tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post5233526641208185462..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Tales from the Factory FloorCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-43592171612568818092020-02-15T12:07:45.589+00:002020-02-15T12:07:45.589+00:00I remember Liz McLean from the days when I used to...I remember Liz McLean from the days when I used to watch Newsnight. She had an emollient voice and earnest manner. It's interesting looking at the link to see Craig's detailed coverage back then. It even names the person referred to by David Sedgwick as a senior staff member. <br /><br />Liz of the soft soothing voice made a memorably sharp comment about the BBC after she left:<br /><br />'In August 2013, MacKean told a session of the Edinburgh Television Festival that the row about excessive severance payments to senior BBC officials went to the heart of problems at the BBC where an "officer class" had been created which was treating the BBC as a "get-rich-quick scheme" for themselves and their colleagues.'<br />https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/bbc-savile-scoop-journalist-liz-mackeans-says-corporation-has-become-get-rich-quick-scheme-officer<br /><br />Thompson when he was there certainly was all for grabbing as much money as he could get away with, justifying it by reference to commercial sector. He clearly thought he was worth it. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-74435817507139440822020-02-15T11:45:25.570+00:002020-02-15T11:45:25.570+00:00I wonder if the BBC has a HRC Editor.
And I don&#...I wonder if the BBC has a HRC Editor.<br /><br />And I don't mean one who reports on Mrs. Clinton. Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-20245440822511964492020-02-15T08:59:08.624+00:002020-02-15T08:59:08.624+00:00Yes, I always thought Liz McKean, who did much to ...Yes, I always thought Liz McKean, who did much to bring into the public sphere the reality of abuse, was treated in scandalously shabby fashion by the BBC. Wasn't that when the arm-biter in chief (Mark Thompson - twice bit members of staff on the arm but suffered no ill consequences, now of the Noo Yoik Times) was in control? <br /><br />Talking of anti-Trump partisanship, there was a fine piece this morning on Radio 4: an impartial, free and fair discussion of the usual topic ("Who the hell can beat Trump? - anyone, just anyone please!") with Jon Sopel (rabidly anti-Trump), Jonathan Freedland (even more rabidly anti-Trump BBC presenter allowed to give free rein to his political views for some reason) and Reid Epstein of the New York Times (possibly even more rabidly anti-Trump than even the other two). <br /><br />No balance, just Beeboid believers confirming the rectitude of their faith. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com