Granny Danger Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 My take. 1. Johnson campaigning when he should be trying to sort out Brexit. 2. Father of ill child, who happens to be a Labour activist, pointing out Johnson’s politicking. 3. Kuenssberg trying to see how far she can stick her tongue up the Tory arse. Again. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Far be it from me to defend Boris Johnson, but wasn't the guy mic'd up? I agree, it doesn't change the fact his child is ill or whether the point he was making was valid or not but strikes as premeditated and opportunistic.No, he wasn’t. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Aye it was a devious political move to have a baby and have it get critically ill just as he was doing a tour.A real example of playing the long game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antiochas III Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, welshbairn said: 19 hours ago, Savage Henry said: It’s also the job of the reporter to point these things out. It’s not necessarily her job to direct folk onto his social media, although if it was an orchestrated event by the guy then that was always going to happen. She reported the story as it happened without knowing anything about him, saying how bad it looked for Johnson. When it came out who he was she reported that too, 2 hours later, with no judgement. He's got no complaints about her reporting, it was Guido Faulkes who outed him. The tweet that was the problem was the one where she retweeted him saying "here he is". If she didn't know that would lead to a pile on (as the BBC claim) then she should have professional adult supervision at all times Edited September 20, 2019 by Antiochas III 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) This is from last year but pretty much sums up what the BBC is all about. Edited September 20, 2019 by dirty dingus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 It was the utter glee which came across when she discovered these facts Instead of the story being "angry dad with very sick child confronts Boris" she changed the whole dynamic of the story.They keep saying they are there to report the news but this is an obvious attempt to "make the news" The tweet that was the problem was the one where she retweeted him saying "here he is". If she didn't know that would lead to a pile on (as the BBC claim) then she should have professional adult supervision at all times 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Jeremy Vine saying that the queens comments pre-indy ref were a good thing and she should intervene now. Good ole impartial bbc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Jeremy Vine saying that the queens comments pre-indy ref were a good thing and she should intervene now. Good ole impartial bbc. To be fair, Jeremy Vine is paid to literally not be impartial. He’s the Adrian Durham of Radio 2, and his listeners are Daily Mail readers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Jeremy Vine saying that the queens comments pre-indy ref were a good thing and she should intervene now. Good ole impartial bbc. To be fair, Jeremy Vine is paid to literally not be impartial. He’s the Adrian Durham of Radio 2, and his listeners are Daily Mail readers. He was also speaking on his Channel 5 show, not on the BBC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 41 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said: He was also speaking on his Channel 5 show, not on the BBC. In that case it's an even less valid criticism of "BBC bias". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 He was also speaking on his Channel 5 show, not on the BBC. He reiterated it on his bbc show. Further to that yes I get that he isnt impartial, but he imo never allows anyone to disagree with him objectively without shouting over them, particularly when it comes to his anti-Scottish views. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 A thousand words in one nauseating 5 second clip: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Ned Nederlander said: A thousand words in one nauseating 5 second clip: Repeats himself a lot, doesn't he? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyderspaceman Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 John Humphries says BBC has a liberal bias. (aye, right) Quote He writes that BBC bosses were devastated by the victory of the Leave campaign, and likened their expressions following the referendum to a football fan whose team has just missed a penalty. He said: “I’m not sure the BBC as a whole ever quite had a real grasp of what was going on in Europe, or of what people in this country thought about it.” I would have thought that a liberal bias (with a small 'l') was a good thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 (edited) On 20/09/2019 at 17:39, Ned Nederlander said: A thousand words in one nauseating 5 second clip: surely theres some sort of editing trickery going on there? Boris Johnson: *finishing some platitude about getting a deal for the people of this country" Kuenssberg: goes all doe eyed, blushing and laughing. Edited September 21, 2019 by Thistle_do_nicely 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 I think it's pretty apparent that the BBC probably had a Remain bias or is instinctually Remain but the vote shocked them as much as it did the rest of the establishment and in their rush to try and understand why have given credence to any old w****r who claims to speak on behalf of 17 million people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) On 19/09/2019 at 12:36, sjc said: Far be it from me to defend Boris Johnson, but wasn't the guy mic'd up? I agree, it doesn't change the fact his child is ill or whether the point he was making was valid or not but strikes as premeditated and opportunistic. On 19/09/2019 at 15:39, NotThePars said: No, he wasn’t. This seems to have passed, so needs reiterating. No, he was not wearing a mic. Laura K claimed he was. He wasn't. Dozens then tweeted her screencapped images of the guy from different angles demonstrating that he wasn't wearing a mic. At no point has she retracted her incorrect allegation. And, as is seen here, it is repeated by others who merely didn't have reason to assume it was a lie. And so it goes. Edited September 22, 2019 by milton75 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophia Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 20 minutes ago, milton75 said: This seems to have passed, so needs reiterating. No, he was not wearing a mic. Laura K claimed he was. He wasn't. Dozens then tweeted her screencapped images of the guy from different angles demonstrating that he wasn't wearing a mic. At no point has she retracted her incorrect allegation. And, as is seen here, it is repeated by others who merely didn't have reason to assume it was a lie. And so it goes. and Alex Salmond didn't answer Nick Robinson's question. It's quite despicable and if it's escaped the gaze of any that would wish to cut them a break, I'm afraid to say that the BBC has something that is cancerous about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 10 hours ago, milton75 said: This seems to have passed, so needs reiterating. No, he was not wearing a mic. Laura K claimed he was. He wasn't. Dozens then tweeted her screencapped images of the guy from different angles demonstrating that he wasn't wearing a mic. At no point has she retracted her incorrect allegation. And, as is seen here, it is repeated by others who merely didn't have reason to assume it was a lie. And so it goes. In fairness, I was asking rather than stating whether he was wearing a mic plus, living in Japan, I don't have the same access to UK programmes as (presumably) you do. Your basic point is correct though. Question everything and check the sources of the information as well as their factuality, then draw your own conclusions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 f**k me, here we are again this morning with the BBC back doing yet another vox pop in Stoke.Is there any chance we might ever hear from a Remain-voting constituency ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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