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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/04/wii.html

 

This article is a load of bullshit, and worst yet when i tried to complain in the comments section, the BBC site conveiniently had an error on it, please comment on the BBC's clear bias in showing this article and comment also on the ignorance of the man who wrote it.



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sweet, a BBC iPlayer on my wii, that spells so much win.



highwaystar101 said:
sweet, a BBC iPlayer on my wii, that spells so much win.

 i know congrats wii owners, do you agree though that this article is biased?



How is this biased?



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I'm gonna copy my own post from the gaming forum:

According to the BBC website the Iplayer works through the internet channel, so it works in the same way as youtube in that it streams a video embedded in a website. If you have windows then the iPlayer is a stand alone app that lets you download programs to watch later or stream to another device(my 360 works). It's sightly misleading to say that the iPlayer is now on the Wii.

Link to iPlayer- http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

Can you Americans view the stuff here or is it limited to UK IP addresses?

Edit: Can a PS3 owner visit the site and try it out.



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What's biased about the article. The guy who wrote this clearly states this is his personal impression of why things are like this. So he gives some suspect reason's for the Wii BBC channel.



guild525 said:
How is this biased?

 Beats me ... :?



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Sorry if your username induces me to not take a post by you comlaining about "Wii bias'' too seriously.



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PS360ForTheWin said:

...and worst yet when i tried to complain in the comments section, the BBC site conveiniently had an error on it...


That's just the Man trying to keep you down.  Fight the power.



I believe he's referring to the fact that the article writer works for the BBC and thus it's tough to believe he has an unbiased opinion on the matter. I personally think he shot his gun early, because the article writer mentions that he wasn't able to get Sony or Microsoft's side of the story yet, but he decided to write an article on the matter anyways. This quote especially makes me weary he doesn't have bias:

Forget please, if you will, that it is the BBC working with Nintendo and the fact I work for the BBC - it's not relevant to what I want to talk about.

I'm just saying, anyone that needs to mention that has already thought previously that others would find him to be biased in his article. 



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