Political bias at BBC - something has to be done surely

[Smiler.]

loafer123 said:

Why are there never plays about the devastation of profligate spending or not having nuclear weapons? Why are there plays on Radio 4 about the Miners Strike (within the last month!) and not about the jobs destroyed by the unions?

Balanced broad content?

From the BBC?

Are you stark raving mad?




The irony with the overt politcally biased content on R4 is that many listeners see straight though it, unlike the result of their targeting of the wider public via their other channels.

I find myself switching off R4 ever more frequently these days. Is quality topical, unbiased content so hard to produce these days?

[Johnnytheboy]

A snapshot of Radio 4's schedule last Tuesday while I was driving across Somerset.

Part two of three of a series of radio plays called "Stage Left" about a radical left-wing theatre group.

All the left-wing group members were the principled goodies; the odd character that deviated from the 'true path' in to the commercial sector was portrayed as weak or greedy. It was beyond caricature.

Making History - two pieces: the first on a newly unearthed archive of photos on 1950s-60s Birmingham. These were worthy of note because (a) they were of black and Asian immigrants, and (b) because they were taken by a woman. A woman! Hooray! The second piece was on the historical context of the new Dad's Army film. This was a good piece of cinema because the female characters were more prominent than in the TV series (hooray!) and in the finale they save the day when the incompetent men don't (two hoorays!).

Finally, Costing The Earth (during which thankfully I got to my destination): a programme on how Climate Change is causing flooding, and whether we should upgrade our infrastructure or just let everything go underwater.

It was like being hit over the head with a rolled up copy of the Guardian for two hours.

[Northern Munkee]

Tripped over this after BBC This Week - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07056d1/hard...

[loafer123]

Very funny 10 minutes on Today this morning where John Humphreys was interviewing two very articulate women representing the engineering and tech sectors.

He tried more and more angles to try and get the "we're all dooooomed" and "the government is failing" answer, but they resolutely refused to play ball as said how well the industries were doing, how it was a long term investment and how it was an exciting time for them.

[turbobloke]

loafer123 said:

Very funny 10 minutes on Today this morning where John Humphreys was interviewing two very articulate women representing the engineering and tech sectors.

He tried more and more angles to try and get the "we're all dooooomed" and "the government is failing" answer, but they resolutely refused to play ball as said how well the industries were doing, how it was a long term investment and how it was an exciting time for them.

[Europa1]

turbobloke said:

loafer123 said:

Very funny 10 minutes on Today this morning where John Humphreys was interviewing two very articulate women representing the engineering and tech sectors.

He tried more and more angles to try and get the "we're all dooooomed" and "the government is failing" answer, but they resolutely refused to play ball as said how well the industries were doing, how it was a long term investment and how it was an exciting time for them.

I chuckled at that too. And his lack of understanding of Minimum Viable Product. Maybe if he left his cosy, complacent, intellectual, left wing bubble once in a while he might actually understand how the real world operates.

[Johnnytheboy]

loafer123 said:

Very funny 10 minutes on Today this morning where John Humphreys was interviewing two very articulate women representing the engineering and tech sectors.

He tried more and more angles to try and get the "we're all dooooomed" and "the government is failing" answer, but they resolutely refused to play ball as said how well the industries were doing, how it was a long term investment and how it was an exciting time for them.

That common-room-lefty economist Simon Jack was interviewing someone from a house builder the other morning, and it covered the housing shortage in this country.

All his interviews have to include a question that concerns the EU referendum or the Tory Party's economic decisions, so he asked this house builder if there was a skills shortage that migration would alleviate.

The interviewee replied something along the lines of "increasing migration wouldn't be a brilliant solution to the housing shortage, Simon".

[XM5ER]

mph1977 said:

and this ladles and jellyspoons is why PH is going down the tubes ...

You have to be kidding, PH has always been full of bickering and bhing and I've been coming here since it was all fields and TVR nutters.

[Jinx]

XM5ER said:

You have to be kidding, PH has always been full of bickering and bhing and I've been coming here since it was all fields and TVR nutters.

When I joined the place was great for about 12 months - I don't know what happened after that......

[XM5ER]

Jinx said:

XM5ER said:

You have to be kidding, PH has always been full of bickering and bhing and I've been coming here since it was all fields and TVR nutters.

When I joined the place was great for about 12 months - I don't know what happened after that......

It took you 12 months to ruin it? Poor show.

[freakybacon]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35372869

http://order-order.com/2016/02/14/bbcsp-tory-manif...

BBC has decided to run a manifesto tracker to hold the government to account. There was never any thought of this during 1997/2010.

[colonel c]

freakybacon said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35372869

http://order-order.com/2016/02/14/bbcsp-tory-manif...

BBC has decided to run a manifesto tracker to hold the government to account. There was never any thought of this during 1997/2010.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1961522.stm

[colonel c]

Avid readers of this thread probably won't agree. I thought Andrew Marr gave Labour's Gisela Stuart a fair hearing this morning, considering she is very Eurosceptic.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03jhyl1

[mybrainhurts]

colonel c said:

freakybacon said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35372869

http://order-order.com/2016/02/14/bbcsp-tory-manif...

BBC has decided to run a manifesto tracker to hold the government to account. There was never any thought of this during 1997/2010.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1961522.stm

Yes, of course. BBC, being well left of left, thought Blair was far too right wing and deserved a kicking....

[colonel c]

mybrainhurts said:

colonel c said:

freakybacon said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35372869

http://order-order.com/2016/02/14/bbcsp-tory-manif...

BBC has decided to run a manifesto tracker to hold the government to account. There was never any thought of this during 1997/2010.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1961522.stm

Yes, of course. BBC, being well left of left, thought Blair was far too right wing and deserved a kicking....

Others on here suggest that MR Corbyn is too far left for the BBC's liking.

[turbobloke]

colonel c said:

mybrainhurts said:

colonel c said:

freakybacon said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35372869

http://order-order.com/2016/02/14/bbcsp-tory-manif...

BBC has decided to run a manifesto tracker to hold the government to account. There was never any thought of this during 1997/2010.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1961522.stm

Yes, of course. BBC, being well left of left, thought Blair was far too right wing and deserved a kicking....

Others on here suggest that MR Corbyn is too far left for the BBC's liking.

Really?

Too unelectable more likely.

[Rich_W]

colonel c said:

Avid readers of this thread probably won't agree. I thought Andrew Marr gave Labour's Gisela Stuart a fair hearing this morning, considering she is very Eurosceptic.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03jhyl1

That's just the ultimate paradox for the BBC. Do you attack for EuroScepticism or Love for Labour. Have a guess which way they decided

[Harji]

Johnnytheboy said:

A snapshot of Radio 4's schedule last Tuesday while I was driving across Somerset.

Part two of three of a series of radio plays called "Stage Left" about a radical left-wing theatre group.

All the left-wing group members were the principled goodies; the odd character that deviated from the 'true path' in to the commercial sector was portrayed as weak or greedy. It was beyond caricature.

Maybe righties should write plays, but on the whole they aren't creative ppl.

Johnnytheboy said:

Making History - two pieces: the first on a newly unearthed archive of photos on 1950s-60s Birmingham. These were worthy of note because (a) they were of black and Asian immigrants, and (b) because they were taken by a woman. A woman! Hooray! The second piece was on the historical context of the new Dad's Army film. This was a good piece of cinema because the female characters were more prominent than in the TV series (hooray!) and in the finale they save the day when the incompetent men don't (two hoorays!).

So? A pivotal piece in Brum's history discussed and the reverse of 70's sexist policies to describe a film showing how women were promintemly involved, what is wrong with that? Why do you think it's a left wing thing discussing this? What would you have instead? Some ppl are interested in all aspects of socity, I look at my home town in West London and look at the whole history of it, Asian immigration was the obvious one but then also finding out that Led Zeppelin played in one of the local boozers is another. Every snapshot of history appeals to someone.

Johnnytheboy said:

Finally, Costing The Earth (during which thankfully I got to my destination): a programme on how Climate Change is causing flooding, and whether we should upgrade our infrastructure or just let everything go underwater.

WTF the wrong with that? You know we give millions of tax payers to rich land owners to allow for shooting grouse , these ppl also divert rivers off their land, it needs to be discussed but why is it a left wing topic and not a national one? Yes, climate change is happening, it's not a myth, but hey blinker yourself if you want.

Johnnytheboy said:

It was like being hit over the head with a rolled up copy of the Guardian for two hours.

As opposed to not being hit by Sky News, The Sun, Sun on Sunday, The Daily Mail, Express, The Times, The Telegraph.

[mybrainhurts]

Harji said:

WTF the wrong with that? You know we give millions of tax payers to rich land owners to allow for shooting grouse , these ppl also divert rivers off their land, it needs to be discussed but why is it a left wing topic and not a national one? Yes, climate change is happening, it's not a myth, but hey blinker yourself if you want.

You might be interested to know you just made a tit of yourself.

[Harji]

mybrainhurts said:

Harji said:

WTF the wrong with that? You know we give millions of tax payers to rich land owners to allow for shooting grouse , these ppl also divert rivers off their land, it needs to be discussed but why is it a left wing topic and not a national one? Yes, climate change is happening, it's not a myth, but hey blinker yourself if you want.

You might be interested to know you just made a tit of yourself.

Usually an insult is followed by an explanation unless you're a *unt.