Theres alot of Pidgin talk.

[Elsa TLC]

South Africa anti-immigration protests on June 30: Key places wia South Africa anti-immigration protests go happun for June 30 and wetin authorities dey do - BBC News Pidgin https://share.google/MJdTnVbIOuTJj7FA9

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

Honestly, I'd describe that language as a racist pee-take, it's just bad English. Is this supposed to be a language? Why are the BBC providing news to a foreign country anyway?

If you read it out it sounds like you're walking around a dodgy UK housing estate.

The = Di
They = Dey
Gather = Gada

 

[opps]

The BBC World Service currently broadcasts in 43(?) languages. One of those is English. It also includes Welsh and Gaelic.

The BBC world service is part of the soft power of the UK. By promoting trust, it increases the likelihood of the UK getting contracts abroad. Granted, I have no idea about the cost/benefit.

Do you take umbrage with the Beeb broadcasting in any other languages?

As an aside, I am aware that Radio 4 has just stopped broadcasting on long wave. I guess that the world service still uses it- I guess it would be too expensive to do broadcast other wise.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

It's all old days stuff, the empire's gone. Soft power is nonsense. We don't need a state propaganda department, that's the stuff of commie regimes.

They need to make everyone producing this garbage redundant and get themselves efficient in preparation for the privatisation/closure that will be happening shortly after 2029.

 

[opps]

It's all old days stuff, the empire's gone. Soft power is nonsense. We don't need a state propaganda department, that's the stuff of commie regimes.

They need to make everyone producing this garbage redundant and get themselves efficient in preparation for the privatisation/closure that will be happening shortly after 2029.

Not sure I agree.

The commie comment? In my lifetime, labour, the liberal and conservative governments have each accused the BBC of political bias.

Apropos privatisation- do you really think that a news channel beholden to advertisers will be more honest?

 

[Brigadier]

It's all old days stuff, the empire's gone. Soft power is nonsense. We don't need a state propaganda department, that's the stuff of commie regimes.

They need to make everyone producing this garbage redundant and get themselves efficient in preparation for the privatisation/closure that will be happening shortly after 2029.

If you don't believe in "soft power", why do you bother posting on here?

 

[morqthana]

We don't need a state propaganda department

Good job we don't have one, then, isn't it.