tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post1301654364817783291..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Fully-grown Open ThreadCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-7514908484271980112018-07-02T22:43:20.931+01:002018-07-02T22:43:20.931+01:00Talking of the NHS, am I alone in finding the BBC&...Talking of the NHS, am I alone in finding the BBC's trailer for 70th anniversary celebrations: an ICU heart monitor playing 'Happy birthday to you,' while a patient lies in a coma, pretty damned tasteless?Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650372666915304667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-33333673506234644372018-07-02T22:38:45.103+01:002018-07-02T22:38:45.103+01:00Yes, this desire to rewrite history has become ing...Yes, this desire to rewrite history has become ingrained within all parts of the BBC's output. Even on Songs of Praise, the last three Sundays have been about (1). Grenfell Tower - how the community has 'come together' as a result of the tragedy, (2). the Windrush Generation and how Immigrant churchmen established gospel music and evangelism within the country as they helped to rebuild postwar Britain, and (3 yesterday) it was a celebration of the seventy years of the NHS and how immigrant groups provided staff for the fledgling organisation.Loondon Callinghttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-76605144799765818882018-07-02T21:50:14.980+01:002018-07-02T21:50:14.980+01:00The Windrush debacle has become as highly politici...The Windrush debacle has become as highly politicised as Grenfell Tower. BBC London never fails to remind us that the Windrush generation single handedly transformed London.<br />Tonight was a perfect example; in a feature to mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS we were introduced to Olga King a member of the Windrush generation from Barbados. She trained as a nurse at Hillingdon Hospital. BBC London took Olga back to Hillingdon to share her memories. In almost the first piece to camera, Olga openly admits that most of the nurses she worked with, and especially those responsible for her training, were all Irish. The early NHS heavily relied on immigrant nurses from Ireland, north and south, to staff and run the new health service yet here was a major BBC feature trying to tell us what a significant contribution the Windrush generation made to the NHS. It was a classic case of the BBC trying to rewrite history.<br /><br />No disrespect but Olga's story was unremarkable and, as far as I could see, she made no special contribution to the NHS. The whole point of the story was to highlight that Windrush generation made a significant in London to healthcare; a contribution maybe, but 'significant'? Such revisionism, commonplace in many BBC programmes day after day, is insidious and dangerous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-74200158029165028552018-07-02T12:35:24.880+01:002018-07-02T12:35:24.880+01:00I think so. They are yesterday's minority. Tha...I think so. They are yesterday's minority. That's why so many of the staff are now self-identifying as TG. Promotion guaranteed! Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-89729068602945308282018-07-01T22:10:38.103+01:002018-07-01T22:10:38.103+01:00Eddie Mair can be quite good with 'members of ...Eddie Mair can be quite good with 'members of the public', giving them a sympathetic hearing and plenty of support. I eventually had enough of him after one of his 'beast mode' interviews with a government minister over an issue that wasn't anything to do with her department. When he is like that he isn't looking for answers to questions, he is looking for a complete confession of guilt, "when did you stop beating your wife?" writ large. As a listener there is no pleasure in hearing the implied call for a confession over and over and over again.<br />As to making way for minorities, has the BBC realised that their 'gays' are now so mainstream in the organisation that their victim card has expired? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-42214447308985463482018-07-01T21:18:58.918+01:002018-07-01T21:18:58.918+01:00That would be funny, except that it's probably...That would be funny, except that it's probably true! :)Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650372666915304667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-13256233888743709702018-07-01T20:04:15.146+01:002018-07-01T20:04:15.146+01:00I think we know his type. Just a big mummy's b...I think we know his type. Just a big mummy's boy whose mummy used to tell him he was brilliant, even though he wasn't...sadly we've had to suffer the result: a hyper-inflated ego. As you say, he is overtly biased. If he ever puts the case for the side he doesn't support he does so in a "I know this is crazy" smirky voice designed to encourage incredulity in the listener. Can't stand him but I guess he had to go to make way for the TGs and other minorities pressing forward. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-8811549879593378642018-07-01T19:44:00.947+01:002018-07-01T19:44:00.947+01:00Eddie Mair is leaving the BBC in August.
Good ridd...Eddie Mair is leaving the BBC in August.<br />Good riddance, he is one of the worst in displaying bias.<br />Last I read, he was in dispute over cuts to his pay.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-82491097466908146552018-07-01T18:14:58.848+01:002018-07-01T18:14:58.848+01:00https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/30/bbc1-a...https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/30/bbc1-audience-figures-lowest-16-years-saturday-night-drama-experiment/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-66002010970175474602018-07-01T18:02:37.533+01:002018-07-01T18:02:37.533+01:00Anonymous, that's an important decline, do you...Anonymous, that's an important decline, do you have the source of those viewing figures? I have checked obvious angles though Google but come up with nothing. Robin Horburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17983005314113577874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-53819501946101578352018-07-01T14:40:07.471+01:002018-07-01T14:40:07.471+01:00Absolutely, Anonymous. A Hitler & J Stalin had...Absolutely, Anonymous. A Hitler & J Stalin had a similar unifying effect. By the way, in case it wasn't clear, when I said above (1st reply in this block) "whose fault will it be? Why, everyone's except their own," I meant the BBC's fault!Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650372666915304667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-86214881324117446642018-07-01T13:36:40.409+01:002018-07-01T13:36:40.409+01:00BBC One brings the nation together. Clearly it doe...BBC One brings the nation together. Clearly it doesn’t!<br /><br />The younger generation don’t watch it much because it doesn’t offer up what they want. <br /><br />An increasing section of the older generation find it biased.<br /><br />So just how does it bring our nation together? <br /><br />Maybe by being disliked Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-10750582313286882312018-07-01T13:35:06.150+01:002018-07-01T13:35:06.150+01:00Zurcher continued slow decline as he enters the te...Zurcher continued slow decline as he enters the tertiary stage of Trump Derangement Syndrome...<br /><br />Appallingly biased article that finds every excuse for the left's incivility and resort to bully boy tactics but makes no excuses for the anger of Trumpites.<br /><br />Uses every BBC trick, including going to an academic who just happens to be an anti-Trumpist (as seen from the ever useful Twitter account) for an "independent" view. Use of photos to demonise Trump supporters and present Trump as hyper-aggressive. Then amnesia on things like HRC's anathematising of a huge proportion of US citizens as "deplorables". Promoting Obama as a "healer" (despite the growth in racial division under him, seen by the rise of BLM under his presidency, his call for illegal migrants to vote in the US Presidential election and his attendance for 20 years at a Church where the preacher indulged in violently anti-American sermons). No recognition that (a) the migrant family separation policy dated back to the Clinton era or (b) that the policy had now been changed. <br /> <br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44620412<br /><br />Zurcher being sarky about Trump's unwillingness to plough through tomes of legalese before deciding on who to appoint to the Supreme Court...does he think Clinton, George W Bush or Obama ever did? <br /><br />https://twitter.com/awzurcher/status/1013243362441416704<br /><br />Half of Zurcher wants to mock Trump for believing there is a Deep State apparatus briefing against him, and the other half wants to make use of the Deep State's briefings against Trump...<br /><br /><br />https://twitter.com/awzurcher/status/1012824784747548673<br /><br />Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-51877359069380961592018-07-01T12:25:39.147+01:002018-07-01T12:25:39.147+01:00Yes there must come a point at which it becomes po...Yes there must come a point at which it becomes politically unsustainable, however much the frit MPs feel they have to bow to the BBC. What is that point? When the BBC has only a 10% share of viewing? Of course they are flattered by the percentages since TV viewing as a whole is declining re other forms of AV entertainment like computer games. <br /><br />I have always been surprised that Sky have never tried to turn their Sky 1 into a BBC 1 replica. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-26643497743125526202018-07-01T12:19:26.993+01:002018-07-01T12:19:26.993+01:00As long as the 400 plus Transgender employees are ...As long as the 400 plus Transgender employees are watching, that's all that matters. :) Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-26596076392396705992018-07-01T12:16:59.626+01:002018-07-01T12:16:59.626+01:00Clockwork,
Good observation...part of the grand ...Clockwork, <br /><br />Good observation...part of the grand hypocrisy of this age...these millennials virtue signal but when it comes to their audiovisual entertainment they don't bother with the BBC, they go for box sets and computer games that have, when all is said and done, a pretty traditional view of gender roles and, in music, genres that have in fact parodically over-defined gender roles. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-38420260858380144912018-07-01T11:52:27.662+01:002018-07-01T11:52:27.662+01:00Yes - already today's kids don't know how ...Yes - already today's kids don't know how to work a radio; how long 'til they can't work a tv? And whose fault will it be? why, everyone's except their own!Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650372666915304667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-23719909345690395862018-07-01T11:36:25.285+01:002018-07-01T11:36:25.285+01:00RE Viewing figures I bet it’s worse than that, it’...RE Viewing figures I bet it’s worse than that, it’ll be some kind of “balanced” survey. The funny thing is that I dont think the millennials watch it at all.Clockworkorangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538039281226245073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-90134722797024296472018-07-01T10:10:53.617+01:002018-07-01T10:10:53.617+01:00I wonder if it will ever occur to them that viewer...I wonder if it will ever occur to them that viewers are tired of unfunny 'comedy' programmes and didactic dramas peddling the BBC's 'take' on Brexit, diversity, immigration, gender etc. As John Cleese has pointed out, Monty Python would never have been commissioned today - what, educated, white, middle-class males? - out of the question! And how many episodes of Fawlty Towers would have been entangled in the fine mesh ofthe Beeb's PC filters? "Don't mention the war" and Mr O'Reilly would be out, for a start - blatant anti-EU racism!Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650372666915304667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-22014989083358502652018-07-01T09:22:21.715+01:002018-07-01T09:22:21.715+01:00Very interesting viewing figures published this we...Very interesting viewing figures published this week. <br /><br />BBC One's output in the first five months of the year was down nine per cent across the schedule and 14 per cent in primetime when compared to the same period in 2017.<br /><br />Their response did make me chuckle - typical BBC speak....<br /><br />A BBC spokesman said: "BBC One is the most watched channel in the UK and the proud winner of three Channel of the Year awards. BBC One brings the nation together and takes risks with a range of high quality, distinctive programmes where ratings are not the only measure of success."<br /><br />I think it will become harder for them to justify the licence fee and employee salaries as their audience dwindles. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-5267678829509453632018-06-30T15:11:10.939+01:002018-06-30T15:11:10.939+01:00UK citizens seeking EU citizenship? I've just...UK citizens seeking EU citizenship? I've just seen the article:<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44629193<br /><br />Apparently the BBC believe there is an EU Nation since they talk about EU nationality. But maybe they mean nationality of countries within the EU. <br /><br />Remember all that hype about UK citizens with Irish family background seeking Irish citizenship? And it looks like 400 more than before have obtained citizenship. <br /><br />I think the surge is explained in part by the natural growth in marriages between migrants and UK citizens resulting from the huge influx of EU citizens per annum who then marry UK citizens. The German surge I think has to do with migrant communities (from SW Asia and Turkey) continuing to maintain their ability to travel at will across Europe. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-6995301236723278002018-06-30T13:03:52.581+01:002018-06-30T13:03:52.581+01:00(As seen on bBBC)....
At last! The BBC's role...(As seen on bBBC)....<br /><br />At last! The BBC's role in spreading gang violence via support for drill music is being exposed: <br /><br />https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rappers-tales-of-violence-and-drugs-are-put-online-by-bbc-0jr8q2qws<br /><br />This is one of those issues that exposes the hypocrisy and cynicism of the BBC elite. They promote guns and sexism when it suits them. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-14422320653424637652018-06-30T07:26:30.421+01:002018-06-30T07:26:30.421+01:00According to the BBC there’s been a surge in UK ci...According to the BBC there’s been a surge in UK citizens applying for UK citizenship - Surge would equal a lot yes? Er no not really it’s gone from 6 thousand to 12 thousand, only really news if you want to imply something with the headline....Clockworkorangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538039281226245073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-75183391970040420972018-06-30T02:24:39.089+01:002018-06-30T02:24:39.089+01:00Occasionally the world class BBC News Service deci...Occasionally the world class BBC News Service decides to spend a couple of hundred quid out of its £5 billion revenue to bring us something that is inspiring, interesting and insightful...before returning to its self appointed task of spending the £4billion plus remainder on its usual obsessions about sexism in football, lack of gender balance in engineering, and domination of the business world by white males - and about 3000 other "equality" issues. <br /><br />Still, enjoy the £200 worth of your dosh they spent on this: <br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/must_see/44637256/kareem-waris-olamilekan-a-young-nigerian-artist-with-grand-plansMonkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-19302750106650984432018-06-29T13:12:38.928+01:002018-06-29T13:12:38.928+01:00Meanwhile, in other news, the BBC is bravely criti...Meanwhile, in other news, the BBC is bravely criticising a global religion for its oppression of children, its attempts to control their behaviour and its denial of normal instincts. What is this religion you ask? Mormonism. Yes, very brave of them. <br /><br />And by the way I think the Church of Latter Day Saints etc don't like being called "The Mormon Church". <br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44644130Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com