Gaz Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 On 09/09/2018 at 10:13, Gaz said: Not sure if this is the place to put that, but I see that the BBC have issued guidance that they don't have to have a climate change denier to 'balance' viewpoints when they are talking about climate change. Well, that lasted long: BBC condemned for inviting climate change denier Myron Ebell to debate alarming IPCC global warming report 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 https://soundcloud.com/desolationradio/the-bbc-with-tom-mills-ta_mills This is a really good podcast with the writer of The BBC: The Myth of a Public Service where he discusses the ideas of that book and how the BBC is structured and controlled by the government to subconsciously support the British establishment. Mills makes the point that direct state control would undermine public faith in the BBC so they have traditionally relied on the threat of greater control, withholding funding and appointing amenable figures to ensure it stays relatively on message. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 1 hour ago, NotThePars said: https://soundcloud.com/desolationradio/the-bbc-with-tom-mills-ta_mills This is a really good podcast with the writer of The BBC: The Myth of a Public Service where he discusses the ideas of that book and how the BBC is structured and controlled by the government to subconsciously support the British establishment. Mills makes the point that direct state control would undermine public faith in the BBC so they have traditionally relied on the threat of greater control, withholding funding and appointing amenable figures to ensure it stays relatively on message. Subconscious 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Kuntberg doing some spin for the Government. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, Detournement said: Kuntberg 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 17 minutes ago, Detournement said: Kuntberg doing some spin for the Government. She's a mouthpiece for the UK establishment. Much like yourself on here, but with far greater relevance. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakedee Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 It was the same when she announced in her conference speech about freezing fuel duty." Putting millions of pounds back into the pockets of ordinary Britons" she said. Surely it should have been,not taking millions of pounds out of ordinary Britons pockets.Shameful spin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 (edited) BBC aren't always bad imo. Boris going full blown "We will fight them on the beaches" btw. https://twitter.com/BBCRealityCheck/status/1050053411268382720 Boris going full blown "We will fight them on the beaches" btw. Edited October 10, 2018 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Just to make the BBC's swing to the right clear here are some guests from the past 6 weeks of Question Time. Fraser Nelson (editor of the The Spectator), Isabel Oakeshott (former Daily Mail, now professional right wing BBC guest), Rod Liddle (Spectator and Sunday Times), Camilla Tominey (Daily Telegraph), Julia Hartley Brewer (Talk Radio), Charles Moore (Spectator). The billionaire media seem to have a UN style permanent seat on the five person panel. In the same time Fazia Shaheen has been the only voice representing the organised left in the UK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Typical sensationalist reporting on the Auditor General's report on NHS Scotland.A complex issue used yet again as a stick to beat the SNP with - funnily enough they don't do the same when it comes to NHS England. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 1 hour ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: Typical sensationalist reporting on the Auditor General's report on NHS Scotland. A complex issue used yet again as a stick to beat the SNP with - funnily enough they don't do the same when it comes to NHS England. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45943884 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45943884Wasn't on any of the bulletins - no surprise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
git-intae-thum Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Biased agenda driven propaganda: http://indyref2.scot/bbc-scotland-moves-to-protect-scottish-tories-as-mays-fishing-betrayal-is-revealed Versus decent honest journalism https://mobile.twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1065690690900897792 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 On 09/10/2018 at 17:07, NotThePars said: https://soundcloud.com/desolationradio/the-bbc-with-tom-mills-ta_mills This is a really good podcast with the writer of The BBC: The Myth of a Public Service where he discusses the ideas of that book and how the BBC is structured and controlled by the government to subconsciously support the British establishment. Mills makes the point that direct state control would undermine public faith in the BBC so they have traditionally relied on the threat of greater control, withholding funding and appointing amenable figures to ensure it stays relatively on message. The bbc does propaganda of three main types. Soft promotion of UK. Calling things "great british etc", travelogues, like coast, or britains favourite landmarks and coverage of royal events. These are arguably part of its remit. The choice of topics could be viewed as political though. Political reporting. They tend to give the incumbent party an easier ride for self preservation. This takes the form of less criticism during interviews but more significantly in the choice of topic. Planted stories. Months before saddam's wmds became news, but after we'd followed dubya to afghanistan, the beeb did a documentary about the Iranian Embassy seige. This was the first time ex SAS had been allowed to talk publicly about operations. About every 10 minutes they showed Saddam looking military and ststed that he sponsored terrorism. Now there is a serving policeman involved in a documentary reporting, as fact, details about a case which hasn't yet come to court. It's ok though Russians are baddies. These are good tv entertainment but i imagine access to sources comes with some editorial control as a condition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Allan Little To be fair and in the interests of goodwill, it has to be said that there are wee shafts of the brightest of light 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Failed UKIP candidate claims he was personally invited on to BBC Question Time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colkitto Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 45 minutes ago, BawWatchin said: Failed UKIP candidate claims he was personally invited on to BBC Question Time Appeared 4 times with invite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Yes/No: Inside the Indyref Part two tonight and what I can recall of the first part last week was that it was an entertaining watch with most of the highheidyins being candid and even self deprecating. Even Alistair Darling. I can't believe I just typed that. Even Alistair Darling! The exception was the pompous and ill judged Nick Clegg who came across as quite vacuous. I see the series consultant was Allan Little. He's such a good guy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Parp Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 BBC making a habit of cutting away every time Ian Blackford gets up to speak: three times in the past 24 hours. Once to interview Farage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colkitto Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 12 minutes ago, Baxter Parp said: BBC making a habit of cutting away every time Ian Blackford gets up to speak: three times in the past 24 hours. Once to interview Farage. Utterly disgraceful stuff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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