tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post573018189067943474..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: gender neutral open threadCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-17974141353587663742018-07-15T14:31:45.210+01:002018-07-15T14:31:45.210+01:00Look at the type of pic they are now choosing for ...Look at the type of pic they are now choosing for Theresa - nice, smiling, relaxed...this is a recent development, as normally they would choose one showing her looking tense or full of foreboding...<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44838028<br /><br />Expect to see more pro-May bias over the next few days!Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-56122343776012897692018-07-15T12:37:42.893+01:002018-07-15T12:37:42.893+01:00The BBC are now May Defender-in-Chief as this absu...The BBC are now May Defender-in-Chief as this absurd easy ride interview demonstrates. Was "sue the EU" really the only advice Trump gave re the negotiations. Of course not. It's Fake News, folks, bigly which the BBC are colluding in. I hope Trump responds by giving his advice in full. Sueing the EU for return of the UK's share in EU infrastructure assets would of course have been a good way to signal intent - remember the EU was saying we had to pay our share of ongoing liabilities. That May thinks it's amusing shows how pathetic a negotiator she is. If we have to pay a share of ongoing liabilities, we should also have a share of ongoing assets that the EU will continue to enjoy after we leave: all their buildings, data collection systems, satellites and other physical assets etc. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-84389155115740014052018-07-15T08:15:26.724+01:002018-07-15T08:15:26.724+01:00May declared her hand when she met with Merkel bef...May declared her hand when she met with Merkel before the Chequers Cabinet gathering. She, with the help of the BBC (who'd have thought the two were in fact bedfellows), attempted to disregard the referendum result. I agree she must be stopped.Loondon Callinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456571827087248842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-33568475815808877992018-07-15T00:51:41.576+01:002018-07-15T00:51:41.576+01:00Loondon, the Conservative leadership rules require...Loondon, the Conservative leadership rules require their MPs to decide which top two go through to a ballot of ALL members of the Party (not sure how many that is but must still be in the tens of thousands). So Boris just needs to come in at no. 2 to then be elected as leader, as I am sure he will by the party membership. But of course the Remainiacs will try and manipulate the MPs' vote to ensure Boris doesn't get the no. 2 position. That is where Gove and maybe Fox will come in useful to May. I don't think though that Gove will be able to command as many MP votes as previously. And events take on a logic of their own. Opinion polling is now showing Conservatives losing millions of votes to UKIP since the Chequers deal was announced. That adds huge pressure on May. Also, if May can't get anything through the Commons, or has to rely on Corbyn, that too will add tremendous pressure. <br /><br />My judgement is that May is finished. I devoutly hope so. She must be stopped or this country is on a very frightening path of destabilisation. <br /><br />Boris is not some patent medicine who can cure all ills but he is infinitely preferable to May and could go to the country and win a majority against Corbyn's loony tune sub-Marxist rabble. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-60300152884961789872018-07-14T23:29:20.911+01:002018-07-14T23:29:20.911+01:00I keep reading that there are an estimated 185 Rem...I keep reading that there are an estimated 185 Remain-voting Conservative MPs against an estimated 138 Leave-voters in the HoC. What puzzles me is that many of the 185 Remain-voting MPs are from areas like my own where there was a decisive majority for Leave in the 2016 Referendum. This group now form a majority on the government benches, who will support Theresa May in her softer than soft Bexit white paper.<br /><br />If a leadership challenge was made, Theresa May would probably survive. We have a leader of our governing party, who in my opinion is anti-democratic in the delivery of Brexit.<br /><br />A link in the democratic process has been lost. There is now an openly displayed sign of contempt towards their electorate by these Remain-voting Conservative MPs in areas which voted to Leave.Loondon Callinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456571827087248842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-23819441285096597632018-07-14T21:44:46.524+01:002018-07-14T21:44:46.524+01:00One of the first musicals - Show Boat - dealt with...One of the first musicals - Show Boat - dealt with the then edgy issue of love across the racial divide, in defiance of the law in the Jim Crow states. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-29399358966578252352018-07-14T19:56:38.105+01:002018-07-14T19:56:38.105+01:00A Saturday evening feast of music on the BBC. On R...A Saturday evening feast of music on the BBC. On Radio 3 as well as Jazz Record Requests and J to Z on earlier, there's the Quintet of the Hot Club of France at midnight. No opera but there's the proms with a programme of French music plus a Mozart piano piece. <br /><br />On BBC 2 at 9 pm, something different: Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the Border; Classic American pop and country portray Mexico as a land of escape and romance, but also of danger - e g Marty Robbins's El Paso, The Drifters' Mexican Divorce or Ry Cooder's Across the Borderline. Against this evocative western soundtrack, Hunter explores the border music as it is today...<br /><br />I love these songs of romance and heartbreak and several more from the late 1920s such as It Happened in Monterrey* and Ramona** but this is the BBC, so:<br />"...Robin Hood tales of Mexican cartels, South American dance, Tex-Mex accordion, Mexican-American rap, border fence sound art and country music of both Mexican and American flavours shed insight into the topical issues of immigration, drug smuggling and Mexican-American identity, and throw the western songwriter's dream of Mexico as a place of romance, fun and escape into sharp relief."<br /> <br /> *It happened in Monterrey, a long time ago<br />I met her in Monterrey in Old Mexico<br />Stars an' steel guitars and luscious lips as red as wine<br />Broke somebody's heart and I'm afraid that it was mine...<br /><br />** Will they pick up on this 1920s film story of love across a 'racial' divide?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-76122365766122236152018-07-13T23:49:44.668+01:002018-07-13T23:49:44.668+01:00Just saw a remarkable ad on the supposedly ad-free...Just saw a remarkable ad on the supposedly ad-free BBC for "Brexit" related news on the BBC. Clearly they want to stress to people that they can only rely on the BBC for objective Brexit news. I think they are a bit worried. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-81766379990970520742018-07-13T17:48:45.486+01:002018-07-13T17:48:45.486+01:00It's quite a clever ploy, so probably not his ...It's quite a clever ploy, so probably not his own idea. :) But what does he really think about free speech?<br /><br />Well he looks forward to UKIP being "abolished". Not dissolved, or comprehensively defeated but "abolished". <br /><br />https://twitter.com/ukip/status/980029507280297990?lang=en<br /><br />But he's all in favour of censoring offensive tweets:<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/12/sadiq-khan-to-slam-government-for-dereliction-of-duty-in-failing-to-regulate-tech<br /><br />Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-4542754144802369762018-07-13T10:36:31.763+01:002018-07-13T10:36:31.763+01:00…and now Sadiq Khan is a torch bearer for free spe...…and now Sadiq Khan is a torch bearer for free speech and the right to offend. Actually I agree with him, but oh, the hypocrisy. Of course in the back of Khan’s mind is the thought that he is throwing “the right to offend” argument back in the faces of the people, he perceives to be on the right, who do actually believe in free speech. Thus proving that he doesn’t.Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-79762841670239508232018-07-13T10:22:15.140+01:002018-07-13T10:22:15.140+01:00It must be tireless and dedicated work for the Beb...It must be tireless and dedicated work for the Beboids and editors to find an image to adorn the prime position on the BBC News website. How many hundreds of photographs did they wade through before finding one that appeared to show Teresa May glancing adoringly at Donald Trump. After looking at this anyone who still believes the BBC is not an activist organisation is truly delusional.Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-3079799677506807912018-07-12T21:47:53.056+01:002018-07-12T21:47:53.056+01:00He must stay in London the whole time, moving from...He must stay in London the whole time, moving from one studio to another, and avoid ever re-visiting his "northern roots". I see from Wikipedia his Mum and Dad were both involved in the Trostskyite infilitration movement "Militant" (something I've never heard him mention - odd that). They must be very proud of their son. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-74436029630448399292018-07-12T21:43:37.445+01:002018-07-12T21:43:37.445+01:00Yes, the Owen Jones concept of free speech is very...Yes, the Owen Jones concept of free speech is very limited. Basically it only extends to trade unionists, minority groups, and left wing parties. Like the SNP, he doesn't even accept the right of UKIP to campaign in elections unmolested (despite UKIP's policies being pretty much the same as the EU's on undocumented migration, now the EU has slowly begun to see sense). Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-15336067161775042372018-07-12T15:55:08.602+01:002018-07-12T15:55:08.602+01:00They started the activism early this week with the...They started the activism early this week with the Panorama programme on Monday evening, which was clear stirring and highly inflammatory, considering the timing chosen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-10713292572351868922018-07-12T15:49:57.540+01:002018-07-12T15:49:57.540+01:00How does he manage it? Being everywhere. He's ...How does he manage it? Being everywhere. He's been on Sky News this afternoon jabbering away. He also popped up on Sky's Press Preview a few days ago after a long absence. Has he been away? Hadn't seen him for ages and suddenly I can't seem to avoid him. After a couple of seconds of whatever he's spewing, I switch over or go to MUTE on any programme he's on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-37935564525309802102018-07-12T15:30:11.778+01:002018-07-12T15:30:11.778+01:00I almost choked on my coffee hearing Owen Jones ch...I almost choked on my coffee hearing Owen Jones championing free speech on Daily Politics today. Yes Owen, providing it fits in with your PC agenda.Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-67284709026758023112018-07-12T14:54:30.827+01:002018-07-12T14:54:30.827+01:00We can describe the BBC's actions both as part...We can describe the BBC's actions both as participants in the organisation of this protest, and in their general output such as HIGNFY during which Donald Trump is routinely ridiculed, as anti President Trump activism. As UK citizens, should we have to pay our licence fee in order to fund our national broadcaster's undertakings of this type?Loondon Callinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456571827087248842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-68077597362502266552018-07-12T11:45:23.086+01:002018-07-12T11:45:23.086+01:00I think they should go the whole hog and call it 5...I think they should go the whole hog and call it 5 million. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-3169488209880296862018-07-12T09:50:34.547+01:002018-07-12T09:50:34.547+01:00I would accuse the BBC of stoking the fires of div...I would accuse the BBC of stoking the fires of division and discontent by actively promoting anti President Trump protests. There is a headline on this morning's BBC News website:<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44788849<br /><br />This article contains, as it has for the last few days, the image of the ridiculous inflatable of "Trump Baby' - featured very prominently. As I understand the circumstances surrounding the inflatable, it is the brainchild of the 10:10 Foundation, a climate change charity - though the inflatable is crowd-funded they claim.<br /><br />Why would the BBC be so sympathetic to this group of unelected charity-backed protesters? - unless they shared the same view to an extent that other opinions were excluded. We know that the BBC are onside with this from other snippets:<br /><br />.... 'UK Protests to Greet Trump's 'state visit on the sly' ....<br /><br />This has become a high profile meticulously planned personal insult of the most inflammatory kind against a duly elected President upon whom we might need to rely at some point in the future. There is no other world leader, however despicable that generates this level of venomous hatred from our so-named national broadcaster.<br /><br />The protest march predicted to be 50,000 strong will start from Broadcasting House. Let's make that 500,000 or more for the archive shall we?Loondon Callinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456571827087248842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-38759155180536926682018-07-11T23:33:03.646+01:002018-07-11T23:33:03.646+01:00You may well have scored there LC! :) I respect p...You may well have scored there LC! :) I respect people who keep up the pressure on the BBC but I can't myself be bothered. :) Like the Soviet Bloc they hate being questioned, however mildly, so I do think that people's complaints bother them far more than us jaded folk realise. So - well done! Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-70736394421215491382018-07-11T23:23:31.256+01:002018-07-11T23:23:31.256+01:00I am wondering whether this complaint is bearing f...I am wondering whether this complaint is bearing fruit within the BBC. See this contribution from our Laura:<br /><br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44796517<br /><br />.... 'Conservative rebels target Theresa May's Brexit plan' ...<br /><br />And on the opening paragraph:<br /><br />.... 'Conservative Eurosceptics have launched a new attempt to change the government's Brexit strategy by targeting a key piece of legislation.' ...<br /><br />The word Tory is used only once towards the end of the piece:<br /><br />.... 'Jacob Rees-Mogg, who leads the European Research Group of Tory MPs, said' ...<br /><br />I find the use of the word Tory in this context acceptable - just as if in the case of a Labour government a report had said:<br /><br />.... 'X, (it definitely wouldn't be Jacob Rees-Mogg), who leads the European Research Group of Socialist MPs, said' ...<br /><br />Let's see whether in due course, the words 'Conservative Party' might emerge from Laura K's mouth (with or without the smirk), or whether the words stick in her craw.Loondon Callinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456571827087248842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-72587299623393319252018-07-11T23:12:59.769+01:002018-07-11T23:12:59.769+01:00I can't believe how much speech time Davis is ...I can't believe how much speech time Davis is giving the guy from the New York Times. I think it was close to zero interruptions! :) Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-3683349634682271452018-07-11T23:11:59.962+01:002018-07-11T23:11:59.962+01:00Where are BBC's Newsnight going to tonight for...Where are BBC's Newsnight going to tonight for "independent" voices...<br /><br />No surprises...<br /><br />New York Times (America's Guardian)...<br /><br />Centre for European Reform (globalist lobby group). Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-30768291429803928602018-07-11T23:08:43.098+01:002018-07-11T23:08:43.098+01:00Newsnight tonight..
The BBC have finally got roun...Newsnight tonight..<br /><br />The BBC have finally got round to asking about the implications of England's success in the World Cup (obviously they were panicking and were thinking - God Forbid! - England were going to get to the final!!!). <br /><br />Evan Davis interviewing Emma Dabiri of the Guardian (the Guardian? - who'd have thought it?), David Goodhart (their definition of a slightly risque contributor...but he's not) and a scouser rock musician (why? - just a continuation of the BBC's condescending identification of football with Liverpool I guess). <br /><br />Davis came out with all the tropes you'd expect. England - exclusionist identity - blah-blah-blah. Dabiri was so stupid (she thought she was being clever with her race baiting about how few Turks there were in the England team!) she didn't follow Davis's line by noting that there was a huge disproportion of players of African or Afro-Caribbean descent in the team (does that mean we should sack some of them?). Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-61096820232365400732018-07-11T22:49:41.549+01:002018-07-11T22:49:41.549+01:00The last paragraph of the reply you have received ...The last paragraph of the reply you have received from the BBC, however it is worded, is the stock reply to any complaint questioning their impartiality. Essentially: We are fair and impartial because we say we are.Terrynoreply@blogger.com