Political bias at BBC - something has to be done surely
Discussion
chris watton said:
turbobloke said:
Or frown?!
It's not isolated and it's quite deliberate - as 22-year BBC veteran Dennis Sewell told us via Ed West, the BBC's Left-wing bias is in everything that it does. Nobody should be surprised!
This is a secondary source reporting Dennis Sewell content:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100164971...
It's not isolated and it's quite deliberate - as 22-year BBC veteran Dennis Sewell told us via Ed West, the BBC's Left-wing bias is in everything that it does. Nobody should be surprised!
This is a secondary source reporting Dennis Sewell content:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100164971...
it made me smile because it was a reminder as to why I stopped watching the majority of BBC content. chris watton said:
The digs at the private sector, and Thatcher in quite a few of the programmes became quite comical. For example, I remember watching a programme about an 'ordinary family' living as we did during the '80's. IIRC, this 'Ordinary family' consisted of the wife, who was an NHS manager, and a husband who was also in the public sector, both quite young, so would have been children in the '80's. I remember a snippet of news came on (from the '80's), and Thatcher was mentioned. At which point the NHS manager (probably on a lot more than 90% of people) called Thatcher a 'Witch' and said she hated her. She was never asked why...
BBC-thinking: why spoil the moment?! Must-give-the-right-(left)-message...chris watton said:
It's just little things like this that add up, and the 'edgy comedy' (which was/is anything but) is much, much worse. (at least it was by the time I stopped watching it a few years' ago)
Totally agree, I can still remember listening albeit for not long to millionaire London-centric leftist unfunny comics who go in for tax avoidance from their mansions, taking pops at anything other than full-on Islingtonianism while playing the part of a scruffy-arsed man off the streets.turbobloke said:
chris watton said:
turbobloke said:
Or frown?!
It's not isolated and it's quite deliberate - as 22-year BBC veteran Dennis Sewell told us via Ed West, the BBC's Left-wing bias is in everything that it does. Nobody should be surprised!
This is a secondary source reporting Dennis Sewell content:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100164971...
It's not isolated and it's quite deliberate - as 22-year BBC veteran Dennis Sewell told us via Ed West, the BBC's Left-wing bias is in everything that it does. Nobody should be surprised!
This is a secondary source reporting Dennis Sewell content:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100164971...
it made me smile because it was a reminder as to why I stopped watching the majority of BBC content. chris watton said:
The digs at the private sector, and Thatcher in quite a few of the programmes became quite comical. For example, I remember watching a programme about an 'ordinary family' living as we did during the '80's. IIRC, this 'Ordinary family' consisted of the wife, who was an NHS manager, and a husband who was also in the public sector, both quite young, so would have been children in the '80's. I remember a snippet of news came on (from the '80's), and Thatcher was mentioned. At which point the NHS manager (probably on a lot more than 90% of people) called Thatcher a 'Witch' and said she hated her. She was never asked why...
BBC-thinking: why spoil the moment?! Must-give-the-right-(left)-message...chris watton said:
It's just little things like this that add up, and the 'edgy comedy' (which was/is anything but) is much, much worse. (at least it was by the time I stopped watching it a few years' ago)
Totally agree, I can still remember listening albeit for not long to millionaire London-centric leftist unfunny comics who go in for tax avoidance from their mansions, taking pops at anything other than full-on Islingtonianism while playing the part of a scruffy-arsed man off the streets.P5BNij said:
I'm still waiting for that unfunny, lefty millionaire Paul O'Grady to flounce out of the country, something he promised to do if the Tories won the election!
Agreed, but he likes dogs.However the bearded clam that is Russell Brand has no redeeming features.
There ought to be a concerted campaign around May 5th where he receives 1000s of tweets of the Standard Fireworks catalogue.
P5BNij said:
I'm still waiting for that unfunny, lefty millionaire Paul O'Grady to flounce out of the country, something he promised to do if the Tories won the election!
Smiler. said:
Agreed, but he likes dogs.
However the bearded clam that is Russell Brand has no redeeming features.
All good points However the bearded clam that is Russell Brand has no redeeming features.
There are a number of other lefty 'comedians' I've seen in the past, when I was still watching BBC programming, with no redeeming features - though I only ever listened to their tripe for a matter of minutes before changing channels and can't remember names.
They must be doing well given that some have so much tax to avoid.
Maybe we cannot blame the BBC for this one, or maybe so, I don't know, but I had a right chuckle at Radio 4's more or less today.
They had someone discussing the errors in the polls for the last election, which falsely had Labour and the Conservatives neck and neck. Apparently, they need longer time to do polls, and generally conservatives are harder to get hold off. His words - Labour voters are in on first knock on a door, and it usually takes more visits for a conservative to be found. Therefore short term random samples polls miss the conservative voters.
When asked to explain this, the interviewee suggested conservative voters generally have more money, so are out of the house more than the less well off Labour voters. None of them suggested that conservative voters usually belong to the working class, and are more likely to be at work, whilst the Labour voters will only be out when they are signing on.....
They had someone discussing the errors in the polls for the last election, which falsely had Labour and the Conservatives neck and neck. Apparently, they need longer time to do polls, and generally conservatives are harder to get hold off. His words - Labour voters are in on first knock on a door, and it usually takes more visits for a conservative to be found. Therefore short term random samples polls miss the conservative voters.
When asked to explain this, the interviewee suggested conservative voters generally have more money, so are out of the house more than the less well off Labour voters. None of them suggested that conservative voters usually belong to the working class, and are more likely to be at work, whilst the Labour voters will only be out when they are signing on.....
On BBC Breakfast this morning is a spot where viewers can complain about how the BBC has performed during the week. Top of the list was the coverage of Bowie's death and how many thought it went ott. Next up was the right wing bias of last week's QT panel. No mention was made of the make up of the audience.
Smollet said:
On BBC Breakfast this morning is a spot where viewers can complain about how the BBC has performed during the week. Top of the list was the coverage of Bowie's death and how many thought it went ott. Next up was the right wing bias of last week's QT panel. No mention was made of the make up of the audience.
It makes you wonder who decides which complaints get aired, it's not the BBC by any chance...The Beeb is left wing all right, but it doesn't want a loony lefty like Corbyn buggering up the chance of a Labour government. They're just trying to give him enough rope to hang himself. Not that it's difficult, Corby is so flattered that someone wants to hear his retarded student rantings, that he can't shut up.
I thought the today program was fantastic this morning. The 07:00 lead was tennis match fixing, followed by some crap about muslims speaking english, then the usual health/ NHS story then some utter fecal matter about a young actor getting her big break.
Nothing, not one word about Corbyn yesterday, no mention that the labia party now wants to give the Falklands to Argentina, or spend all the money on trident but get nothing in return, can you imagine if a Tory leader had suggested, I don't know stopping the dole for single mothers or removing housing benefit from migrants it would have been all over the BBC for weeks with the usual mountains of "experts" asking us to think of the children.
Nothing, not one word about Corbyn yesterday, no mention that the labia party now wants to give the Falklands to Argentina, or spend all the money on trident but get nothing in return, can you imagine if a Tory leader had suggested, I don't know stopping the dole for single mothers or removing housing benefit from migrants it would have been all over the BBC for weeks with the usual mountains of "experts" asking us to think of the children.
The trident thing was mentioned in every breath yesterday. When if one watches the interview the answer given is in Corbyn's typical manner, in that he hadn't really weighed the question after much debate, and unlike slimy salesmen type politicians he ponders aloud. I think we should have more of this, but people jump on everything. People want honest politicians who don't give soundbites but the moment they try to veer away from the slimy norm they get jumped on.
No wonder satire is still strong.
No wonder satire is still strong.
Halb said:
The trident thing was mentioned in every breath yesterday. When if one watches the interview the answer given is in Corbyn's typical manner, in that he hadn't really weighed the question after much debate, and unlike slimy salesmen type politicians he ponders aloud. I think we should have more of this, but people jump on everything. People want honest politicians who don't give soundbites but the moment they try to veer away from the slimy norm they get jumped on.
No wonder satire is still strong.
He might equally have pondered the relative merits, carefully weighing up the pros and cons, of clamping his genitals in the cruel jaws of a red hot Breville toasted sandwich maker. No wonder satire is still strong.
Honestly, some ideas are just so stupid that even pondering them aloud will instantly render the speaker a fool. The "no nukes on nuclear submarines idea" is simply one such conjecture from a whole pantheon of Corbynistic idiocy.
Andy Zarse said:
He might equally have pondered the relative merits, carefully weighing up the pros and cons, of clamping his genitals in the cruel jaws of a red hot Breville toasted sandwich maker.
Honestly, some ideas are just so stupid that even pondering them aloud will instantly render the speaker a fool. The "no nukes on nuclear submarines idea" is simply one such conjecture from a whole pantheon of Corbynistic idiocy.
A few of my military friends (when we last discussed this issue) pondered the idea that the keeping the image of having the 'deterrent' yet not actually spending the money on having it might be a good idea so long as it was most secret. Of courser it being most secret would still not placate the people who don't want the money wasted in the first place, because it would be most secret. Honestly, some ideas are just so stupid that even pondering them aloud will instantly render the speaker a fool. The "no nukes on nuclear submarines idea" is simply one such conjecture from a whole pantheon of Corbynistic idiocy.
Halb said:
A few of my military friends (when we last discussed this issue) pondered the idea that the keeping the image of having the 'deterrent' yet not actually spending the money on having it might be a good idea so long as it was most secret. Of courser it being most secret would still not placate the people who don't want the money wasted in the first place, because it would be most secret.
Didn't Saddam Hussein try a similar tactic with WMDs. colonel c said:
Halb said:
A few of my military friends (when we last discussed this issue) pondered the idea that the keeping the image of having the 'deterrent' yet not actually spending the money on having it might be a good idea so long as it was most secret. Of courser it being most secret would still not placate the people who don't want the money wasted in the first place, because it would be most secret.
Didn't Saddam Hussein try a similar tactic with WMDs. First this:
BBC charter review consultation hijacked by left-wing campaign group
Then this:
BBC charter review consultation hijacked by left-wing campaign group
Then this:
BBC Chairmanperson Rona Fairhead said:
BBC allows the UK to come together
Conjures up an image of the left engaging in mass onanism during QTSmiler. said:
The latest reinvention of the news quiz is back to form.
The Friday pm/Saturday am slot is usually the point at which I switch off now. Use to be the highlights of the comedic week.
I don't know why they just don't appoint Jeremy Hardly to Speak for the Nation.
Indeed, on Friday Jeremy Hardy was suggesting Litvinenko may have been killed by rogue British military intelligence operatives. At 8.45 mins:The Friday pm/Saturday am slot is usually the point at which I switch off now. Use to be the highlights of the comedic week.
I don't know why they just don't appoint Jeremy Hardly to Speak for the Nation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06wj7bv
Well you've jumped the shark this time old chap.
This man has suckled the BBC test for the best pert of thirty years. Time for him to go.
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