Anybody see the BBC Evening News yesterday? A reporter used the word "obfuscation", and then explained what it meant
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 11:04 (fifteen years ago)
lol british university graduate assuming everyone else is thick
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2010 11:07 (fifteen years ago)
My fault for having any faith whatsoever in the BBC, I suppose
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 11:09 (fifteen years ago)
no, that journalist wants you to think it's all your fault.
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2010 11:20 (fifteen years ago)
what %age of the viewership do you think knew what the word meant?
― on in the b.g. while you're grouting (stevie), Thursday, 25 February 2010 11:50 (fifteen years ago)
35%
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 25 February 2010 11:52 (fifteen years ago)
Does it matter?
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 11:59 (fifteen years ago)
I would imagine most people watching probably didn't know what the word 'obsfucate' meant. Surely it would be better just not to use it in the first place?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:00 (fifteen years ago)
No, it would be better if they did know what it meant
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:02 (fifteen years ago)
Anyway, it was part of a quote, so he had to use it
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:06 (fifteen years ago)
I think Fearne Cotton should present the news. Maybe with Reggie Yates as co-anchor.
― what kind of present your naked body (Upt0eleven), Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:10 (fifteen years ago)
chris evans is your guy.
more than 35% of people watching the news are gonna have an idea, surely.
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:19 (fifteen years ago)
how in the fucking world is "obfuscation" a word that needs to be explained
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:19 (fifteen years ago)
it's practically onomatopaeic
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:22 (fifteen years ago)
my 35% wd include people capable of surmising a reasonable approximation through context, onomatopoeia etc
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:24 (fifteen years ago)
Not to sound (more) like an old fart or anything, but I have noticed a creeping Newsroundization of the BBC News
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:26 (fifteen years ago)
stop complaining about your television news, seriously, please, stop
― max, Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:46 (fifteen years ago)
would love to be explained the word "obfuscation" by american tv anchors
would love ANYTHING to be explained by american tv
LOL
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:47 (fifteen years ago)
you guys have anchors that explain words, we have this
http://s3.mediamatters.org/static/video/2009/08/27/beck-20090827-spell.jpg
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:48 (fifteen years ago)
Charlie Brooker praised Fox for its even-handed coverage of the Haitian earthquake earthquake. That may be the only example ever, but still.
― what kind of present your naked body (Upt0eleven), Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:50 (fifteen years ago)
"oligarhy"??
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:51 (fifteen years ago)
LOLIGARCHY
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:51 (fifteen years ago)
http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2009/07/no-worries-mr-chairman/
― take me to your lemur (ledge), Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:52 (fifteen years ago)
did you hear guys, I am starting a new styleorganizations
― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao), Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:55 (fifteen years ago)
OK when you say evening news, do you mean the 6pm or the 10pm broadcast? 'Obfuscate' more likely to be defined in an earlier broadcast because it's when younger viewers are watching - longer words, and some of the more graphic/sexual descriptives for crimes tend to happen on later news bulletins (some of these might be watershed issues, I'm guessing). Newsround jibe more spot-on than you might have bargained for.
― barack hussein chalayan (suzy), Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:55 (fifteen years ago)
Sean O'Ligarhy, popular right-wing Fox News Irish American blowhard
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:58 (fifteen years ago)
hey that's my uncle ur talkin bout
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2010 14:59 (fifteen years ago)
I'm still puzzling over where he pulls the final 'y' from
― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao), Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:00 (fifteen years ago)
Yellow-bellied liberal scum?
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:01 (fifteen years ago)
I do like the idea that all complex political issues can be simplified into an easy to read acrostic, makes my duty as an american citizen that much easier
― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao), Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:01 (fifteen years ago)
an easy to read misspelt acrostic
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:13 (fifteen years ago)
i just assumed that screencap was a Colbert riff but wow, that was real. it was real
― Nhex, Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:21 (fifteen years ago)
let's do this...acorn style
― mdskltr (blueski), Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:24 (fifteen years ago)
To be fair to the BBC correspondent, they could have just been clarifying that they weren't actually referring to the shocking revelations about Alex Paterson's sex life, Orbfucksgate.
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:43 (fifteen years ago)
ouch
― Neil S, Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:57 (fifteen years ago)
Yeah sorry, I have put in a request to have myself shot in the head for that one.
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Thursday, 25 February 2010 16:09 (fifteen years ago)
a SB request would have been enough...
What gets my goat, since you ask, is the simpering idiots on BBC Breakfast, who act like a cross between the Stepford Wives and lobotomy patients. It makes GMTV look like Paxo in attack dog mode.
― Neil S, Thursday, 25 February 2010 16:23 (fifteen years ago)
ur poor goat imo
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2010 16:35 (fifteen years ago)
rip goat we never knew you
― Neil S, Thursday, 25 February 2010 16:38 (fifteen years ago)
Well at least this thread has provided you with a chance to finally lay those goats to rest.
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Thursday, 25 February 2010 16:53 (fifteen years ago)
don't patronise me, bro
― velko, Thursday, 25 February 2010 16:53 (fifteen years ago)
ditto, woah.
― Not the real Village People, Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:51 (fifteen years ago)
i don't patronise bunny rabbits
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:09 (fifteen years ago)