Sky News on 0.1% growth: "These are pretty dire figures, let's be honest. The economy effectively stalled in the summer." Sky News on -0.3% decline confirmed this February: "It's only a technical recession." 🤷🏽‍♂️ - ThreadSky

sturdyalex.bsky.social • 105 days ago

Sky News on 0.1% growth: "These are pretty dire figures, let's be honest. The economy effectively stalled in the summer."

Sky News on -0.3% decline confirmed this February: "It's only a technical recession."

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cmilns.bsky.social•105 days ago

This is why I don’t watch Sky any more. What on earth has happened to them?

scm-author.bsky.social•105 days ago

Indeed, they plan to spend the next 4 years relentlessly grooming the public towards reform. I choose to be worried.

waynestuart.bsky.social•105 days ago

I might have contributed to that a bit. Since CNN came back to Virgin Media, I’ve been watching that more. And since all the biggest car crashes are happening in America right now… 🍿

steveacooper.bsky.social•105 days ago

Never has so many media types, wanted a government to fail so much.
Anyone would think they're run by the 1%ers.

rhid83.bsky.social•105 days ago

Absolutely done with crap reporting.

jedi-shaman.bsky.social•105 days ago

Same on the BBC

kimpieuk.bsky.social•105 days ago

They appear to be competing with GBNews for their gammon viewers .. I don’t watch or engage with sky any more Sam Coates seems to be a Reform coms person

sturdyalex.bsky.social•105 days ago

Sam brings a fishwife aesthetic to reporting.

kimiccok.bsky.social•105 days ago

Sounds totally legit, right? 🙃

maria300.bsky.social•105 days ago

Same with BBC.

jahodges69.bsky.social•105 days ago

We have a media problem in this country. The agenda is set by the predominantly anti Labour print media. The broadcast media regard the "agenda" as THE agenda and therefore (inadvertently.....???) pick up the anti Labour bias sort of vicariously

emerty73.bsky.social•105 days ago

Context

gendergoblinhelen.bsky.social•105 days ago

the first was under a Labour government, which the tories in the BBC don't like, and the second was under a tory government, which the tories in the BBC do like.

christos17.bsky.social•105 days ago

Alex's quotes have some more. subjective commentary.
In the BBC screenshots i think it's all relevant to the precedent numbers

maria300.bsky.social•105 days ago

It has nothing to do with precedent numbers, it has to do with biased headlines between the Conservatives and Labour who have been in power since July 2024. They are treated differently.

sturdyalex.bsky.social•105 days ago

Sorry, Christos, but I tend to agree. There is definitely a narrative 'vague' that political journalists grab on and echo each other. With the Tories 20pts behind there was no value to "yup, they're still shite" and with Labour in post for 5 years there is no value to "things are stabilising".

christos17.bsky.social•105 days ago

I've definitely seen this, I don't disagree. That particular example didn't strike me, personally, as one We can (maybe) agree to disagree because we are on the non-toxic app now? 🤣

marvellous09.bsky.social•105 days ago

juneussell.bsky.social•104 days ago

Sky news on anything:

endisnigh.bsky.social•104 days ago

I think it’s obvious which political side UK MSM is taking. For what it’s worth, the US election demonstrates that that media is no longer as important in deciding elections. Many people have disengaged from it. That is why it is imperative to organise on these platforms in numbers

emerty73.bsky.social•105 days ago

The bank has the brakes on with rates, this is literally the plan. They need to cut more or it'll stall completely

swarb96.bsky.social•105 days ago

It's fekkin infuriating.
And lets not pretend that this mainstream duplicity played a huge part in the US election.
He accused people of eating pets, he threatened opponents, Harris didn't used to be black - silence.
Harris on economy - 'well we can't add that up, where's your spreadsheet?'

alegrafitzgerald1.bsky.social•105 days ago

Propaganda machine for the tories. It’s quite sickening.

iamduncan.bsky.social•105 days ago

I’ve really noticed a media bias in reporting between the parties. Cons get it easy and the others get a much harder time for no apparent reason.

timbrass.bsky.social•105 days ago

Anyone surprised that voluntarily erecting trade barriers with your largest and nearest trading partner would stifle growth? Just wait till Trump adds tariffs to UK US trade....

sbil.bsky.social•105 days ago

And the BBC are at it as well.

dickiedavies.bsky.social•105 days ago

If Trumps win doesn’t jolt Labour into playing hardball with RW influence then they deserve to lose next time.They should sack Tim Davie,Samir Shah and Robbie Gibb and lay down the law. Fucking Tice is on Newsnight to talk shite about Alison Pearson and X. AGAIN. Is Lisa Nandy on holiday?

shane11.bsky.social•105 days ago

I can’t bare Sky News atm, they’ve gone completely crazy against this government.

Bare in mind that this isn’t really a reflection of the 3 months for Labour but more a continuation of the 14 years it will take time for labours policies etc to show in growth figures, good or bad

zoegen.bsky.social•104 days ago

Also economic lag will mean the last quarter won’t reflect much relating to the new government

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