tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post3642590791063361682..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: The Andrew Marr Show (featuring Rob Burley) - a Percy Grainger-style RambleCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-14632978859740545862017-11-21T20:43:21.108+00:002017-11-21T20:43:21.108+00:00See Open Thread for image of Corbyn and McDonnell ...See Open Thread for image of Corbyn and McDonnell as their economic policies are about to be stress tested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-70980451951536748302017-11-21T12:06:42.828+00:002017-11-21T12:06:42.828+00:00A week is a long time. But I will give him that un...A week is a long time. But I will give him that until I continue what has become a curiously one-way debate already.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-35615925189530747672017-11-20T17:32:07.029+00:002017-11-20T17:32:07.029+00:00Meanwhile, I await the clearly busy Mr. Burley to ...Meanwhile, I await the clearly busy Mr. Burley to get back to ME.<br /><br />Otherwise I may lose inter... hey.. hang on....Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-31046043477704413402017-11-20T17:23:09.080+00:002017-11-20T17:23:09.080+00:00It's one of those quotes that has been misattr...It's one of those quotes that has been misattributed. Einstein never said "the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results". But the source of the quote is unknown. Probably just one of those things that emerges from office chat and then gets quoted in a seminar. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-17259846654926285392017-11-20T14:56:41.660+00:002017-11-20T14:56:41.660+00:00'twas ever thus.
I wonder if one could pop in...'twas ever thus.<br /><br />I wonder if one could pop in an FOI to ask if the BBC has a unit dedicated to ensuring criticism from all sides is 'balanced'.<br /><br />I doubt they would answer. Well, any more than they do.<br /><br />He asked me to get back to him. <br /><br />Now I am, he seems awful busy elsewhere.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-83746993766173596242017-11-20T13:33:44.515+00:002017-11-20T13:33:44.515+00:00"Maybe one reason there is a fall off in one ..."Maybe one reason there is a fall off in one side of questions from both sides because he seems only to answer the nut jobs from one, and ignores the more rational?"<br /><br />Then again "You ok Phil?" and "Corbyn isn't in government" didn't appear to require much grey matter.<br /><br />Perhaps the dafter the easier to brush aside?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-65042412961406914692017-11-20T13:11:42.458+00:002017-11-20T13:11:42.458+00:00I think it was Einstein who defined foolishness tr...I think it was Einstein who defined foolishness trying the same thing over and over seeking a different result?<br /><br />Maybe it was insanity? <br /><br />Whatevs, it seems to fall into eccentric vs. madness territory, which is more a time/money issue. Like BBC editorial integrity in many ways.<br /><br />Maybe one reason there is a fall off in one side of questions from both sides because he seems only to answer the nut jobs from one, and ignores the more rational?<br /><br />I know that this too is a question, but may stand a better chance of debate here than anywhere the BBC controls the edit.<br /><br />Still, I persevere.<br /><br />Glad to be of service.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-91626905226428827172017-11-20T11:03:20.172+00:002017-11-20T11:03:20.172+00:00These days instead of watching the Andrew Marr Sho...These days instead of watching the Andrew Marr Show I prefer to read about here. The hapless TV viewer of any channel involuntarily pays BBC to manufacture the gun, buy Marr's bullets whilst 'off the payroll' Craig aims and fires.<br /><br />That's entertainment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-88275546481946354132017-11-20T10:38:49.758+00:002017-11-20T10:38:49.758+00:00That's a brilliant analogy Anonymous...let'...That's a brilliant analogy Anonymous...let's hope someone like Jacob Rees-Mogg picks up on it. I can just hear McDonnell describing the efficacy of his bird-man design in those familiar avuncular tones. "My design has the biggest wings, the brightest plumage and the most papier mache, but more than that I am the most athletic person in the competition and my legs will carry me to a launch speed approaching 100 MPH. That's what the people of Brighton expect, and that's what they're going to get." Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-70807547060484979962017-11-20T10:00:48.544+00:002017-11-20T10:00:48.544+00:00With their economic policies Corbyn and McDonnell ...With their economic policies Corbyn and McDonnell remind me of the bird-man festivals at Bognor or Ifracombe. With colourful rhetoric the participants describe their planned flight and demonstrate the attractive flying machine referring to its grace, poise and efficacy.<br /><br />And then the time for the flight arrives, and the ensemble of pilot and their tacky creation is exposed in an unforgiving cruel way - plummeting into a near vertical trajectory into the sea, without even the hope of a dead cat bounce. Shortcomings in concept and design there for all to see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-16322980535163207892017-11-19T22:40:11.951+00:002017-11-19T22:40:11.951+00:00I;m not surprised that as Marr puts it Corbyn and ...I;m not surprised that as Marr puts it Corbyn and McDonnell are overbrimming with cutting edge self confidence, given the easy ride from the BBC. Tonight, Kemal Ahmad, Economics main man told us "all" McDonnell has to do is promise to raise taxes to pay for better services. Really? Is that the extent of the BBC's analysis? Why should we believe that capitalists will continue to feel happy putting their money in London when the government is run by a Mad Marxist and a Mad Maoist dedicated to ever higher taxes? Why does the BBC think that will continue? Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com