Reply #114: You may be correct on that point, but... [View All]

[Meldread]

...the BBC is presenting it as if it were a scientific study. It is very misleading.

"...a study suggests."

"The research, carried out by think tank the New Economics Foundation..."

That easily misleads people into believing there is some type of science behind what they are "presenting." In reality, what they have done appears to be nothing more than feed people propaganda.

Keeping everything the same, but changing a few words gives a very different impression:

"Hospital cleaners are worth more to society than bankers, according to recent think tank opinion."

"A new opinion, recently released by the think tank "New Economics Foundation", claims hospital cleaners create £10 of value for every £1 they are paid."

That is the accurate way to present the information to the reader, and I'm assuming most people who read that article were sucked into believing there was some scientific way of determining "value to society."