12 Responses to THEY LIED WHEN THEY DENIED…..

  1. Guest Who says:
    September 1, 2015 at 6:51 pm

    But at least they did with the by now renowned BBC integrity. Apparently. A BBC spokesperson has said…

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  2. Dover Sentry says:
    September 1, 2015 at 6:57 pm

    There is a view within Labour that their party should not have to compromise it’s ideals for the sake of winning a General Election. In other words, if the Labour Party becomes only a pressure group, then so be it.

    The same can be said of the BBC. They exist within their own left-wing political utopia and don’t represent the views of the British population. Integrity therefore does not matter to them.

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  3. TPO says:
    September 1, 2015 at 7:22 pm

    The fact that the BBC lied (what’s new) is supported here.
    “The BBC denied ‘The Great European Disaster Movie’ was EU-funded: that was untrue”
    http://www.conservativehome.com/leftwatch/2015/08/the-bbc-denied-the-great-european-disaster-movie-was-eu-funded-that-was-untrue.html

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  4. Jason says:
    September 1, 2015 at 9:57 pm

    Alan, I’m sorry but you are wrong; the BBC spokesperson wasn’t lying.

    “No EU money was used in the making of the programme being aired on the BBC” is factually correct. The EU grant was for translating the finished English language film (as shown by the BBC) into other languages.

    Thus, whilst the foreign language versions received EU funding, the English version did not. This is old news. The TPA are desperately flogging a dead horse.

    http://wp.me/p5QbXs-aM

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    • Geyza says:
      September 2, 2015 at 8:47 am

      That is desperate misdirection. EU money went to the people who made that film. The money was allocated for that film. The BBC showed that film, therefore EU money was used for the making of the programme being aired on the BBC. Translating the film is a subset of the activities required in producing or “making” that film.

      I have created many websites over the last 20 years. If I receive money purely to fund the cost of translating one of those websites, then that money comes under the allocation of cost of producing that website. Translation is NOT a separate activity from production of the finished product, but is a sub-set of production activity.

      The BBC lied. The TPA are telling the truth.

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    • scribblingscribe says:
      September 2, 2015 at 9:26 am

      Not quite Jason.

      All programs are made with an eye on foreign sales. Certainly a program from an Independent producer is more likely to be made if the production company can demonstrate it can be part funded by overseas money. Hence why there are so many overseas companies credited at the end of BBC productions – also why so many productions are insipid and asinine, but that’s another story.

      This horse still requires a little more flogging.

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  5. Grant says:
    September 1, 2015 at 10:15 pm

    Why does the BBC accept any funding from the EU as it clearly compromises the BBC’s supposed impartiality ? Wherever the money is spent it releases an equivalent amount to fund EU propaganda.

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    • scribblingscribe says:
      September 2, 2015 at 9:28 am

      Exactly Grant.

      The EU is a political organisation campaigning for its survival and ought not be funding programs fluffing its worth.

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    • Up2snuff says:
      September 2, 2015 at 10:27 am

      This is the big argument over switching the Licence Fee into some sort of overall taxation (notwithstanding that some may not wish to access television AT ALL but will still end up paying) because the BBC will always be dependent on the Party in government to maintain the payment, increase the payment or make changes including terminating the arrangement. The provider > consumer relationship changes.

      That apart, just taking money (especially when you do not really have need of it with £3.6bn guaranteed income) must compromise the BBC however ‘arms length’ the transaction may be.

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  6. nofanofpoliticians says:
    September 2, 2015 at 4:27 pm

    “Left Hand, let me introduce you to Right Hand. You don’t seem to have met, much less know what you are each doing!”

    Its desperate stuff, and symptomatic of a large organisation with multiple viewpoints.

    Its just a shame that in this instance, the organisation in question is the country’s largest communication/ broadcasting company, and that we have become used to this kind of behaviour.

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