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The BBC are far from the worst but they have an obligation to be objective in their news reporting, which is why I complained to them when I wouldn't complain about say the tabloid newspapers, which don't even pretend to be objective, and which have no constitutional obligation to be objective. The BBC are supposed to help to keep the rest of the media honest, by telling the objective truth even when none of the rest of the British media is willing to do so.
If even the BBC is uncritically buying into Haye's version of events regarding his negotiations with the Klitschkos, then there's no hope of any of the rest of the British media jumping off the hype bandwagon.
Plus they didn't provide context for their statement that it would be the biggest fight since Lewis-Bruno, and by not providing context, they effectively bought into the hype. I forgot to mention that in my reply to Mike Costello's email, but have just sent him a follow-up:
If even the BBC is uncritically buying into Haye's version of events regarding his negotiations with the Klitschkos, then there's no hope of any of the rest of the British media jumping off the hype bandwagon.
Plus they didn't provide context for their statement that it would be the biggest fight since Lewis-Bruno, and by not providing context, they effectively bought into the hype. I forgot to mention that in my reply to Mike Costello's email, but have just sent him a follow-up:
Hi again Mike
One more point that I forgot to make in my previous reply (below).
You say you stand by your statement that it would be the biggest heavyweight contest in the UK since Lewis-Bruno. That is an opinion rather than a fact, but my point was that even if it does turn out to be true, it will be as a result purely of media hype, and not for substantive reasons - whereas the Lewis-Bruno fight was big for substantive reasons, as Bruno was a world class or at least borderline world class fighter. Real boxing fans know that this fight is a terrible mismatch. One expects the BBC to provide context, and for you to make the statement you made without providing that context is to mislead the public by omission, as most of them are not knowledgeable enough about boxing to realise that it's a serious mismatch.
Dave
One more point that I forgot to make in my previous reply (below).
You say you stand by your statement that it would be the biggest heavyweight contest in the UK since Lewis-Bruno. That is an opinion rather than a fact, but my point was that even if it does turn out to be true, it will be as a result purely of media hype, and not for substantive reasons - whereas the Lewis-Bruno fight was big for substantive reasons, as Bruno was a world class or at least borderline world class fighter. Real boxing fans know that this fight is a terrible mismatch. One expects the BBC to provide context, and for you to make the statement you made without providing that context is to mislead the public by omission, as most of them are not knowledgeable enough about boxing to realise that it's a serious mismatch.
Dave
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