tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post7631223977338749425..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Instant expertsCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-74360660771760422962017-07-03T17:44:43.595+01:002017-07-03T17:44:43.595+01:00It is clear from Richard North's two main arti...It is clear from Richard North's two main articles on the 'cladding' issue that he has meticulously researched the subject, aided by his seemingly encyclopaedic knowledge of EU regulations. Sources are quoted, unlike the poor efforts by well-paid journalists. The continuing puzzle is why no media outlet wants to avail themselves of his expertise and pay him handsomely to write columns, for it would surely only be to their benefit. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-85478641521185597382017-07-02T08:34:42.111+01:002017-07-02T08:34:42.111+01:00I have followed Dr North's blog eureferendum.c...I have followed Dr North's blog eureferendum.com for over ten years. You can trust him.<br /><br />Among many other things he works with the journalist Christopher Booker and today's blog post is on the EU aspect of Grenfell Tower - very powerful stuff.<br /><br />BTW North's son Pete is well worth following - http://peterjnorth.blogspot.co.uk<br />David Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289942317047915855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-79693516241414784992017-07-01T16:51:20.882+01:002017-07-01T16:51:20.882+01:00Quite right Terry. It does seem to be all about th...Quite right Terry. It does seem to be all about the scoop, the exclusive, with 'Newsnight' at the moment. It is pure sensationalism. Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-89240139466010256912017-07-01T16:45:58.606+01:002017-07-01T16:45:58.606+01:00The uninformed speculation from the BBC began the ...The uninformed speculation from the BBC began the day after the fire. From my layman's point of view it does seem highly likely that the cladding caused the rapid spread of the fire, but we cannot say for certain until the enquiry has taken place. Yet less than twenty-four hours after the tragedy the BBC were reporting with absolute authority that it all would have required was a specific sum of money, that somehow the BBC knew, for it to have been averted. Already we now know that it is rather more complicated than that. In the same report/interview the BBC were demanding of a government minister that all he needed to do to assess the risks to similar buildings was send a few emails. Is their research carried out by interns trawling the internet? <br /><br />There was once this distinction between the overriding need for a scoop favoured by the tabloid press and the rather more measured approach of the broadsheets and the BBC. This may have been a myth, but that was the general idea. However, the BBC is now as bad as the tabloids at their sensationalist worst. The difference is that unlike the tabloids the motivation is not to sell newspapers, but to promote a particular political bias. If you ally this to a staggering level of arrogance and a total belief in their infallibility you end up what the BBC is today.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05818860172734529356noreply@blogger.com