I've said it before so you probably won't be surprised if I say it again...
...(especially given that I may sometimes repeat myself, and that sometimes I do repeat myself as well)...
....but...:
...(especially given that I may sometimes repeat myself, and that sometimes I do repeat myself as well)...
....but...:
The newspaper reviews on Sky News are vastly superior in terms of balance and impartiality than those on the BBC - and usually a good deal more enjoyable too.
And there are certainly more Brexit supporters on Sky's paper reviews than there are on the BBC's.
(I intend to quantify that in an old-fashioned ITBB study - to be presented shortly).
I was reminded of this yet again after watching this morning's BBC News Channel paper review, which was an absolute joke in terms of impartiality.
[By 'absolute joke', incidentally, I don't mean something like this:
(Apparently The Independent co-sponsored it with The People's Vote campaign I learned from the Indy guy).
It was such a 'safe', 'BBC' discussion, with presenter Carole Walker dutifully adding the odd mild 'balancing' question for impartiality's sake.
Frankly, it was dull.
Meanwhile Sky this morning gave its viewers something far more intellectually bracing - and fun: namely Liz Kershaw and Julie Bindel, with their polar opposite views on Brexit.
Neither were po-faced, and their discussion ranged far and wide and was, at times, anything but 'safe' and 'BBC' (e.g. over transgender matters).
They were both marvellous, even when I didn't agree with them.
Incidentally, Liz - the second longest-serving female DJ in the UK (after Annie Nightingale) - is often deliciously trenchant in her views of BBC reporting. Here, for example, is her take on Mark Easton's reporting of the Huddersfield Pakistani paedophile grooming gang story this week:
(I intend to quantify that in an old-fashioned ITBB study - to be presented shortly).
I was reminded of this yet again after watching this morning's BBC News Channel paper review, which was an absolute joke in terms of impartiality.
[By 'absolute joke', incidentally, I don't mean something like this:
I went into the cake shop earlier, bloke said, "All cakes £1." I said, "Can I get that one?" "£2" , he replied. "£2?", I asked. He said, "Aye, that's Madeira cake."]Yes, on the BBC this morning viewers were given two almost-identical-minded Brexit-unfriendly journalists (one from The Independent, one from The Sunday Times) who agreed on the need for a second referendum, and on much else besides.
(Apparently The Independent co-sponsored it with The People's Vote campaign I learned from the Indy guy).
It was such a 'safe', 'BBC' discussion, with presenter Carole Walker dutifully adding the odd mild 'balancing' question for impartiality's sake.
Frankly, it was dull.
Meanwhile Sky this morning gave its viewers something far more intellectually bracing - and fun: namely Liz Kershaw and Julie Bindel, with their polar opposite views on Brexit.
Neither were po-faced, and their discussion ranged far and wide and was, at times, anything but 'safe' and 'BBC' (e.g. over transgender matters).
They were both marvellous, even when I didn't agree with them.
Incidentally, Liz - the second longest-serving female DJ in the UK (after Annie Nightingale) - is often deliciously trenchant in her views of BBC reporting. Here, for example, is her take on Mark Easton's reporting of the Huddersfield Pakistani paedophile grooming gang story this week:
