{"text":"@GossiTheDog why, if \u201call party leaders commented\u201d did the BBC only quote the Prime Minister (fair enough) and Farage, rather than, say, the Conservative Party leader? Or anyone else?Is the BBC biased to giving more exposure to Reform than it deserves? From here, it kinda looks like it. Why? Who is pushing the BBC to do this?","truncated":false,"created_at":"Sat Jan 10 14:12:52 +0900 2026","in_reply_to_status_id":"11897524","uri":"https:\/\/cyberplace.social\/users\/GentlemanTech\/statuses\/115869087279398494","source":"ActivityPub","source_link":null,"id":11900717,"in_reply_to_user_id":38360,"in_reply_to_screen_name":"GossiTheDog","geo":null,"user":{"id":274627,"name":"Gentleman Technologist","screen_name":"GentlemanTech","location":null,"description":"Wandering technologist, building stuff while travelling. Interested in the business and social impacts of technology. Anarchist tendencies. Opposed to crypto, billionaires, plagiarist LLMs, christo-fascism, and runaway capitalism. Unusual opinions for someone with an MBA. Supports gender-neutral writing, people being able to do whatever they like as long as it&#39;s consensual, world peace.","profile_image_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/274627-48-20250119045342.webp","profile_image_url_https":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/274627-48-20250119045342.webp","profile_image_url_profile_size":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/274627-96-20250119045342.webp","profile_image_url_original":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/274627-original-tmp20250116051713.webp","groups_count":0,"linkcolor":false,"backgroundcolor":false,"url":null,"protected":false,"followers_count":0,"friends_count":0,"created_at":"Sun Aug 04 17:22:40 +0900 2024","utc_offset":"0","time_zone":"UTC","statuses_count":10,"following":false,"statusnet_blocking":false,"notifications":false,"statusnet_profile_url":"https:\/\/cyberplace.social\/@GentlemanTech","cover_photo":false,"background_image":false,"profile_link_color":false,"profile_background_color":false,"profile_banner_url":false,"is_local":false,"is_silenced":false,"rights":{"delete_user":false,"delete_others_notice":false,"silence":false,"sandbox":false},"is_sandboxed":false,"favourites_count":0},"statusnet_html":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberplace.social\/@GossiTheDog\" class=\"u-url mention\">@GossiTheDog<\/a> why, if \u201call party leaders commented\u201d did the BBC only quote the Prime Minister (fair enough) and Farage, rather than, say, the Conservative Party leader? Or anyone else?<\/p><p>Is the BBC biased to giving more exposure to Reform than it deserves? From here, it kinda looks like it. Why? Who is pushing the BBC to do this?<\/p>","statusnet_conversation_id":6034161,"statusnet_in_groups":false,"external_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/11900717","in_reply_to_profileurl":"https:\/\/cyberplace.social\/@GossiTheDog","in_reply_to_ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/cyberplace.social\/users\/GossiTheDog","attentions":[{"id":38360,"screen_name":"GossiTheDog","fullname":"Kevin Beaumont","profileurl":"https:\/\/cyberplace.social\/@GossiTheDog","ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/cyberplace.social\/users\/GossiTheDog"}],"fave_num":0,"repeat_num":0,"is_post_verb":true,"is_local":false,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}