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Forbes ranks the UK

crystal ball said:
Not what I asked for, can you show me a definite bias in an articles from the BBC /Guardian. not complaints from various interested parties
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Can you provide examples of impartiality in articles from the BBC / Guardian?
 
I am not claiming impartiality from either organisation, just researching the subject, if it is as widespread as some claim, it should be easy to find
 
transam said:
as the best place to do business in 2018

Forbes analysed 153 countries for its 12th annual " best countries for business" survey

this is the 1st time the UK has topped the list . The UK did particularily well on technology readiness & the size and education of its work force

:cool::cool:
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Forbes survey, sponsored by the Department for Exiting the European Union.

lol

I'd love to know how that is compiled, I really would. I'm 50/50 on the whole thing, but it seems ridiculous to rank a country in political turmoil as the best place to do business in the world.
 
Notch7 said:
http://bbccomplaints.com

http://news-watch.co.uk/category/bbc-bias/

https://biasedbbc.org
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lol

BBC complaints is run by the same people who run the new-watch website. Which has been funded by the Institute for Policy Research a right wing think tank.

As to biasedbbc.org - where is the transparency as to who runs it and funds it? Another right wing source.

The BBC may have bias but to put forward three crackpot sites (two of which are from the same organisation) shows either clear bias by yourself or just sloppy response. :mrgreen:
 
justbigboned said:
Forbes survey, sponsored by the Department for Exiting the European Union.

lol

I'd love to know how that is compiled, I really would. I'm 50/50 on the whole thing, but it seems ridiculous to rank a country in political turmoil as the best place to do business in the world.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtba...usiness-2018-behind-the-numbers/#3f96e0bd3437

15 different factors all weighted equally : property rights, innovation, taxes, technology, corruption, infrastructure, market size, political risk, quality of life, workforce, freedom (personal, trade and monetary), red tape and investor protection

World Bank’s Doing Business report to grade countries’ taxes, investor protection and red tape/bureaucracy
Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom provided the basis for our ratings on trade freedom and monetary freedom.
Freedom House’s Freedom in the World report Personal freedom ratings
World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competitiveness Report. provided technological readiness, innovation and infrastructure
Property Rights Alliance’s International Property Rights Index to gauge property rights,
Transparency International’s widely followed Corruption Perceptions Index
United Nations’ Human Development Index provided Quality of life ratings came courtesy of the
WEF & World Bank for Workforce.
Marsh & McLennan and Aon for Political and terrorism risk data is based on studies from

Not sure I would weigh all these factors equally. Also its very questionable to use Heritage foundation, Freedom House and Property rights alliance as these are right wing think tanks who really have courted controversy and criticisms for their positions, funding and actions.
 
So far a couple of feeble attempts, linking to oddball websites is not showing examples, if it is so widespread it must be easy to find at source, especially The Guardian, a trawl through some archive material should yield some good stuff especially as

"The Guardian does that as well. Every single article has some swipe at Brexit; if the weather changes, it's the fault of Brexit."
 
We're probably also the best place for multinationals to do business whilst paying feck all tax.

Shame all this business equates to ever lowering living standards and quality of life whilst the national debt keeps growing. We just get busier, big business gets richer, and ordinary people fall further behind. Western governments habitually screw their indigenous populations. Still, as long as the people can keep consuming and buying more shoite, they're happy enough.
 
ReganAndCarter said:
We're probably also the best place for multinationals to do business whilst paying feck all tax.

Shame all this business equates to ever lowering living standards and quality of life whilst the national debt keeps growing. We just get busier, big business gets richer, and ordinary people fall further behind. Western governments habitually screw their indigenous populations. Still, as long as the people can keep consuming and buying more shoite, they're happy enough.
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So what do you suggest?
 
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