Omissions, not emissions! The BBC continue to omit half of many stories (when they feel like it): usually the bits damaging to the Coalition are not omitted and anything bigging-up Labour (but not mentioning 13 years of New Labour) is always trumpeted (fine example
here, WTF?) Today's half truths: "
Government criticised as deaths on UK roads go up" [
Link] (and
screen shot to observe stealth edits). What's omitted? Well first there's the usual tactic of putting the bad stuff 'above the line': "
The government has been criticised for a lack of leadership after the first increase in road deaths for nearly a decade"..."
Our correspondent says the coalition ditched national targets when it came to power..." 8 paragraphs of this followed by the sub heading "
Shocking": then
you have to scroll down and see at least some of the real story.
"
Road deaths might have gone up but – with the exception of last year – the number of people killed or seriously hurt on our roads still remains the lowest since national records began."...and the 'Shocking' is in fact "
It is shocking that road accidents are the main cause of death among young adults aged 16-24...". OK so they put it but at the end you say but less than one minute 'research' by Ows
reveals that the rise is only due to the fact that there was a massive fall in 2010 (over 15% down with traffic levels 2% down that year). Click on image to enlarge clear downward trend...I won't politicise the near flat-lining years on that graph.
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