Miguel Sanchez Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 2 hours ago, HTG said: Newsnight being fired into the sun. That'll be Victoria Derbyshire's fault for eviscerating Tories. Quote BBC Two's Newsnight is to be cut back and have its format overhauled as part of a plan to save money in the corporation's news department. The long-running show will lose its dedicated reporters, be shortened by 10 minutes and drop its investigative films to focus on studio-based debates. Just what the country needs imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Gotta streamline those carefully curated talking points and manufactured consent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Ziggy Sobotka said: Gotta streamline those carefully curated talking points and manufactured consent. Indeed. "Did you threaten to sack Mr Lewis" becomes "Do you think he threatened to sack Mr Lewis" to some low end non-entity. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Hopefully Question Time is next. A truly ghastly program chock full of right wing gammons and racists, and that's just the panel! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Hopefully Question Time is next. A truly ghastly program chock full of right wing gammons and racists, and that's just the panel! They constantly remind us that the audience is chosen in proportion to the party vote at the last general election. I imagine if the Tories get emptied at the next election, that rule will quickly disappear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Fullerene said: They constantly remind us that the audience is chosen in proportion to the party vote at the last general election. I imagine if the Tories get emptied at the next election, that rule will quickly disappear. That's definitely horseshit when in Scotland, 8 or 9 out of 10 audience members who speak or ask a question are clearly unionists. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alert Mongoose Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 23 minutes ago, TheScarf said: That's definitely horseshit when in Scotland, 8 or 9 out of 10 audience members who speak or ask a question are clearly hand picked unionists. FTFY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Brazil Forever Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 1 hour ago, TheScarf said: That's definitely horseshit when in Scotland, 8 or 9 out of 10 audience members who speak or ask a question are clearly trade unionists. FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Scottish education performance falling, says study - BBC News I've no argument that our PISA ratings are shit and should be better. But I noticed a wee 'error' in the BBC report. The graph doesn't seem to have the same figures as the text. In the graph it shows the average at 480, well above Scotland's score. In the text, it's 472, which is much closer. How many folk will just look at the graph? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 19 hours ago, Suspect Device said: Scottish education performance falling, says study - BBC News I've no argument that our PISA ratings are shit and should be better. But I noticed a wee 'error' in the BBC report. The graph doesn't seem to have the same figures as the text. In the graph it shows the average at 480, well above Scotland's score. In the text, it's 472, which is much closer. How many folk will just look at the graph? In a study of maths results, you'd think they'd state which average they are using. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 (edited) On 30/11/2023 at 09:36, TheScarf said: That's definitely horseshit when in Scotland, 8 or 9 out of 10 audience members who speak or ask a question are clearly unionists. Especially true in the Elgin programme where the SNP were constantly attacked by an audience packed with unionist plants. In the 2019 GE Douglas Ross just made it with a 513 majority over the SNP's Laura Mitchell, so the Moray vote was almost split in half between the tories and SNP. Yet there was not a bona fide SNP member in that programme. The BBC later issued a formal apology to the SNP over one nasty criticism from one unionist purporting to be an SNP member. Edited December 6, 2023 by SandyCromarty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 23 minutes ago, SandyCromarty said: Especially true in the Elgin programme where the SNP were constantly attacked by an audience packed with unionist plants. In the 2019 GE Douglas Ross just made it with a 513 majority over the SNP's Laura Mitchell, so the Moray vote was almost split in half between the tories and SNP. Yet there was not a bona fide SNP member in that programme. The BBC later issued a formal apology to the SNP over one nasty criticism from one unionist purporting to be an SNP member. The SNP member of the panel, I can't remember who it was, even said he recognised a few Tory campaigners in the audience. God, I haven't seen Laura Mitchell for years, she used to go to a load of The Caley games back in the day on the supporters buses. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 This one? Quote During the programme, many Conservative politicians and activists were reported to have been on the programme. They include: Mary Scanlon – a Conservative MSP from 1999 to 2016 Claire Feaver – a Conservative councillor for Moray Council Frank Brown – a Conservative councillor for Moray Council Jane Lax – An honoury member and activist for the Moray Conservatives Ian Lax – An honoury member and activist for the Moray Conservatives At one point in the programme, presenter Fiona Bruce questioned the audience to see if there was actually any SNP and/or independence supporters in the audience. Only eight people lifted their hands up. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/2019-elgin-question-time-controversy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 10 minutes ago, TheScarf said: The SNP member of the panel, I can't remember who it was, even said he recognised a few Tory campaigners in the audience. God, I haven't seen Laura Mitchell for years, she used to go to a load of The Caley games back in the day on the supporters buses. Laura is a lovely woman and a good friend of one of my Daughters, you'll know that she donated a kidney to her Mum to help with her health. Laura is a very kind and thoughtful person who would have shone in the Commons instead of the hole licker Ross. During that 2019 GE Moray Hall vote count Ross was absolutely shitting himself once he saw the size of the SNP vote coming through. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 4 hours ago, SandyCromarty said: Laura is a lovely woman and a good friend of one of my Daughters, you'll know that she donated a kidney to her Mum to help with her health. Laura is a very kind and thoughtful person who would have shone in the Commons instead of the hole licker Ross. During that 2019 GE Moray Hall vote count Ross was absolutely shitting himself once he saw the size of the SNP vote coming through. Aye she was good crack on the bus and at games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 On 30/11/2023 at 09:27, TheScarf said: Hopefully Question Time is next. A truly ghastly program chock full of right wing gammons and racists, and that's just the panel! Absolutely. I stopped watching years ago as there was not even the pretence of balance; it was basically the letters page of The Herald on a night out, Jane Laxative being a prime example. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 3 hours ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: Absolutely. I stopped watching years ago as there was not even the pretence of balance; it was basically the letters page of The Herald on a night out, Jane Laxative being a prime example. Why audience manipulation on BBC Question Time is an assault on truth and journalism | The Herald (heraldscotland.com) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted December 7, 2023 Share Posted December 7, 2023 Apparently we've got a one billion £ black hole in Scotland. Not a deficit or shortfall or even a potential overspend, no no, for your super soaraway Scottish beeb, it's a billion £££££££s black hole 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 On 06/12/2023 at 19:30, Fullerene said: Why audience manipulation on BBC Question Time is an assault on truth and journalism | The Herald (heraldscotland.com) If you wanted just one example of how much The Herald has lurched to the right, then that article from 2016 would be it - it wouldn't be run today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Who's burner is this? Naturally a Hearts fan as 90% of them are Unionists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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