One of the worrying things about the BBCs current wall-to-wall coverage of the Murdochalypse* is that when the Eurozone utterly collapses your average BBC viewer will ask themselves “when did that start?” and “how come nobody put that on the telly“?
It’s been brewing for months…years…eh? Why didn’t anyone say anything?
The BBC, mindful of this, are getting their defence in first. Good tactics, lads.
Interesting because it flies in the face of the facts.
Consider the results of searching the BBC News site for references to “hacking”, “euro” and “libya” over the last week:
Libya: 23 mentions
Euro: 32 mentions
Hacking: 246 mentions
Still – let’s not allow BBC gloating to get in the way of impartial news reporting, eh?
* Copyright SeanT 🙂
Not only has the Eurozone collapse been a blip on their radar, but it was only last week that they even noticed it was a problem. We were told by Stephanie Flanders that the Greek bailout had worked (yeah, I know, which one?), that Spain probalby wouldn’t be a problem, Italy probably wouldn’t be a problem, and so on.
The BBC will insist that nothing is a problem right up until the moment that the whole deck of cards collapses. At that point it will be revealed to be all the fault of David Cameron, News International, Sarah Palin, Mossad and Global Warming!
Right now, I think the odds are fifty-fifty which happens first, the BBC airing Mohammed:The Opera or them mentioning that at £9.2 Bn our latest contribution to the bail-outs is bigger than the combined total of all those cuts that had the BBC so grumpy back in the day.
Actually some still seem to feel that the Euro project has been a success which may come as a shock to those who follow Robert Peston.
From @notayesmansecon on twitter.
Lord Peston says “Overall, the eurozone has been a great success,” Has anybody told his son Robert Peston about this success?
The BBC has shot itself in the foot with its Murdoch campaign
Even Nick Robinson conceded that the BBC’s ‘liberal’ output would now come under scrutiny.
If you can, listen to the Media Show on Radio 4 (today). It was a rare admission by the BBC. This could be evidence used the in the court of public opinion if only the BBC wasn’t already the self-appointed judge and jury.
I’m sure that we get 10 Liebore MPs to every Tory on the BBC. Where is the balance from the BBC now?
But as I’ve said beofre Cameron and the Tories seem to think that getting a beating off the BBC is good for democracy, well it is so long as the BBC hand that beating out to all other parties equally. but they don’t.
Twat boy Blunkett on Sky just snapped back at Kay Burley when she said he was very close ot News international as he had a column for the Sun for many years. “Not as close as you lot at Sky” was his sneering comment.
What is he really suggesting Sky News is in the pocket of the tory party and Murdoch?
Twat Blunket is the right description of him. Utterly useless Home Sec, the illegals must have thought we were mad, putting a blind man in charge, ‘come on fellow muslims, the infidels can’t see us’. I’m not sorry for him, he is a gross and useless man, forever being trucked out for his worthless opinions, a pox on him.
Ephraim Hardcastle, ‘Daily Mail’:-
BBC-NUJ ‘PANORAMA’ anti-Murdoch:
“The BBC’s Panorama gave Rupert Murdoch and Co a thorough going over on Monday, with contributions from sado-masochist Max Mosley, philandering ex-Tory MP David Mellor, political has-been Gordon Brown, preening Labour MP Chris Bryant and The Guardian’s Nick Davies.
“Conducted by Mr Bean lookalike Vivian White, the tone was gloating and self-satisfied. Murdoch-controlled Sky has broadcast comprehensive, even-handed coverage of the phone hacking scandal.
Will the BBC do the same if its huge waste and exploitation of taxpayers comes to light one day? “
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2016702/Phone-hacking-scandal-Neil-Kinnock-fluster-Rupert-Murdoch.html#ixzz1Sf4PIvww
“In a remark that should send shudders through everyone who cherishes freedom, the former Labour leader [Kinnock] suggested that the Press should be bound by the same rules of impartiality as the BBC.
“This would mean newspapers being forced to produce the anodyne mish-mash of soft-Left views peddled by the Corporation – a state-funded body that is pro-Europe, multiculturalism, ‘human rights’ and high state spending, and against the family, Christianity, nationality and private enterprise.”
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2016728/DAILY-MAIL-COMMENT-Mr-Kinnock-lets-cat-bag.html#ixzz1Sf5jk2P7
The BBC is getting desperate to keep its BBC/guardian/left wing/labour attack strategy flying. The narrative keeps derailing and the BBC tries ever more desperate measures to get it back on track and pointing the manufactured sandal in the correct direction.
After all, its an attack on Cameron by the left so Cameron must be kept centre stage and its an attack on Murdoch and NI and that must be kept right next to Cameron under the spotlight. When the issues bring labour into the spotlight the BBC swiftly changes the headlines and when labour wrongdoing is mentioned it is quickly forgotten, wiped away never to be seen again.
The long list of labour and leftist pundits invited for one reason only, to attack and smear and make wild allegations. Wade met Brown more than she met Cameron? Ooops does not fit the narrative does it? And so the BBC swiftly changes the subject. When it appears that the evidence suggests that labour insiders put indirect pressure on NI to stop stories/run other stories the BBC suddenly finds the urge to change the subject.
Cameron states there were no improper discussions with NI about their BSKYB bid and so does Brooks…but…but…they must be lying right? There is no actual evidence whatsoever to suggest they did…but they must be lying right? And the BBC keeps on pimping that line despite the fact that there is NO EVIDENCE to show Cameron and Wade are lying and this is the essence of the BBC smear operation. The actual evidence is slim to non existent yet the BBC is fanatical in peddling those allegations that emanate directly from the labour/guardian axis.
In effect the BBC has become the gutter press, it wallows in unsubstantiated rumour, wild baseless accusations, partisan smear by association and Chinese whispers. The BBC has allowed itself to become a platform for a wholly politically motivated attack campaign, it has allowed its staff to run wild engaging in gutter tactics.
I would hope that Cameron would instigate a full inquiry into BBC coverage of this ‘scandal’ a full public inquiry into the close relationship between the labour party and the BBC, between the BBC and the guardian, between the left and the BBC, between the BBC and gangs like the UAF/UK UNCUT/greenpiss/fiends of the earth/the green party. How the BBC is fed stories by a closed matrix of allied partners and how the enemies of this matrix are blackballed and smeared and ignored.
Not going to happen is it? We are cursed with what amounts to a criminal enterprise that makes the gutter press look whiter than white. The inner workings of a giant media conglomerate that has no shareholder accountability, that has no outside oversight, that has rigged any independent supervisory bodies. The BBC has no right to jusge NI because it is simply a law unto itself, a secret society like the freemasons. How the BBC dares to criticise NI when its own inner workings resemble a secret scoiety I really dont know.
Comment of the day, week and maybe year so far…
‘In effect the BBC has become the gutter press, it wallows in unsubstantiated rumour, wild baseless accusations, partisan smear by association and Chinese whispers.’
Every time a Robinson or Peston kicks off with a ‘sources say’, I cut and paste and ask for proof beyond their own narrative foundation.
Never happens.
And folk are noticing.
At least the gutter press admits its location, and does not impose a non-optional fee.
Heh, nice one. A simple search and up pop the numbers telling their own story.
Also, The Daily Politics interrupted its summer holiday to come back for the hackings hearings and House of Commons PM’s statement and debate – no doubt hoping to see David Cameron getting a kicking.
I don’t see The Daily Politics coming back for the Euro crisis, Libya or anything else of that kind of substance and importance.
Exactly. My post makes no allegations of eye-of-the-beholder bias and doesn’t pick up on phrases or slants or angles.
Pure numbers without any editorial needed.
No wonder David Gregory or the other BBC apologists (and I welcome their participation and debate on this site) aren’t on this thread.
Is it about plurality of the news sources, then forget about the bBC. Did you notice for about 3 months before the last GE there was a huge upsurge in gov ads. Well you should have because it was quite obvious, also here are some numbers from the LibDems to prove the point.
http://www.libdems.org.uk/press_releases_detail.aspx?title=Stephen_Williams%3a_Labour_spent_%C2%A338m_taxpayer_cash_on_News_International_advertising&pPK=22febfa0-29da-454d-bfd0-915640b4b68d
What else did the bBC not tell you today? Two MPs revealed that the attorney general and the DPP got together and decided not to progress the hacking in july 2006 even though they had hundreds of names. The DPP; that is Macdonald who is now doing legal work for NI. Will bBC cover these stories , yes just as the news that Elvis is alive and well will be announced on the 10.00 news.
In one of Milliband’s (or one of the other identikit Labour MPs) misfires today, it was pointed out that Cameron had had only one meeting with the BBC but had 26 bwith NI. The question was asked “Doesn’t that show his priorities?”. To me it showed the opposite, i.e. how much the BBC is not wanting to have anything to do with the Prime Minister.
It is shocking really and I would bet that there have been many more meetings with the Leader of the Opposition, and even the Shadow Chancellor. After all they would need to have regular meetings with the opposition to discuss their joint campaign strategy.
I was able to surmise that Miliband was hammered by Cameron because the Beeb are now throwing up other news items ahead of their new found heros ceaselessly asking over Andy Coulson?
Honestly-all they`re doing is endlessly returning to their old vomit to see if there are any refried beans within…then making a necklace of whatever results in the forlorn hope that it might get something on QVC!
The Beeb are now a national embarrasssment, and I see the shutters coming down on their tawdry end of pier clowning.
At least Charlie Carollis runaround didn`t harm the environment like the Beebs blunderbus that thinks it`s a bandwagon.
I don`t see the public wanting to travel…and nor do they!
Any more dead horses to flog sweetie?