Political bias at BBC - something has to be done surely
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loafer123 said:
Cupramax said:
They did manage to squeeze convicted criminal Vicky Pryce onto the one o'clock news though, to give us some more expert advice on economics. 
I prefer "convicted liar" but each to their own.loafer123 said:
jjlynn27 said:
So her opinion on economics should be less valid because she lied about who was driving? Did you come up with that all by yourself?
Isn't trust quite an important quality in an expert?Cupramax said:
loafer123 said:
Cupramax said:
They did manage to squeeze convicted criminal Vicky Pryce onto the one o'clock news though, to give us some more expert advice on economics.
I prefer "convicted liar" but each to their own.jjlynn27 said:
So her opinion on economics should be less valid because she lied about who was driving? Did you come up with that all by yourself?
Oh don't worry, Price's economic judgment is absolutely appalling. One of those "wrong about everything " people, similar to David "Danny" Blanchflower.BlackLabel said:
"The BBC risks undermining Brexit and damaging the UK's reputation with its "pessimistic and skewed" coverage, MPs have warned.
More than 70 MPs from across the political spectrum have written to Lord Hall, the director-general of the BBC, accusing the corporation of portraying the UK as a "xenophobic" nation that regrets the vote to leave the EU."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/20/bbc-ris...
They don't seem to be listening....More than 70 MPs from across the political spectrum have written to Lord Hall, the director-general of the BBC, accusing the corporation of portraying the UK as a "xenophobic" nation that regrets the vote to leave the EU."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/20/bbc-ris...
'opinion' piece being pushed today about how a "carefully selected" people who voted 'leave' would now vote 'remain'
BBC doing its public service in furthering division within the UK.
BBC Radio 4 Today programme has 3 times the number of Remainers
Only 1 in 6 contributors to the business slot has positive comments about Brexit. Obviously one could argue that this is a reflection of the business community views, not particularly convinced of that personally, but make of it what you will. BBC argue that they're wonderful, and anyone can see that any criticism is from the biased.
Only 1 in 6 contributors to the business slot has positive comments about Brexit. Obviously one could argue that this is a reflection of the business community views, not particularly convinced of that personally, but make of it what you will. BBC argue that they're wonderful, and anyone can see that any criticism is from the biased.
Andy Zarse said:
jjlynn27 said:
So her opinion on economics should be less valid because she lied about who was driving? Did you come up with that all by yourself?
Oh don't worry, Price's economic judgment is absolutely appalling. One of those "wrong about everything " people, similar to David "Danny" Blanchflower.Someone from my sons school was round yesterday, he is a sheep farmer and was absolutely screaming at the TV. Now we didn't catch all of it as it was on in the background, but Countryfile was pointing out how farmers were going to lose out big time on EU subsidies on their land.
Yeah the rich land owners will no longer be getting richer, but most of the farmers rent the land, and because of the subsidies land that was going for £2000 an acre a few years back is now going for £10000 an acre.
He has had to go from 17 fields of sheep down to the 4 fields he owns, because of the way the EU pumps money into 'land owners'.
The guy he rented his fields off was a fairly small land owner, with 750 hectares, so approximately 1800 acres, he gets just over £100,000 a year from the EU in subsidies for owning that land, which has pushed land values up, which in turn has pushed rent up some 300% since the recession. Then you also have to compete with the cheap meat coming in from Europe when selling it on.
You simply can't make money now as a farmer if you need to rent the land, so all the subsidies are doing is making the rich richer and pushing the little guy out.
But the BBCs take on this was "Farmers will lose out from Brexit where the only way they can survive is from EU subsidies."
He said that is why 19 in every 20 farmers he knows voted out, but it is the well known, big farmers that get all the press.
Yeah the rich land owners will no longer be getting richer, but most of the farmers rent the land, and because of the subsidies land that was going for £2000 an acre a few years back is now going for £10000 an acre.
He has had to go from 17 fields of sheep down to the 4 fields he owns, because of the way the EU pumps money into 'land owners'.
The guy he rented his fields off was a fairly small land owner, with 750 hectares, so approximately 1800 acres, he gets just over £100,000 a year from the EU in subsidies for owning that land, which has pushed land values up, which in turn has pushed rent up some 300% since the recession. Then you also have to compete with the cheap meat coming in from Europe when selling it on.
You simply can't make money now as a farmer if you need to rent the land, so all the subsidies are doing is making the rich richer and pushing the little guy out.
But the BBCs take on this was "Farmers will lose out from Brexit where the only way they can survive is from EU subsidies."
He said that is why 19 in every 20 farmers he knows voted out, but it is the well known, big farmers that get all the press.
I actually deleted that post as I thought he might have got the figures wrong, but just did a quick search and they do get £60-90 in subsidies per acre.
This explains it quite well....
http://tlio.org.uk/the-problem-with-the-common-agr...
Once again you can see why many who own lots of land and can afford to put a voice across are shouting loudly about how nasty Brexit is.......again.
This explains it quite well....
http://tlio.org.uk/the-problem-with-the-common-agr...
Once again you can see why many who own lots of land and can afford to put a voice across are shouting loudly about how nasty Brexit is.......again.
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