purplecthulhu

And the demands by certain government figures that the BBC (and by implication any news organisation) should only report things that are 100% verifiably true will destroy all investigative journalism, all whistleblowing, and most other reporting besides.

Indeed, from a deep philosophical position, it can be argued that nothing is ever 100% provably true. As a scientist this is an issue that comes up all the time.

So this particular point not only shows the government to be morally bankrupt, it shows them to be philosophically bankrupt as well.

Lets get rid of them.