tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post8333534950692424127..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Open ThreadCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-83961492797974407402018-12-23T16:51:18.066+00:002018-12-23T16:51:18.066+00:00There is some irony that the Gatwick fuzz are desp...There is some irony that the Gatwick fuzz are desperately backtracking and trying to blame 'the media' over whirlybird owners. Or not. And using the BBC to do it, who are desperately trying to claim they are not 'the media'. Mess with a Beeboid heading to the slopes at your peril. <br />Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-29042172463640647842018-12-23T13:40:40.503+00:002018-12-23T13:40:40.503+00:00Yes, the hate crime map shows the entirety of Scot...Yes, the hate crime map shows the entirety of Scotland as a red zone of hate. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-55404148117863363232018-12-23T12:26:15.848+00:002018-12-23T12:26:15.848+00:00Has Police Scotland dispatched a squad yet, and al...Has Police Scotland dispatched a squad yet, and alerted BBC Airborne?<br /><br />(As this could end up anywhere, it refers to the Hate Crime vid)Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-18266779977827921852018-12-23T00:40:30.362+00:002018-12-23T00:40:30.362+00:00I was pleasantly surprised to see "Goodness G...I was pleasantly surprised to see "Goodness Gracious Me" Christmas special from 1998 repeated on BBC2 tonight, how this ever got past the PC censor I can't imagine.<br />A genuinely funny comedy from a mostly Asian cast, with no agenda, narrative or virtue signalling. Just jokes and take it or leave it humor. We'll never see the like of it again on the BBC, or anywhere.mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214781989556058584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-58378573846824557202018-12-22T17:38:05.838+00:002018-12-22T17:38:05.838+00:00An article about hate crime or 'hate' crim...An article about hate crime or 'hate' crime or maybe even 'crime' by BBC Three and BBC data team - whatever that is; is it connected to the reality check team? - has brought accusations on mumsnet of bias in its selection of highlighted cases and misleading bar charts of hate crime against trans and sexuality. <br /><br />I couldn't help a wicked laugh at the UK map showing where the most hate crimes are. <br /><br />https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3456866-More-unbiased-reporting-from-the-BBC-about-lgbTq-hate-crimes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-37857614987482465342018-12-22T17:29:47.478+00:002018-12-22T17:29:47.478+00:00Anon - Thank you. Interesting. But a bit like most...Anon - Thank you. Interesting. But a bit like most things BBC, they seem to enjoy exemptions from their own guidelines. Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-47582793861803930502018-12-22T17:21:46.509+00:002018-12-22T17:21:46.509+00:00The name Rudd seems familiar, and as we speak crop...The name Rudd seems familiar, and as we speak crops up with a tweet that was deleted, for some reason.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550976834509947355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-44812355771325329452018-12-22T08:38:07.944+00:002018-12-22T08:38:07.944+00:00With the likes of Roland Rudd, a vociferous Remain...With the likes of Roland Rudd, a vociferous Remainer at the head of WPP in a position to place advertising and sponsorship to commercial TV radio and newspapers, the threat is always there that independence will be lost to on-message presenters, editors and TV producers.<br /><br />Evans is playing into the hands of the globalist.Arthur Trofhttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-36204999822568993882018-12-22T01:27:36.599+00:002018-12-22T01:27:36.599+00:00I'll have to find the exact quote, but the fun...I'll have to find the exact quote, but the funny thing was that Emily introduced those topics as being the kind of things we wouldn't expect Newsnight to consider the big stories of the year. But she couldn't have been more wrong. They're EXACTLY the kind of topics I'd expect 'Newsnight' to choose. It's staggering how un-self-aware they are! <br /><br />If YOUR choice of subjects came up I'd die of shock (but die happy)!Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-25205761130902733252018-12-22T01:14:56.131+00:002018-12-22T01:14:56.131+00:00Craig - did you have to remind me how very crushin...Craig - did you have to remind me how very crushingly boring the agenda was? <br /><br />I would have chosen: <br /><br />- Trump's incredible economic success.<br /><br />- The many proven bogus claims of climate scientists. <br /><br />- The under-representation of Chinese people, East Europeans, Glaswegians and Brummies in UK TV advertising. <br /><br />- Jordan Peterson wiping the floor with various lightweight media critics. <br /><br />- Racism in Han-ruled China. <br /><br />Would have made for much livelier debate. :) Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-35520218419999939052018-12-22T00:17:10.636+00:002018-12-22T00:17:10.636+00:00Ads, sponsors, mates...take your choice. The BBC o...Ads, sponsors, mates...take your choice. The BBC operates on a mates-basis which is the worst of all because it's not declared. Evan Davis isn't going to mention that he's been offered a speaking engagement by the Resolution Foundation or the Joseph Rowntree Trust on air is he? But we see a definite web of influence in and around the BBC. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-52681823276017754112018-12-21T23:23:26.296+00:002018-12-21T23:23:26.296+00:00During an unguarded moment last evening I heard Ch...During an unguarded moment last evening I heard Chris Evans on The One Show telling us about his move away from Radio2 and the BBC to Virgin Radio where he will present a morning show between 7.00 and 10.00 am. His important news was that there won't be any adverts during the show. <br /><br />He went on to say that his airtime will in fact be sponsored by suitable cooperative commercial enterprises. The example he gave was F1, with coverage and broadcast rights from Sky Sports, where guests from the sport could be interviewed in order that his listeners could have access to the latest exclusive news stories.<br /><br />To me this sounded like a step away from independence by Virgin Radio as their content from a willing Evans becomes controlled by powerful organisations such as Sky. Others sponsors such as Netflix, Amazon etc are probably being lined up.Arthur Trofhttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-22422507568064121872018-12-21T22:18:35.158+00:002018-12-21T22:18:35.158+00:00Quotegate! Quotegate! Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-81719194752249153752018-12-21T22:12:21.480+00:002018-12-21T22:12:21.480+00:00Indeed, true satire as not seen on the BBC. Indeed, true satire as not seen on the BBC. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-45593076662575773692018-12-21T19:43:13.996+00:002018-12-21T19:43:13.996+00:00And the five hot topics were Justice Kavanaugh and...And the five hot topics were Justice Kavanaugh and sexism, the campaign against plastic bags, Meghan and racism, one of the Kardashian sisters saying something negative about a social media platform, and football and racism. Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-22743477454153734532018-12-21T19:14:33.331+00:002018-12-21T19:14:33.331+00:00Ha. The BBC's now changed the headline to remo...Ha. The BBC's now changed the headline to remove the quotation marks. Newssniffer shows it was....<br /><br />Boris Johnson 'cleared of breaking Tory rules' over burka comments<br /><br />....for nearly nine hours. Now (late this afternoon) they changed it to:<br /><br />Boris Johnson cleared of breaking Tory rules over burka comments<br /><br />https://www.newssniffer.co.uk/articles/1717477/diff/1/2<br /><br />Maybe someone at the BBC has been reading us!Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-41276866641138616432018-12-21T19:06:02.403+00:002018-12-21T19:06:02.403+00:00The full thing:
"An airport shuts down; more...The full thing:<br /><br />"An airport shuts down; more homeless die; Trump drops another bombshell; Putin backs Brexit; Theresa May turns pantomime dame; Jeremy Corbyn provides rich pickings for lip-readers; cabinet ministers are openly at odds with each other but reassure us that troops will be on standby if needed. So a festive mood for our last programme of the year with Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of Brexit's militant tendency; Joanna Cherry for the 'don't leave at any price' SNP; Shami Chakrabarti speaking for Labour's 'we have yet to decide' option; and former president of the CBI now chair of London First Paul Drechsler who would just like some certainty please. This evening at 8 o'clock".Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-58732195680880125172018-12-21T19:05:05.922+00:002018-12-21T19:05:05.922+00:00That's very funny, and pointed.That's very funny, and pointed.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-88213602830146885482018-12-21T16:56:55.185+00:002018-12-21T16:56:55.185+00:00Hilarious, must-see:
Scotsman reports Nicola Stu...Hilarious, must-see: <br /><br />Scotsman reports Nicola Sturgeon for hate crime:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7PkypO-QcEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-24112756365331075052018-12-21T12:54:59.695+00:002018-12-21T12:54:59.695+00:00Quotation marks in the BBC's Guide:
https://ww...Quotation marks in the BBC's Guide:<br />https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20130702112133530Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-59579496017593466112018-12-21T12:30:37.719+00:002018-12-21T12:30:37.719+00:00You'll soon have a Heinz if you haven't al...You'll soon have a Heinz if you haven't already. Is there a broad Bias by Selection category, which could be selection for panels, obituaries, discussion topics, presenters, books, plays, poets, academics, posts in BBC management etc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-32721953757780308902018-12-21T12:22:05.411+00:002018-12-21T12:22:05.411+00:00Did anyone hear the younger Dimbo on Today doing h...Did anyone hear the younger Dimbo on Today doing his trailer for Any Questions? Introducing the panel for tonight he described Jacob-Rees Mogg as 'the Militant Tendency' (of Leave or Brexit) and for Joanna Cherry the phrase was along the lines of *the remain at all costs* panel member.<br /><br />This demonstrates a quite stark difference of characterisation by language that betrays the deep bias of the BBC against the referendum result. Here, he is portrayed as the extreme upstart wanting to disrupt and overthrow, whereas it is the exact opposite in reality; she is the one who is kicking off, wanting to deny, disrupt and overthrow the referendum result, along with her extreme campaigning fellow Militant, Jolyon Maugham and sundry others of that Tendency. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-15865014354845493952018-12-21T11:04:52.484+00:002018-12-21T11:04:52.484+00:00Yes, 'quotes' and "quotes" and t...Yes, 'quotes' and "quotes" and then there are the times they choose not to quote, even though it would be very easy to do so, and prefer to paraphrase <br />(inaccurately in order to advance the PC agenda). <br /><br />There's also Bias by Question Mark which has been mentioned here quite a lot recently when they are too scared to make a proposal themselves - so it's "Should all men be neutered?" rather than "We at the BBC think all men should be neutered because that obs would be a good idea." <br /><br />I think the Festive Fifty does need expanding next year! <br /><br />Quotes bias is quite interesting because it can be used to both distance the BBC from something ('Jihadi', 'terrorist'), helping to sow a little doubt in the mind or it can be used to add authority: Trump is "asleep at the wheel" - it's just some disgruntled ex-employee's opinion, but applying the quote marks gives it added authority as though quoting from an official report. <br /><br />One thing I have yet to understand - is there a difference in the way they use single and double quote marks? <br /><br />Other candidates <br /><br />Bias by Obituary...who is honoured on Radio 4's Last Word is very biased. They completely ignored Robert Conquest who wrote the first comprehensive account of Stalin's terror. <br /><br />Bias by Gender - deliberate engineering of all female panels for this, that and the other. <br /><br />Bias by Racialisation - The BBC has recently taken to some v. extreme racialisation of a wide range of topics. <br /><br />Many more species of bias yet to be identified, I'm sure. <br /><br />Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-81398342500107778812018-12-21T10:59:02.321+00:002018-12-21T10:59:02.321+00:00On Sky Press Review last night Sonia Sodha had a r...On Sky Press Review last night Sonia Sodha had a rant at Toby Young when he attempted to comment about Boris Johnson's remarks (context of humour etc), with much use of 'phobia'. That topic wasn't repeated when they resumed at 11 30 but she had another rant anyway, about homelessness and housing, grabbing the last word, as well as the first of both sessions and almost everything in between. He looked subdued, hunched, with head down and quiet for most of the sessions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-78906741733014520352018-12-21T10:55:07.032+00:002018-12-21T10:55:07.032+00:00Also at the head of this ... Boris Johnson 'cl...Also at the head of this ... Boris Johnson 'cleared ... article is a photo of him against a black background looking imperious and threatening with a false perspective created from an unnecessarily low camera angle angle. All part of the continuing attack upon him by the BBC.Arthut Trofhttp://otboae.comnoreply@blogger.com