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Friday dawns and time for you to tell me what has been bothering YOU about BBC coverage. I’m waiting here in Room 101….

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  1. George R says:
    June 5, 2011 at 5:35 pm

    In the BBC-NUJ global broadcasting empire, the financial priorities go to generous expense payments to top Beeboids, Glastonbury-type junkets, shiny new expensive, unwanted buildings, top salaries, but -“BBC says its 6,000 interns have ‘no rights'”

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8557844/BBC-says-its-6000-interns-have-no-rights.html

    But then Clegg’s Lib Dems:

    “Lib Dems hire unpaid interns despite Nick Clegg pledge”

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/liberaldemocrats/8547022/Lib-Dems-hire-unpaid-interns-despite-Nick-Clegg-pledge.html

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  2. Grant says:
    June 5, 2011 at 6:19 pm

    A piece on “Countryfile” just now with John Craven about British dairy farmers going out of business. Despite milk being at its highest price ever in the shops, farmers can’t get a high enough price to survive.
    Countrywide’s  explanation ?  Foot and mouth disease and consumers’ worries about a possible link between MSRA and milk.
    And that is it, not further investigation required.  BBC bias by omission, ignoring the elephant in the room. At least they didn’t quite go far enough as to blame it on the farmers themselves. 

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    • Grant says:
      June 5, 2011 at 6:55 pm

      PS  Countryfile then went to a “mega-dairy” in the USA, yes USA,  showing cattle being battery farmed. Animal welfare issues discussed with Vets in the UK.
      Still the elephant in the room remained invisible.
      I didn’t quite catch the end, but have a feeling something was missing from the whole report. 

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  3. Jon S says:
    June 5, 2011 at 9:07 pm

    what’s happened to the BBC’s favourite gay, John Barrownman? 

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  4. David Preiser (USA) says:
    June 6, 2011 at 4:13 am

    One of the lede writers at the Mail reads this blog, I think:


    ‘Saint Bono’ the anti-poverty campaigner facing huge Glastonbury protest – for avoiding tax

    You can bet some BBC News producers are meeting right now to figure out how to handle this.  Awwww. poor Bone-oh.  It costs money to fly one’s hat first class, gotta save somewhere.

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    • My Site (click to edit) says:
      June 6, 2011 at 5:37 am

      ‘some BBC News producers are meeting right now to figure out how to handle this‘

      Usually, like the ongoing fun at ‘The Editors blog, the SOP would be to pretend they haven’t seen it and hence ignore.

      If in the Daily Mail they might even gain kudos for not reading the one copy that gets delivered to the entire BBC to wave on Newswatch.

      However, if it’s Glasto, they might have to all hide in a tent. A very, BIG tent, as the protest passes.

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  5. My Site (click to edit) says:
    June 6, 2011 at 5:49 am

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/06/06/thousands-of-bbc-interns-were-not-paid-a-penny-115875-23182450/

    Wonder what the story is?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8551598.stm

    Trying to recall how such an issue was treated in the news when about other targets.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8557844/BBC-says-its-6000-interns-have-no-rights.html

    One is sure all is OK if explained as ‘unique’.

    Sure the usual suspect commenters will have an adequate explanation.

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    • Craig says:
      June 6, 2011 at 6:00 am

      My Site, it looks like they’ve all gone back to the bunker, maintaining radio silence. (Game, set and match to us then on the Guardianista thread!)

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      • cjhartnett says:
        June 6, 2011 at 8:40 am

        Can`t imagine that the Today decompression chamber is silent right now.

        The last hour of the  Today show really showed the bow doors of this clapped out old wreck to be hanging off their hinges. Not one of them will have been to a workshop on  anything actually practical though, so I`ll be charting its demise as of now. We`ll be getting the UK theme tune for the full three hours hopefully instead.

        If only someone-ANYONE-would just give the BBC that nugget of a” Plan” B being needed. They would be getting repeat fees for ages to come if only someone would say just what Mr Ed needs to hear( in their ever decreasing circle anyway). Someone tell Srah,Justin what they want to tape!
        Anyone but Sandi and her posse,mind!

        Osborne-the wonderful Grahan Lenihan bit- and even the bloke from Big Pharma(DSK?..GSK?) all dumped Sarah and Justin into the ball pool of history today. Can`t imagine the Guardians Michael Billington will be reviewing this awful performance for tomorrows edition! Yet it was brilliant. truly, dahling!

        I`ve never seen Norman Wisdom do bullfighting before-but to send Cheech and Chong into the ring with a solar powered chainsaw  and a pack of toothpicks from nannys handbag was cruelty itself. Lots of time for reflection now over the whale music called for…Annie still in the building? 

        Bet Naughtie and Humprys freewheeling tandem ride down Lavender Hill today won`t be the jape it was going to be now! See what happens when you leave a scatty mum and the son of that old sot in charge. Posh Ed Stourton surely is glad to have avoided this pooper scooper of a show with no scoop since 1983.

        Don`t leave the kids home alone without a responsible adult. Truly the BBC is at last beginning to educate us-and certainly this was comedy at its finest, so I see Justin and Sarah as the Gemini twins…with all of their Eurovison credentials and success!
        Utterly brilliant!

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