I suspect that, like many a BBC type, you've probably all got those lovely illegal highs and lots of pink champagne out tonight and are gorging yourselves silly on the delights of the Eurovision Song Contest (and, for any real fans, Scott and David Brims are co-hosting a 'Eurovision live blog' over at Biased BBC), but...
I'd just like to share a 'below the line' exchange at The Commentator which quite tickled my funny bone:
Edward Studor • 10 days agoThe BBC is institutionally biased. It is now impossible for the BBC NOT to be biased. Everyone who is employed there has to come from the 'right background' or 'will fit in'. This is BBC recruiting code, either passed on by telephone, memo, or on a form, that they must be/are left-wing and come from an Oxford/Cambridge background. And of course everyone knows that they only advertise their jobs in the Guardian. For the BBC to be impartial you'd have to close the whole lot down and start again.
Tethys @Edward Studor • 10 days agoAndrew NeillNick RobinsonLord PattenJeremy PaxmanJeremy Clarkson
Edward Studor @ Tethys • 9 days agoSo out of 19995 BBC employees you could only find five who are slightly right of centre?
Daedalus @Edward Studor • 7 days agoHe could only find 4 actually, Paxman has gone.
WFC @Daedalus • 7 days agoAnd Clarkson - so only 3.
Leftyliesrefuted @WFC • 6 days agoAnd Patten stepped down from the Beeb last year - so only 2.Still, that means there are only 19993 Leftists at the Beeb. So quite well-balanced really.
Not to be a smart-arse but, actually, I make that 19992 Leftists at the BBC. We've got to be fair to the BBC after all.
OK, I'll let you get back to Eurovision now. The votes of the Icelandic jury are due in shortly.
(And, gosh, did I just hear the Arnold Schoenberg Choir? They weren't singing Schoenberg though. That's a shame, as a bit of Schoenberg on Eurovision would surely go down a storm with the audience. Kol Nidre, with Conchita Wurst providing the speaking part, who could resist?)
OK, I'll let you get back to Eurovision now. The votes of the Icelandic jury are due in shortly.
(And, gosh, did I just hear the Arnold Schoenberg Choir? They weren't singing Schoenberg though. That's a shame, as a bit of Schoenberg on Eurovision would surely go down a storm with the audience. Kol Nidre, with Conchita Wurst providing the speaking part, who could resist?)
P.S. Maybe the BBC needs to invite Bridget Kendall along to assist Graeme Norton with his politically-inept guesses of which country will give douze points to their political allies.
He seemed surprised when Romanian-speaking Moldova voted for Romania. And his statement that Latvia was "breaking ranks" by voting for Sweden rather than Russia betrays a certain lack of awareness concerning the of the history of the Baltic States, as did his shock that Lithuania gave Russia nil points. And he seemed staggered that Serbia and Montenegro (of Serbia-Montenegro fame) voted for each other.
This is important. It really is. It really, really, really is. Really. Honestly. Bridget Kendall must accompany Graeme next year - especially if David Cameron brings the EU referendum forward a year.
And, yes, God help me, I really am watching this. I love elections. Ed Balls has already lost his Eurovision deposit. (He's not having a good year).
And, yes, God help me, I really am watching this. I love elections. Ed Balls has already lost his Eurovision deposit. (He's not having a good year).
