tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post2191406020865699866..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Use it or lose it. Or: Rod Liddle on BBC biasCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-15904858221226153152018-12-10T10:34:48.959+00:002018-12-10T10:34:48.959+00:00I haven't watched Blue Peter for years - but I...I haven't watched Blue Peter for years - but I would bet they have at least one black presenter and have had so for some years?Corbyns catnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-25804812143427066272018-12-09T22:09:43.182+00:002018-12-09T22:09:43.182+00:00I expect we were all too busy ignoring 'Africa...I expect we were all too busy ignoring 'African-American' tap dancers to be bothered making animated films.<br />Why I, a British person with no slaves to my name, should be made to feel guilty about the demise of this unique art form, with no connection whatsoever to Northern European folk dances, by BBC4 beats me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-26882353976986677762018-12-09T21:21:19.458+00:002018-12-09T21:21:19.458+00:00Yes, tilting at windmills indeed! The other day th...Yes, tilting at windmills indeed! The other day they ran two concurrent stories on racial discrimination against ethnic minorities in terms of academic pay and advancement. Is the BBC really wanting us to believe that the world of academia, which probably contains the most PC, anti-racist, pro-equality, liberal, lefty bunch of people in the country are vicious racists on a par with the KKK? <br /><br />Apparently yes, judging from the headlines and the framing of the narrative. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-37524180915663074632018-12-09T18:04:09.354+00:002018-12-09T18:04:09.354+00:00It's everywhere.
A new BBC4 documentary on th...It's everywhere. <br />A new BBC4 documentary on the History of British Animation was determined to sideline British white men (and flooded the screen with a massive over-representation of everyone else in the process). <br />It managed to loudly debunk a "myth" that all British Animation was made by British-born animators - a "myth" which I've never heard and I doubt that anyone else has either. It usefully had Dad's Army style arrows coming into the British Isles in case we were too thick to comprehend the idea of immigration. (I await with baited breath the BBC doing a similar graphic illustrating the influx of terrorists.) <br />Following the docco was a series of new animations by "new and emerging" filmmakers co-funded by the BFI and the BBC. <br />In the introduction this initiative was described as "brave". <br />Some of us might think that it would be braver for the BBC to show some of the older classics which have disappeared from our screens because they embody unfashionable attitudes or commission a truthful animation of the Koran.<br />In the event, the first animation was about a disabled penguin who was far cleverer than his or her able-bodied and mean brethren.<br />I thought I wouldn't be able to cope with all the bravery and gave the rest a miss.JSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-36725341342060585042018-12-09T14:11:24.096+00:002018-12-09T14:11:24.096+00:00Spelling: Ahmed.Spelling: Ahmed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-51972481576538511442018-12-09T14:06:41.155+00:002018-12-09T14:06:41.155+00:00How do people at the BBC get these top jobs of edi...How do people at the BBC get these top jobs of editorial director, director of strategy etc? We know why James Purnell did; it was political. Blairite ex Cabinet man needed at time of Charter review, under threat from Conservative Whittingdale. Picked by Hall who himself was picked by old chum Patten without any competition. <br /><br />Something I didn't know, until I put in a search for BBC Economics Editor - I couldn't remember his name - was that Kamal Ahmed used to work for the Commission for Racial Equality and for The Guardian but even more interesting: <br />'He is an old friend of James Harding, BBC head of news. The relationship between the City University journalism alumni is so warm that, while Ahmed was still working for a Sunday paper, Harding asked him to prepare a document on improving the BBC’s business coverage. He then encouraged Ahmed to apply for the Peston post. The BBC denied the suggestion that he got the job on account of his friendship with Harding.'<br />https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4716496/BBC-economics-editor-given-three-months-write-book.html<br /><br />Another item that came up was about a row at The Guardian where an investigative reporter accused Ahmad of being close to Alastair Campbell and he and others of copying and pasting press handouts instead of doing proper journalism. <br /><br /> Whether it's correct about Ahmad or not I don't know but it is something that's often been said about BBC articles and interviewers citing press releases from political parties, think tanks and the like, instead of doing their own work.<br /><br />A couple more things I came across when searching for something else, was that the Deputy DG is a woman who worked at the Royal Opera House, where Hall was Director(I'm sure that had nothing to do with it!), and Purnell is no longer the Director of Strategy, though still in charge of Radio. I've forgotten who's replaced him but what are the chances he has the right politics or knew someone important?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-46841617663326207332018-12-09T13:11:06.222+00:002018-12-09T13:11:06.222+00:00I just had a quick look at the archive and pulled ...I just had a quick look at the archive and pulled out these stats from Craig analysing Newsnight guests related to the Referendum debate:<br /><br />"That raises our running total to:<br /><br />60 Pro-Remain<br />44 Pro-Leave<br />12 Questionable <br /><br />As for the sub-trend of regarding who gets most of all of the solo appearances (i.e. not in joint interviews), well, that continues as well. I make the totals for that:<br /><br />Remain - 25<br />Leave - 14 "<br /><br />It was clear that the Remainers were given the lion's share of the limelight and that's before you look at the Interruptometer to see who was being allowed to speak and who was aggressively interrupted by the Pro-EU interviewers. <br />Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-49389261012823579902018-12-09T13:03:51.166+00:002018-12-09T13:03:51.166+00:00Good article from Rod but I also beg to differ - a...Good article from Rod but I also beg to differ - about his claim that the BBC were pretty unbiased during the EU Referendum campaign. I think if you look back through the archives, you'll find many instances of gross bias by the BBC, and let's not forget their attempt to influence opinion prior to the campaign. Remember "The Great Brexit Disaster Movie" - completely unadulterated anti-Brexit bias presented as a fiction with no pro-Brexit equivalent. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com