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  • October 1, 2018 at 5:30 pm #29004
    kil0ran

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45703513

    Is that even news? Seriously click-baity SEO-friendly writing style tool, quite out of keeping with Auntie’s usual output. 

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  • October 2, 2018 at 11:39 am #928181
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    hawkinspeter wrote:
    Yorkshire wallet wrote:
    The BBC news website is just a hash of self appointed ‘journalist’ and blogger rubbish. There’s barely any news and it the content seems like most of the women’s magazines in the newsagent.

    Then again the Guardian is no better. Look at this rubbish you bunch of Strava Nazis

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/27/do-you-boast-about-your-fitness-watch-out-youll-unavoidably-become-rightwing

     

    Well, you’re not being forced to pay for the BBC, so you can just stop reading it.

    I hope this is sarcasm.

    October 2, 2018 at 10:52 am #928179
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    hawkinspeter
    Yorkshire wallet wrote:
    The BBC news website is just a hash of self appointed ‘journalist’ and blogger rubbish. There’s barely any news and it the content seems like most of the women’s magazines in the newsagent.

    Then again the Guardian is no better. Look at this rubbish you bunch of Strava Nazis

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/27/do-you-boast-about-your-fitness-watch-out-youll-unavoidably-become-rightwing

     

    Well, you’re not being forced to pay for the BBC, so you can just stop reading it.

    October 2, 2018 at 10:20 am #928177
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    Anonymous

    The BBC news website is just

    The BBC news website is just a hash of self appointed ‘journalist’ and blogger rubbish. There’s barely any news and it the content seems like most of the women’s magazines in the newsagent.

    Then again the Guardian is no better. Look at this rubbish you bunch of Strava Nazis

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/27/do-you-boast-about-your-fitness-watch-out-youll-unavoidably-become-rightwing

     

    October 2, 2018 at 9:43 am #928175
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    kil0ran
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    I saw that article last night and chalked it up to the BBC pushing the “dangerous” cycling agenda (i.e. make cycling seem more dangerous than the stats would suggest and thus push mandatory helmets etc).

    I didn’t really twig that the writing was in a different style.

    They seem to be moving towards SEO-optimisation of their content, particularly in the “Full Story” section of the homepage – list-based articles, how-tos, sprinkled with a healthy dose of keywords. Plus stock photography – not even from a British road.

    October 2, 2018 at 9:26 am #928173
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    hawkinspeter

    I saw that article last night

    I saw that article last night and chalked it up to the BBC pushing the “dangerous” cycling agenda (i.e. make cycling seem more dangerous than the stats would suggest and thus push mandatory helmets etc).

    I didn’t really twig that the writing was in a different style.

    October 2, 2018 at 8:52 am #928171
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    fukawitribe

    Apart from the slightly

    Apart from the slightly unusual writing style – what do you think of it ?

    October 1, 2018 at 8:21 pm #928169
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    ktache

    I had noticed that one, you

    I had noticed that one, you are right, it is a bit odd.

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