tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post5788401523054537855..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Whipping up a storm (in a tea cup?)Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-50456519323137546102016-04-15T07:45:47.407+01:002016-04-15T07:45:47.407+01:00Maybe Newsnight could be renamed 'Insinuations...Maybe Newsnight could be renamed 'Insinuations and caveats' to reflect their true commitment to editorial integrity?<br /><br />Mind you, most other 'news' programmes may be vying for the appellation.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-47167552931973696862016-04-14T13:54:00.014+01:002016-04-14T13:54:00.014+01:00I’d like to think the BBC’s interest is largely pr...I’d like to think the BBC’s interest is largely prurient and another excuse to bash the Tories, and in particular to unseat the man (before he was appointed minister with the power to destroy the BBC) everyone predicted would destroy the BBC.<br /><br />On the one hand, everyone, from Maria Eagle to various J.W. supporters insist it’s a non story. “Single man dates single woman - big deal” they say. In the next breath Maria Eagle says it’s all about appearances, then she says there’s a risk that the press would have “a hold’ over him, which would affect his ability to do is job.<br />I don’t know how a <i>non-story</i> gives the press much of a hold over anyone, though. <br /><br />I’m thinking mountain out of molehill, because although there are echoes of Christine Keeler and John Profumo, remember - that was then and this is now. <br />Also, Profumo was the secretary of state for war, Christine Keeler was 19 years old and there were links with a Russian spy. And it brought about the Prime Minister’s resignation. <br />J.W.’s sleaze is insignificant next to that. Never mind who knew what, when, and who should have been told what, when.<br /> <br />The only thing I can think is that it’s odd. It doesn’t say much for the man’s judgment, I mean it’s not as if she didn’t <i>look</i> like a “sex worker”. How could he not know? But then, is it fair that a hooker goes on Match.com to ‘hook’ a potential blackmailee? Then someone said it wasn’t actually Ms Hooker who tried to sell the story for £??s k.<br /><br />I wish it would go away. <br />suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693686958796849316noreply@blogger.com