Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by Jaruzel 2016 days ago
Having just watched him say it in Parliament. That quote is exactly what he said. He did however also add further details that focused research is now ongoing to establish exactly if this variant is a problem or not in regards to the vaccine efficacy.

The main problem with the mass-Media is that they are so keen to a) publish a click-bait headline, and b) keep the word count to a minimum so as not to scare off their illiterate readers, that the actual truth of news gets lost or diluted... to the extent that the articles no longer form any function other than to generate clicks.

1 comments

The BBC has an obligation to reach everyone, including people who aren't strong readers. It's a public service broadcaster.
I wasn't calling out the BBC per-se. My points are true of all news media sites.

As a literate person with an higher than average reading comprehension, who do I talk to in the BBC to get news articles on their website that contain proper in-depth content and words beyond Key Stage 2? As a licence fee paying UK citizen, I'd really like to know.