell me if immigrants can claim benefits. The racists have enough to go on without the BBC feeding them.

[7by7]

Kevin, I give up.

They said that the figure is at least £18,600. They doubtless believed, as do I, that including those two words "at least" made it obvious to all that the required amount could be higher.

But it seems that this isn't good enough for you; you want an in depth analysis of the entire financial requirement!

When (if) you listen to the football results on a Saturday afternoon, do you complain that they only give the score and not a full report of each and every game detailing every incident in minute detail?

The report did not say that immigrants can claim benefits; they simply reported the governments line on why this new financial requirement was introduced.

I'm going now; I've got some drying paint to watch.

[Kevin1908]

The report did not say that immigrants can claim benefits; they simply reported the governments line on why this new financial requirement was introduced.

I'm going now; I've got some drying paint to watch.

If you are happy with the BBC being the mouth piece of the coalition then fine. You watch your paint dry. Every racist in the country is now behind the coalition which is exactly what they wanted. Forget UKIP.

[ravip]

When I saw that Kevin1908 had posted a topic ... I had to tune in (BBC - 'tune in' ... oh, never mind)

Kevin ... I'm an armchair fan.

I was quite a fan of the BBC ... did they factually get something wrong ... or was it an interpretation of the facts?

Carry on ...

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I was quite a fan of the BBC ...

Me too. But of course that was a very long time ago...

Now, they factually get something wrong always.

[David48]

The report did not say that immigrants can claim benefits; they simply reported the governments line on why this new financial requirement was introduced.

I'm going now; I've got some drying paint to watch.

If you are happy with the BBC being the mouth piece of the coalition then fine. You watch your paint dry. Every racist in the country is now behind the coalition which is exactly what they wanted. Forget UKIP.

Kevin, I'm not a Pom, but I lived there for some time and have a great affection for the UK and it's people.

Debating passionately for a cause is great, much respect from me, but when the discussion turns into an argument, the audience usually leaves the room.

To win over people to your cause, the logic of your argument, maybe display your best debating style as we well know that proverb that you attract more bees with honey and not vinegar.

I'm off for Popcorn ...

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Edited July 2, 2013 by David48

[Kevin1908]

The report did not say that immigrants can claim benefits; they simply reported the governments line on why this new financial requirement was introduced.

I'm going now; I've got some drying paint to watch.

If you are happy with the BBC being the mouth piece of the coalition then fine. You watch your paint dry. Every racist in the country is now behind the coalition which is exactly what they wanted. Forget UKIP.

Kevin, I'm not a Pom, but I lived there for some time and have a great affection for the UK and it's people.

Debating passionately for a cause is great, much respect from me, but when the discussion turns into an argument, the audience usually leaves the room.

To win over people to your cause, the logic of your argument, maybe display your best debating style as we well know that proverb that you attract more bees with honey and not vinegar.

I'm off for Popcorn ...

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Not my intention to make it an arguement. This topic is of some impotance unfortunately it has until a couple of weeks ago been completely ignored in the media. I have now seen it featured twice. Once on the radio when it was hijacked by the "why should I pay for these immigrants" racists then today on the BBC tv.

Anybody expecting a relaxtion of the rules will be waiting a long time if this is how the media is going to treat the subject.

[theoldgit]

As I suspected this has turned into another cat fight, and time to draw a line under it.

In future maybe we can keep topics in this forum to supporting those with specific immigration and migration issues.

Topic closed.