Mainstream media finally notice nurse strike threat – after being prompted by This Site?
Isn’t it odd that the BBC only realised that nurses were threatening to go on strike over low pay after Vox Political ran a story on it?
I published my piece yesterday lunchtime (March 4) and the BBC came out with its story (link below) just before midnight.
I’m not going to make extravagant claims about being first with the news because I had found the story on the website Nursing Notes, where it had been published on March 3.
It had taken the BBC at least a day and a half to realise this was a major news story (it was the lead on the Corporation’s politics page when it was published).
Would the BBC ever have mentioned it at all, if I hadn’t picked it up and published it on my little social media site?
I don’t know. The implications for news reporting in the UK if the answer is “no” are terrifying.
The message for you is simple: don’t rely on the BBC and the other mainstream media giants for your news because you won’t get it.
All you’ll get is what has been passed as fit for you to be spoonfed, plus whatever media bosses realise has gained traction elsewhere and can’t be ignored.
If you want to know what’s really going on, come to This Site – and the others like it.
Source: Nurses’ union anger over ‘pitiful’ 1% NHS pay rise – BBC News
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