tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post2247187658940429356..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: From the Theatre of the Absurd...Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-76765411311328445082017-07-23T17:23:21.549+01:002017-07-23T17:23:21.549+01:00Aside from all that, great collection of Complaint...Aside from all that, great collection of Complaints From Both Sides, Craig. David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-48594263687257300922017-07-23T17:21:03.322+01:002017-07-23T17:21:03.322+01:00What a pathetic segment with Corbyn. The first two...What a pathetic segment with Corbyn. The first two questions were fake. Everybody knows Corbyn accepts that Brexit means being out of the Single Market, and everybody knows he would like to have tariff-free access to the EU. Who doesn't want that? Then, everybody also knows that Labour officially accepts that there will be some limit on the freedom of movement. Even Diane Abbott has said that over and over. It's dishonest to act as if we're unclear on Corybn's position here.<br /><br />Marr went for a gotcha, though, about border controls. Actually, we saw this before. Corbyn dodged as before. The thing is, Marr's approach was deliberately designed not to get a straight answer from Corbyn, but to make him appear evasive. Marr knew exactly how vague to be with his questions, exactly how to nudge Corbyn into being evasive. Marr could have simply asked a straightforward question, like "Passport control at the borders, yes or no? Answer the question....answer the question...."<br /><br />But he didn't, because that would have been damaging to Corybn and Labour, while allowing Corbyn to be evasive is damaging - if only slightly - to Corbyn, but not Labour. Or maybe by not pushing him to hard, Marr was trying to avoid the weekly deluge of complaints. Then Corbyn got to have his cake and eat it too on Brexit and the EU. <br /><br />Will there be death threats over such anti-Corbyn bias? <br /><br />PS: Tony Benn wasn't exactly wrong about the EU.David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-83650211893204439962017-07-23T16:48:51.909+01:002017-07-23T16:48:51.909+01:00I thought I could hear Burley screaming in Marr...I thought I could hear Burley screaming in Marr's ears today when the paper sofa panel said that Corbyn was going to do de-selections of 'moderate' MPs even though T. Blair himself once stepped in to keep Islington moderates from de-selecting Corbyn. As soon as Anna Soubry said there would soon be a civil war within the Labour party, with nods of agreement from the rest, Marr loudly announced the next topic, adding, "he said sternly." <br /><br />This has to be proof that these complaints are getting to them. The instant any criticism of Corbyn surfaces, Marr shut it down. It's the producer's job to keep him on track, and I would be Burley was in his ear right at that moment.<br /><br />Is Marr getting death threats, I wonder?David Preiser (USA)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00055001852090086556noreply@blogger.com