This is how "This side says X, but the other side says Y" balance ends up distorting journalism. Instead of being based on the journalist's own independent, impartial analysis this question really just ventriloquises a partisan opposition stance and gives the impression the BBC fully agrees with it.
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Chris Mason to Keir Starmer: "Isn't the truth that you've sold out British fishermen..."
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https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/10/11/fishing-quota-uk-defra-michael-gove/amp/
https://bsky.app/profile/acarpen.bsky.social/post/3lpjia2btds2h
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/05/14/the-bbc-must-be-mutualised-to-end-its-pro-establishment-bias-warns-report/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Saying ‘Isn’t the truth that you’ve sold out British fishermen’ is inflammatory click bait.
It casts real doubt on the actual truth, which is fisheries is no worse off (and potentially some are better off in this deal), so it’s also divisive & undermining.
So much of UK media is just utterly crap.
Boorish.
If Mason wants to talk like this, then take him at his word. This is what he believes. He appears to be a Reform-loyalist journalist.
When was the last time you even heard a right-wing politician be asked how they are going to pay for something?