tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post1187281125600853947..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: "The horrors! The horrors!”Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-72982804987917472762015-04-28T10:49:39.951+01:002015-04-28T10:49:39.951+01:00Yes.
And I have just had my latest FoI request de...Yes.<br /><br />And I have just had my latest FoI request denied on the alternate, 'we've made it too expensive to check our systems for deliberate error' excuse.<br /><br />They seem to alternate. With the odd 'this is not formatted the way we like' rejection thrown in to waste more time before they end up blowing it off anyway.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-40380617007547871862015-04-27T22:26:50.141+01:002015-04-27T22:26:50.141+01:00I think that you are, alas, quite right & that...I think that you are, alas, quite right & that Jezzer has feet of clay. I must confess that I signed on the grounds that, 'my enemy's enemy is my friend' & was motivated more by mischief than a fondness for petrol fumes.<br />JeremyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-88517695720870101882015-04-27T22:25:11.303+01:002015-04-27T22:25:11.303+01:00That would be protected from FOIA requests on the ...That would be protected from FOIA requests on the grounds of "journalism", no?David Preisernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-13216042547502019122015-04-27T07:43:20.222+01:002015-04-27T07:43:20.222+01:00It will be interesting if the BBC gets prodded int...It will be interesting if the BBC gets prodded into releasing comparative data on headlines and home pages.<br /><br />Seems Guido this morning has again highlighted a, shall we say, oddly skewed level of emphasis. Again.<br /><br />If they do an interesting precedent gets set.<br /><br />Especially for those of us who have asked for such data and been refused on spurious grounds.<br /><br />For the BBC to try and claim impartiality whilst only permitting transparency it controls would be a tricky thing to carry off credibly.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-17029143371998814982015-04-27T01:53:55.842+01:002015-04-27T01:53:55.842+01:00Clarkson is (was) a licensed jester. The conservat...Clarkson is (was) a licensed jester. The conservative stance was mostly an act. He's little more than a spoiled child whose laddish contrarianism was enabled by the massive amount of money he earned for the BBC. He may like cars and things that explode, and may not like being told what to do by authority, but he's not a proper conservative. It's why he's buddies with Cameron.David Preisernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-23938211105940076272015-04-26T23:58:15.888+01:002015-04-26T23:58:15.888+01:00The BBC just seem incapable of being impartial.
...The BBC just seem incapable of being impartial. <br /><br />Tonight on their website they have three headlines:<br /><br />"Miliband plans to curb rip-off rents" - Clearly a positive intro. No mention of Labour Shadow Minister having ruled out rent control in Jan. <br /><br />Sturgeon: "Miliband will change tune" - Good for SNP this headline - suggests Sturgeon is a strong character determining events. <br /><br />And then:<br /><br />"No "lack of drive" in campaign - PM" Hmmm...not so positive eh? This headline suggests the Tories are on the backfoot having to engage in denial politics. <br /><br />But we know how the BBC will counter any complaint - there are three parties mentioned. Balance...and the Tories actually get more "column inches" on the page. <br /><br />Of course - there is another issue: why do the BBC favour SNP over UKIP or indeed Lib Dems? Bigging up the SNP seems a v. BBC approach: the Tories want them to do it and it allows them to squeeze UKIP off the front page. <br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-25878845898049630492015-04-26T23:39:01.925+01:002015-04-26T23:39:01.925+01:00No - no irony quotes. A cynical person might say h...No - no irony quotes. A cynical person might say he's in image makeover mode. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-125661465965631062015-04-26T22:14:08.134+01:002015-04-26T22:14:08.134+01:00I hope Jeremy was laying on the irony with a trowe...I hope Jeremy was laying on the irony with a trowel - otherwise I shall ask Guido to remove my signature from the JC petition!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-23450989402105910562015-04-26T21:43:15.937+01:002015-04-26T21:43:15.937+01:00Meanwhile, in other news...it's not just the B...Meanwhile, in other news...it's not just the BBC...<br /><br />Jeremy Clarkson (Sunday Times, today) has also come out in favour of letting in ALL boat migrants on the Med. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-26610115362845244132015-04-26T20:29:24.780+01:002015-04-26T20:29:24.780+01:00Eades was being sarcastic, surely.Eades was being sarcastic, surely.David Preisernoreply@blogger.com