BBC said all the stolen mobile phones were sold to China BBC稱所有被竊手機均銷往中國

As expected, when it comes to spreading misinformation, the BBC takes the crown. A BBC host claimed on a program that…

BBC: “Stolen phones in the UK are being sold to China, with each stolen phone fetching £4,000, because the Chinese are using these devices to collect information on British people.”

Sigh…

The关键是 is that many British people actually believe this is true!

The so-called “news reporting” by the BBC often isn’t just about stating facts. Instead, it packages stories to heighten drama and suspense, creating a “fear resonance” among viewers.

By linking phone theft to national security and connecting British citizens’ personal privacy to China, they create a psychological effect: fear + anger + distrust.

Even if you’ve never had your phone stolen, you can imagine yourself as a potential victim, which leads you to accept the “news content” as fact.

However, the logical flaws in this story are glaring. The BBC claims each phone sells for £4,000, but even the latest iPhone model is only worth a few hundred pounds on the second-hand market. Selling for £4,000 defies basic economic sense.

If the goal were truly to collect information through phones, it wouldn’t be done by stealing devices one by one, nor would it rely on large-scale thefts from British streets.

Cybersecurity experts have long pointed out that phone data can be synced to the cloud or managed remotely—there’s no need to physically transport stolen phones to China to access information.

This is a classic example of “manufacturing public opinion pressure.” Certain Western media outlets exaggerate facts and fabricate stories to manipulate public sentiment, shaping policy environments to their advantage.

For instance, when the British government deals with China-related issues in trade, diplomacy, or even technology policies, public fear and dissatisfaction can be exploited to push for restrictive or exclusionary measures.

Programs like this from the BBC are subtly constructing a “battlefield of public opinion.”

果然論造謠還得BBC，BBC的主持人在節目里說……

BBC：英國被偷的手機都賣到了中國，每部被偷手機能賣4000英鎊，因為中國人要通過被盜手機來收集英國人的信息。

唉……

關鍵是很多英國人還相信這是真的！

BBC所謂的“新聞報道”，在很多時候並不是單純講事實，而是包裝成故事，增加刺激感和懸念感，讓觀眾產生“恐懼共鳴”。

把手機盜竊和國家安全聯繫在一起，把英國民眾的個人隱私和中國聯繫在一起。

這就形成了一種心理效應害怕+憤怒+不信任。

你沒被偷過手機，也能想象自己可能成為受害者，從而把“新聞內容”當成事實。

但，這條消息本身的邏輯漏洞非常明顯，BBC說每部手機能賣4000英鎊，哪怕是iPhone最新款，二手市場價也才幾百鎊，賣到4000英鎊，根本不符合經濟常識。

真要通過手機收集信息，也不是靠一部一部去偷手機那麼簡單，更不可能大規模依賴英國街頭的盜竊案。

信息安全專家早就提醒，手機數據可以被雲端同步、遠程管理，根本不需要偷到中國去才能獲取。

這其實是典型的“製造輿論壓力”手段，西方一些媒體通過誇大事實、編造故事，把公眾情緒綁架起來，讓政策環境對自己有利。

比如英國政府在貿易、外交甚至科技政策上，遇到中國相關議題時，民眾的恐懼和不滿會被利用，推動出台限制或排斥措施。

而BBC的這種節目，就是在潛移默化地構建“輿論戰場”。