Propaganda watch

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Here's a small example of how the media can relate something that is partly-true, but at the same time,
give off unverified information for the sake of a biased agenda.

The UK leaving the European Union is deemed by the majority of Westminster politicians and London-based
Journalists as a bad idea and without resorting to using the expression 'Project Fear', the colouring of how
the EU (which is really Germany and France) is constantly maintained.

The riots, the no-go areas and the increased crime in mainland Europe are rarely touched upon and instead,
certain members of the established UK media -which many of them have property in France, portray Europe
as a place of easy-going folk who want Britain to remain in the 'club'.

At a time when genuine news is being looked at warily, you'd think the BBC Journalists would try to keep to
the line of sincerity -especially when the story is merely a re-jig of a story from another media-outlet.

Forget the subject of the article, it's not important in the manner of explaining of imposition that the
'Man-Bites-Dog' story is padded out with. It's the additions to the article that concerns me and why.

Here's the original, a French account of a light-hearted story involving chickens turning tables on a fox.
If it's a butter-patted metaphor for the Yellow-Jackets in France beating-up on Macron, I cannot say!

Unusual. Surprised by chickens, a fox killed at pecking.

'This is an unusual story, a fox was found the body riddled with pecking on the farm of the Gros-Chene High School
in Pontivy which has 6 000 chickens.

Usually, it's the opposite situation. A fox was killed by the chickens at Le Gros-Chêne high school in Pontivy, on the
night of Wednesday 6 to Thursday 7 March 2019.

"The fox had to return during the night, by one of the access gates of the breeding of laying hens which gives on 2.4
ha of pasture which is reserved for them" , explains Pascal Daniel, director of the exploitation , who still can not
believe this extraordinary event.

The animal was surrounded, then killed in a corner of the building that brings together 3,000 chickens: "It is a juvenile
of 5 or 6 months, about 60 cm long. He did not seem sick and in any case, he did not have scabies, " says Pascal
Daniel, who notes however that " the hens can arrive en masse and the fox, surprised, could panic in front of the number.

The hens have been there since July, so for more than seven months and have probably learned to defend themselves, "
says the farm manager, especially since this is not the first time an animal is introduced without being invited:
"A fox hidden in the nests has already been discovered, a year and a half ago  ! ".


It is in the left corner that the fox was found, dead, the body riddled with punctures | WEST FRANCE

Pigeons devoured
Other predators also threaten the breeding: "We pay a tribute to the buzzards that attack the hens every week, but I think
that there too, they face. Pigeons are also victims and we find regularly regularly devoured, " notes Pascal Daniel.

A living naturalist from Brittany who was contacted , is also surprised by this turnaround: "There may be a group effect,
but also other reasons: the fox was young so inexperienced. It could already be weakened, even injured, and we know
that chickens go easily on a weak animal " .

Still, that night, no hen was a victim of predation...'

Ouest-France: -A Google Translation.

There we have it, a simple story with some indications that an incident held the farmer's suggestions like 'did not
seem sick', 'the the hens can arrive en masse' and 'could panic in front of the number'.
All conjecture and with some rationality, but not fact.

Pascal also explains that a section of pasture is reserved for the chickens and yet, the photograph above shows the
hens inside a building during daylight. The image is relevant as the wording beneath it describes which corner the dead
fox was discovered.

"So what...?!" -I hear you say. But hear me out. Here's the BBC's version of the same story.

Chickens 'gang up' to kill intruder fox on French farm.

'Chickens in a school farm in north-western France are believed to have grouped and killed a juvenile fox.
The unusual incident in Brittany took place after the fox entered the coop with 3,000 hens through an automatic
hatch door which closed immediately.

"There was a herd instinct and they attacked him with their beaks," said Pascal Daniel, head of farming at the
agricultural school Gros-Chêne.

The body of the small fox was found the following day in a corner of the coop.
"It had blows to its neck, blows from beaks," Mr Daniel told AFP news agency.
The farm is home to up to 6,000 free-range chickens who are kept in a five-acre site.

The coop is kept open during day and most of the hens spend the daytime outside, AFP adds...'

BBC:

Why put in the final sentence? Mr. Pascal Daniel never states the poultry live outdoors every day and
the comment is only identified as being said from 'AFP' (Agence France-Presse).

'Free-Range' poultry in the UK are portrayed as happy-go-lucky chickens running around in a grassy
field and retiring to their nests at night on their own volition. The reality is a little different.
Free-range chickens are not in cages, although they may be kept in a large warehouses for most of the time.
(see image below)


SOURCE of Image:

So using the information from both articles, we have 6,000 chickens kept in two buildings (It states only 3,000
hens nailed the fox), an automatic door that only closes when an animal steps INTO the building and a photograph
of one of Pascal's chicken coops taken during the day.

The BBC do this regularly, they twist stories to suit narratives, sometimes bland puff-pieces that mean nothing in
regards of informative knowledge, but hold a meaning that will touch areas unseen by the standard reader/viewer.

My only surprise is that the BBC didn't mention whether Mr. Pascal was a disabled transsexual of colour with ginger
hair, or not.