Political bias at BBC - something has to be done surely

[NoNeed]

McWigglebum4th said:

NoNeed said:

He is possibly the only person at the beeb that gives everyvody a hard time yet he is also the only political interviewer that keeps experiencing technical difficulties.

So why don't they fire the right wing tory scumbag if he gives labour a hard time?

He gives everybody a hard time and is seen to be fair. how could they be so open as to sack him? easier to pull a plug or two I think.

[turbobloke]

McWigglebum4th said:

NoNeed said:

He is possibly the only person at the beeb that gives everyvody a hard time yet he is also the only political interviewer that keeps experiencing technical difficulties.

So why don't they fire the right wing tory scumbag...

They're waiting for him to have a fracas with a producer.

[NoNeed]

turbobloke said:

McWigglebum4th said:

NoNeed said:

He is possibly the only person at the beeb that gives everyvody a hard time yet he is also the only political interviewer that keeps experiencing technical difficulties.

So why don't they fire the right wing tory scumbag...

They're waiting for him to have a fracas with a producer.

And in the meantime just making life a bit harder. I don't think they want him anymore anyway as all the big party leaders are scared of him so there is no point in having him if all he can do is pick on the parties lowly figures. Salmond wouldn't be interviewed during the referendum debates by Neil, he refused many times.

Edited by NoNeed on Thursday 23 April 21:45

[NoNeed]

turbobloke said:

McWigglebum4th said:

NoNeed said:

He is possibly the only person at the beeb that gives everyvody a hard time yet he is also the only political interviewer that keeps experiencing technical difficulties.

So why don't they fire the right wing tory scumbag...

They're waiting for him to have a fracas with a producer.

And in the meantime just making life a bit harder. I don't think they want him anymore anyway as all the big party leaders are scared of him so there is no point in having him if all he can do is pick on the parties lowly figures. Salmond wouldn't be interviewed during the referendum debates by Neil, he refused many times.

Edited by NoNeed on Thursday 23 April 21:45

[NicD]

Just watching a recording of BBC, Newsnight
Evan Davis

little wipe of a creep.

I have got to stop contributing to his undeserved and unearned salary or whatever payment scam he has going.

[MiniMan64]

Anyone else watching The Last Leg? Looks like the BBC aren't the only ones with a bit of left leaning bias....

[BlackLabel]

Neil has said several times, on Twitter, that his team have tried to get an interview with the main party leaders (and Balls/Osborne) but they all refuse to do so yet they are happy to speak to the likes of Andrew Marr and Evan Davis.

[2013BRM]

McWigglebum4th said:

rudecherub said:

It's fruitcake loon-ery to keep the BBC as it is.

Funded by a regressive tax, the BBC then uses this tax revenue to compete against private business.

There's no way Radio 1 et al can be justified. Even more so the local stations who directly compete against small independent radio.

Privatise the BBC almost entirely.

There is a place for BBC2 and Radio 4/World Service, everything else should be sold.

Before i start i will say radio 1 is fking dreadful

But why should the government fund radio 2 and radio 4 but not radio 1?

Couldn't agree more with the first part but it all needs to go, BBC Radio is overwhelmingly invasive, like Grey Squirrels it dominates the airwaves such that local stuff hasn't a chance, all the local BBC crap uses the same playlists and puerile 'jingles', 'playlists' how I despise that word, it goes against everything music is supposed to be about. The amount of times I've heard local radio DJs say they would love to play a particular song as requested but had to adhere to a fking playlist, it's draconian, it ruins individuality, freedom of expression and is utterly controlling. Like that jug head and utterly dull automaton Cowell and Waterman before they have sucked the lifeblood out of what we did really fking well at in the UK, remember British blues? rock? progressive? new romantic? punk? remember the pirate radio stations? what have we had since then? cock all. I utterly despise what the BBC has become, from it's complete disregard for its Charter to how it has destroyed individuality in music.
Flame away, I couldn't give a rolling doughnut

[johnxjsc1985]

BlackLabel said:

Neil has said several times, on Twitter, that his team have tried to get an interview with the main party leaders (and Balls/Osborne) but they all refuse to do so yet they are happy to speak to the likes of Andrew Marr and Evan Davis.

Did you see the Labour Gimp on the other day with Nwil no wonder thay stay away.
Its upto the BBC to seek them out an dforce them to anser the difficult questions

[gruffalo]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cam...

[Diderot]

NicD said:

Just watching a recording of BBC, Newsnight
Evan Davis

little wipe of a creep.

I have got to stop contributing to his undeserved and unearned salary or whatever payment scam he has going.

which way was he looking tonight?

[anonymous-user]

BlackLabel said:

Neil has said several times, on Twitter, that his team have tried to get an interview with the main party leaders (and Balls/Osborne) but they all refuse to do so yet they are happy to speak to the likes of Andrew Marr and Evan Davis.

Balls has done a few interviews with Neil and without fail has been made to look a fool (not difficult). The main party leaders won't go near him because he knows more detail about their policies than they do. There are some interviews on YT that he did during the last round of party conferences which show just how vacuous these people are.

The worst bit is that Neil isn't any kind of genius - he just researches policies & figures and asks pertinent questions, and those fking idiots have NO idea what the answers are. It genuinely feels like he's put more thought into it than they have.

[HarryW]

Has this been posted on here yet?
http://order-order.com/2015/04/21/bbc-website-bala...

[0000]

The coalition's had 5 years to reform the BBC and the licence fee. Why they haven't I've no idea, perhaps they didn't want to poke the hornet's nest.

I'd imagine they're regretting it now.

[Cheese Mechanic]

0000 said:

The coalition's had 5 years to reform the BBC and the licence fee. Why they haven't I've no idea, perhaps they didn't want to poke the hornet's nest.

I'd imagine they're regretting it now.

I think the keyword here, may well be "coalition" .

[eatcustard]

0000 said:

The coalition's had 5 years to reform the BBC and the licence fee. Why they haven't I've no idea, perhaps they didn't want to poke the hornet's nest.

I'd imagine they're regretting it now.

New deal is not due to 2016, so they cant do anything

[tangerine_sedge]

2013BRM said:

McWigglebum4th said:

rudecherub said:

It's fruitcake loon-ery to keep the BBC as it is.

Funded by a regressive tax, the BBC then uses this tax revenue to compete against private business.

There's no way Radio 1 et al can be justified. Even more so the local stations who directly compete against small independent radio.

Privatise the BBC almost entirely.

There is a place for BBC2 and Radio 4/World Service, everything else should be sold.

Before i start i will say radio 1 is fking dreadful

But why should the government fund radio 2 and radio 4 but not radio 1?

Couldn't agree more with the first part but it all needs to go, BBC Radio is overwhelmingly invasive, like Grey Squirrels it dominates the airwaves such that local stuff hasn't a chance, all the local BBC crap uses the same playlists and puerile 'jingles', 'playlists' how I despise that word, it goes against everything music is supposed to be about. The amount of times I've heard local radio DJs say they would love to play a particular song as requested but had to adhere to a fking playlist, it's draconian, it ruins individuality, freedom of expression and is utterly controlling. Like that jug head and utterly dull automaton Cowell and Waterman before they have sucked the lifeblood out of what we did really fking well at in the UK, remember British blues? rock? progressive? new romantic? punk? remember the pirate radio stations? what have we had since then? cock all. I utterly despise what the BBC has become, from it's complete disregard for its Charter to how it has destroyed individuality in music.
Flame away, I couldn't give a rolling doughnut

Most private radio seems to be made up entirely of automated play lists from a jukebox of tracks in a rush to make as many cost savings as possible. You can criticise BBC radio as much as you want, but does private radio provide specialist programmes (and in some cases stations) for folk, metal, dance, funk, new music, urban music, documentaries, comedy, drama, in-depth current affairs, sports coverage, local affairs?

Now imagine if radio was entirely in private hands, do you think that there would be *more* radio stations providing this content or fewer? I suggest that no private radio stations would cover the breadth of the BBC output, they would just use the bandwidth to provide umpteen variations on their current output. A recent trip to the states illustrated to me what an entirely privately run radio service would be like, hundreds of stations broadcasting from jukeboxes with no curation or input from DJs at all. Never mind the quality, feel the width!

Finally, it's amusing that whenever people here want to privatise the BBC, they generally want to keep the bits *they* use untouched. i.e. the previous comment about privatise all the radio stations except R2 & R4.

[2013BRM]

funny you should say that, it's my experience of the variety of choice in the US that makes me realise how neutered the business is in the UK

[The Don of Croy]

tangerine_sedge said:

...Now imagine if radio was entirely in private hands...

Think Capitol and Classic FM. 'nuff said, right? Not forgetting that independent pirate radio was instrumental in creating a 'youth' BBC channel.

Just because a monolithic tax supported leviathan can indulge in filling the airwaves with many genres doesn't make it good. Just big.

Today we have a plethora of mechanisms to access moving images and/or audio streams - who needs DJ's ?

[NoNeed]

2013BRM said:

funny you should say that, it's my experience of the variety of choice in the US that makes me realise how neutered the business is in the UK

maybe the thought of going up against a massive corporation puts people off atarting their own station.


I my opinion the licence fee should be for airwave management only, radio and TV channels can be provided by others just as good.