Will the BBC be banning the 1970s musical 'Grease'?
grease to be banned - Google Suche
It doesn't seem so:
Grease won’t be ‘banned’ and neither will Harold Wilson – a few ‘woke’ tweets does not a story makeSome are so desperate to criticise so-called snowflakes that they report stories based on flimsy evidence pulled from social media
At what point does a story become a news story? When should it make the jump from WhatsApp group-worthy to newsworthy?These stories should really stay on social media, where they usually originate, but they are regularly reported in national publications. And some are more sinister than others. After the film Grease aired on Boxing Day, The Mail on Sunday published an article claiming that the musical had “become the latest target of ‘woke’ critics”, with millennial and Gen Z viewers tweeting “to label it ‘rapey’, ‘overly white’ and misogynist”. The source? A few tweets – some of which appeared to be made in jest...
The occasional news pieces based on press releases, pseudo-scientific studies and rigged polls are nothing new. But social media, and Twitter in particular, has given rise to even further wilful misreporting. These articles are often fuelled by nothing but a race to the bottom for virality, and an attempt to stoke up the culture wars. The biggest casualty is the integrity of the industry.
It’s meant busy times for a team inside the BBC who work to untangle truth from fiction and identify the bad actors behind bad info.
BBC Trending presenter Mike Wendling and specialist disinformation and social media reporter Marianna Spring have investigated some of the most viral falsehoods and conspiracy theories circulating online.
With the help of colleagues, they explored the rise of the pro-Trump movement QAnon. And they unpicked wild rumours and pseudoscience about Covid-19 that led to real-world harm – including deaths, riots and the destruction of mobile phone masts.
In this programme, they look back at some of the biggest stories of the past year, and reflect on what they learned about who spreads disinformation, who believes it, and what we all need to watch out for in the year ahead.
Grease won't be 'banned' and neither will Harold Wilson – a few 'woke' tweets does not a story make
Yes, this is part of the 'culture wars':
Jay Doubleyou: brexit and the culture wars: part two
But it's also part of the whole 'fake news' phenomenon:
Jay Doubleyou: information wars
Jay Doubleyou: the psychology of lies and why we fall for them
So says a new BBC radio programme:
A Year of Disinformation
The final months of Donald Trump’s presidency and the coronavirus pandemic led to an explosion of misinformation – conspiracy theories, rumours, misleading social media posts and so-called “fake news”.It’s meant busy times for a team inside the BBC who work to untangle truth from fiction and identify the bad actors behind bad info.
BBC Trending presenter Mike Wendling and specialist disinformation and social media reporter Marianna Spring have investigated some of the most viral falsehoods and conspiracy theories circulating online.
With the help of colleagues, they explored the rise of the pro-Trump movement QAnon. And they unpicked wild rumours and pseudoscience about Covid-19 that led to real-world harm – including deaths, riots and the destruction of mobile phone masts.
In this programme, they look back at some of the biggest stories of the past year, and reflect on what they learned about who spreads disinformation, who believes it, and what we all need to watch out for in the year ahead.
BBC Radio 4 - A Year of Misinformation
A little more on conspiracy:
Jay Doubleyou: conspiracy theories
Jay Doubleyou: brexit, fantasy and boris
Jay Doubleyou: political narratives
Jay Doubleyou: coronavirus and populism
Jay Doubleyou: conspiracy movies
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