BBC News: still the party line

[john_p]

The headline between 0900-1100ish today:

"Mortgage lending drops by 60%"
Net lending in Q1-10 fell from £1.85bn to £318m

Then it changed. The headline between 1100ish onwards:

Mortgage lending was 17% higher in March than a year earlier
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10095767.stm

"The number of mortgages approved for home buyers rose slightly in March .. The total increased to 48,901 in March from 46,882 the month before, and the figure was 17% higher than in March 2009"

A negative story turned to a positive one in the space of a few hours!

[Tangent Police]

The only thing with any credibility from the BBC is the world news when you're abroad.

They can't be trusted with anything UK related. Idiocy from a state dinosaur.

[mybrainhurts]

[AndrewW-G]

For me at least, these days the licence fee is simply a subscription to watch F1 & occasionally Top Gear, for everything else I use Sky

[cs02rm0]

Tangent Police said:

The only thing with any credibility from the BBC is the world news when you're abroad.

I find watching the world news quite odd, they often use some of the same presenters but the slant on it is totally different. I don't quite understand why they're not spewing their crap out to everyone else.

[Tangent Police]

cs02rm0 said:

Tangent Police said:

The only thing with any credibility from the BBC is the world news when you're abroad.

I find watching the world news quite odd, they often use some of the same presenters but the slant on it is totally different. I don't quite understand why they're not spewing their crap out to everyone else.

They probably credit the foreigners with more intelligence

[FourWheelDrift]

BBC spin, tell the bad news, then find a positive and replace it.

Bank of England figures show 48,901 mortgages were approved in March - up from 46,882 in February, but net lending took a sharp dive.

Net lending, which strips out redemptions and repayments, fell to just £318m during the month, down from £1.85bn in February.

[Jasandjules]

It will be fascinating to see how many BBC "executives" find themselves out of a job if the Tories get in.... And how the BBC reporting might change...

[Asterix]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnist...

Interesting comments from Michael Grade - ex-ITV I know...