topic Re: They've done it again! in The Round Table

They've done it again!

cee-dee — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 10:04:10 GMT

There's over a week to go until the election and the BBC have removed all the links to regional news outlets from all their regional news sites.

What's the big idea? The BBC isn't impartial (I think they're very leftish/liberal biased) so have they done it because they consider that other news sites may try to "influence" voters?

Re: They've done it again!

al**bear — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:02:04 GMT

Sorry CeeDee

But BBC News and BBC Politics are now mostly staffed and Managed by

bias ex-Tory party Boris when Mayors staff or ex Tory Party or MPs staff

Go and check - started when Cameron, threatened the Licence fee

and is now hardly distinguishable from Murdoch's Sky News (it's still HIS ethos)

Re: They've done it again!

al**bear — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:09:29 GMT

I have just read the local news from Lancashire

latest is, little Girl from Preston phones 999

and could click on links to ALL local news all over UK

in 2 clicks on BBCs website

Re: They've done it again!

cee-dee — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 15:33:13 GMT

That's not what I meant. Below the "Latest updates" on the "regional news" (more of that later) there's usually links to local newspapers etc.

They've all gone.

Now you've mentioned "Lancashire", for those that don't know how to find the regions..... Go to "UK", then "England", then "Regions", then either select a region or scroll down and find the region you want.

Since the BBC started putting "Latest updates" below the supposedly regional news, they've also started putting repeated things there which have appeared either on the main news or on other regional news.

Re: They've done it again!

cee-dee — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:05:17 GMT

Further..... I've read the BBC news website for many years and it's nothing like Sky News. That's gone way downhill!

A while back they used to have "First for breaking news" on every page. They were NOT first..... I got fed up with that so I emailed them and told them the BBC were usually before them! Would you believe it? Not long afterwards they removed the "first for breaking news".

Just lately, Sky News is all big pics, loads of wasted space, all padding, old news left on, little news.

Re: They've done it again!

upthecreekyetagain — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 22:08:39 GMT

I've still got local links on mine

Re: They've done it again!

upthecreekyetagain — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 22:12:10 GMT

Do you have an ad blocker active?

if I turn mine on the local links disappear.

Re: They've done it again!

cee-dee — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 22:38:16 GMT

Yes, I've an adblocker. I've just tried pausing it but after refreshing I've still no links like you've got.

Re: They've done it again!

cee-dee — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 00:11:50 GMT

Further to the above, I did nothing to "cause" this, yesterday the links were there, today, gone.

I have two computers on, this one is on Windows 10, the other is Windows 7. Both have an adblocker but they're different. The Win 7 one has the links gone too and they don't appear if I allow "adverts on the BBC".

I won't bother, I'll see if they return after the election. They've disappeared before when local elections were on too but returned when they were over.

Re: They've done it again!

al**bear — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 05:08:56 GMT

I have total security and block everything

There has been No change on BBCs website,

I have never seen any change on Website during Election, apart from on day of voting

Apart from more Political news

Are You using the App - through Your Browsers 'Newsfeed'

Because that is usually your ISP who provide those links

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*ÅL*

Re: They've done it again!

cee-dee — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:33:36 GMT

I just click my favorite link to get to the BBC. How are you getting there?

Re: They've done it again!

cee-dee — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:10:32 GMT

Al, that you, you must be right because I usually use google and it's from there I set my favourites.

I just tried "Edge" and went to the BBC using that and when I clicked "Regions", "Cumbria" the links to other news sites were all there.

Re: They've done it again!

cee-dee — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 12:06:43 GMT

This is mad, I just went to my usual favourites and....... all the links to "From other local news sites" are back there. What's going on.

Re: They've done it again!

ruby*tuesday — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:23:21 GMT

Just watched Boris in MATLOCK on the BBC News Channel. He was brilliant......

Re: They've done it again!

cee-dee — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:48:34 GMT

They've gone again!!!!!!!!!!

I've tried a few ways to get them back, no sign of them? Have you got the links to "Other news sites" on the BBC regions?

Re: They've done it again!

upthecreekyetagain — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:05:27 GMT

Got them on mine

Re: They've done it again!

cee-dee — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:26:03 GMT

No you ain't! That's not the same, that's Today's South East news website headlines Which is totally different.

Re: They've done it again!

**bustysbargains** — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 19:18:38 GMT

You've got Gremlins in your hardware CD 😵

Re: They've done it again!

cee-dee — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:18:33 GMT

Can you go to the BBC news site, click "England", then "Regions", then pick a region, for example "Lancashire", scroll down the page and see "Other news sites"? Because I can't and I've tried this computer (on Win 10) and my other (on Win 7).

Re: They've done it again!

**bustysbargains** — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:56:56 GMT

@cee-dee wrote:
Can you go to the BBC news site, click "England", then "Regions", then pick a region, for example "Lancashire", scroll down the page and see "Other news sites"? Because I can't and I've tried this computer (on Win 10) and my other (on Win 7).

All seems fine for me CD, checked as you typed it up there ^^^^^^

My local news and other regions.

Are you up to date with all your updates, adobe flash etc. Have you done a boot scan recently?