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Made it to top 3 on BBC…

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  • September 16, 2021 at 11:19 am #31779
    GrandTourer

    This incident that has been covered on this site has now made it to the BBC:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-wiltshire-58558802

    However, there is no mention of brake-checking or the driver causing the confrontation in the first instance, simply that the ‘cyclists caught up with him’, giving the impression that the cyclists were the aggressors in this case, heavily outnumbering the poor victim drivist, who clearly has to punch and mow down his way out in self-defence…

     

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  • September 17, 2021 at 9:25 pm #984383
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    HoarseMann

    In the DM too – and to be

    In the DM too – and to be fair to them (can’t believe I wrote that), they’ve embedded the whole youtube clip, no editing like the BBC…

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9997733/VIDEO-Swindon-cyclist-punched-face-road-rage-incident.html

    September 17, 2021 at 12:09 pm #984381
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    chrisonabike

    Maybe someone really got

    Maybe someone really got triggered by the trandem and has never recovered?

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/sep/02/goodies-bike-trandem-auction-october-seventies-comedy

    September 17, 2021 at 11:41 am #984379
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    hawkinspeter

    Which is exactly why the BBC

    Which is exactly why the BBC edited it the way they did.

    They must be getting some extra funding from the motor lobby as there’s no way that their continual anti-cycling bias is accidental.

    September 17, 2021 at 10:00 am #984377
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    kil0ran

    I know it’s gone mainstream

    I know it’s gone mainstream because the missus mentioned it this morning.

    And proof positive that the edit they made to the video has changed perception because her response (other than “HTAF did he not go to jail for that?”) was “why did the cyclist engage with the nutter”. When I told her about the brake check and showed her the unedited footage she changed her opinion and now wants to go and hunt him down herself. 

    September 16, 2021 at 1:56 pm #984375
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    hawkinspeter

    The BBC are just

    The BBC are just institutionally anti-cyclist.

    I raised a complaint (with the BBC), but I’ve not been satisfied with the replies to any of the other complaints that I’ve raised.

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