425 Responses to Midweek Thread 19 August 2020

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  1. Guest Who says:
    August 21, 2020 at 7:27 am

    Part and parcel, Nicky… parts and parcel.

    Next, Jez has his bike bell nicked.

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  2. taffman says:
    August 21, 2020 at 7:35 am

    Al Beeb will not be reporting news at 6 or 10 anymore?
    Have they ever reported just “The News” ? All the money is going on ‘diversity’. What is their point in broadcasting at all. Surely they are taking the p-s . Defund the Telly Tax.

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    • Guest Who says:
      August 21, 2020 at 8:03 am

      Yet when the Gov does not jump when they demand a target for a harpie haranguing for the award season they go full empty chair or ‘views my own’ monologue or New Statesman article…

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  3. andyjsnape says:
    August 21, 2020 at 8:08 am

    bBC “reports”
    Queen’s ‘uphill battle’ to stop Trump using songs on social media

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53849745

    Uphill battle 🙂

    beeb give it a rest!
    Hopefully this leftist organisation will close down, sooner than later

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  4. Guest Who says:
    August 21, 2020 at 8:12 am

    Rob Corp should get on Grindr with James at Full Fact…

    “A social media post shared 28,000 times claimed that “those who fought on the beaches of Northern France now have to pay for their TV licence,” while those who “arrive from the beaches of Northern France today”—meaning migrants and people seeking asylum— get it for free.

    Although it’s true the free licence fee for over 75s has now ended, migrants arriving in this country do not receive a free television licence.

    Government advice for asylum seekers clearly states: “Your accommodation provider is not expected to provide you with a television, but if you do obtain a television or watch TV programmes online, you will need to obtain a TV licence.”

    Small mercies, eh… ‘migrants’?

    Fascinating what ‘Full Fact’ tears into… and what it passes on.

    Meanwhile… awks…

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8649125/Legendary-BBC-newsreader-Jan-Leeming-78-says-paying-watch-channels-waste-money.html

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    • G says:
      August 21, 2020 at 8:48 am

      GW,
      Shame on the Government!
      Poor illegal migrants having to pay (not) for a tv licence in a 4 Star hotel. Shocking.
      But surely the tv comes with the room?

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  5. davylars says:
    August 21, 2020 at 8:22 am

    Still on the subject of the 55 year sentence for the Manchester bombing,
    On the six o’clock news last night, I noticed they interviewed a friend of his and I didn’t actually hear him condemn the bombing, or was he pressed to…
    He seemed to imply that 55 years was a long time….

       29 likes

    • Up2snuff says:
      August 21, 2020 at 10:54 am

      Yeah, 55 years is a long time but not quite as long as eternity for the people he helped to murder.

         12 likes

  6. JamesArthur says:
    August 21, 2020 at 8:32 am

    Just couple of R4 comments that made me laugh…and showed the BBC presenters bias, narrative and stupidity
    Last niht on More or less, which i normally quite enjoy while driving – a little snip…the presneter talking about going out on site to film said .”‘..due to lockdown conditions and BBC cuts…we cannot go…blah blah..” BBC cuts – just had to throw that in…won”t say what I said to radio

    Just now on R4 – male presenter (not sure which one they all sound the same) talking to Minister said “.. we, the tax payers are still paying…”

    WE.. does he not realise he is part of a public body and gets paid out of the public purse – he is not a tax payer but is a tax on tax payers…(although he may make money off the back of his BBC position)..It is the use of the term WE…sorry swore again

    Sooner get rid of BBC the better

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    • Guest Who says:
      August 21, 2020 at 8:41 am

      It is the sheer unprofessional stupidity of the new media estate that rankles as much as its rampant, blatant ideological student uni activism.

      OT, but…

      https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8648489/Taylor-Swift-donates-23-0000-Tottenham-teenager-attend-university.html

      Blondie pays chump change to get #prasnews for her new album on a story that does not add up on any level.

      It is doubtful any editorial checking was used.

      If the bbc RTs this… I will be unsurprised. Likely Katty as a fellow TDS loon with Taylor and BS.

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      • Up2snuff says:
        August 21, 2020 at 10:58 am

        Taylor Swift should have checked first whether the student was eligible for State grants for University. I saw that item on the BBC w-s but thought more ‘Gullibles Travels’ for the Lefty, Liberal, Wrongist Elites.

        I think Miss Swift was ‘had’ .

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  7. JamesArthur says:
    August 21, 2020 at 8:48 am

    Good Ole Jon Soapbox on R4 – gave another big up for Biden and took swipe at DT…normal service continues.

    He doesn’t even pretend to report news – just his over inflated opinions..facts..nah – they don’t matter….

    I only drop into R4 as BBC output but even that is becoming intolerable

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    • G.W.F. says:
      August 21, 2020 at 12:02 pm

      Yes. Ch4 is on board with the Dems. Siobhan does the nightly attack on Trump, usually aimed at his personality. Then the Hijab with cheap clothes and badly repaired dentures, specialises in being sympathetic to victims of waaycism.

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  8. StewGreen says:
    August 21, 2020 at 9:04 am

    Almost no one ever looks at the the @BBCEngland Twitter account
    …. take a look if you get time
    The usual inverted sexism/racism to exclude white men
    but many stories we might have missed

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    • andyjsnape says:
      August 21, 2020 at 10:43 am

      Hi StewGreen

      I looked at it for the 1st time, and found..

      BBC News England
      @BBCEngland
      ·
      7h
      Glass blower Chris Day reflects Black Lives Matter in his art

      NEVER AGAIN, once bitten, twice shy

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    • Guest Who says:
      August 21, 2020 at 1:59 pm

      Just over 100k following. Likely representative.

      Almost 300 followed back. Ditto.

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  9. Doobster78 says:
    August 21, 2020 at 9:08 am

    Poor BBC – Covid cases up in South Korea, Germany and even a small outbreak in New Zealand ….

    All 3 held in the HIGHEST regard by our trusted National Broadcaster on their Covid strategies , you know, because the UK did everything wrong per the BBC and they did everything right.

    BBC seemingly “un-interested ” now in showing the latest graphs of outbreaks in Europe especially, not interested now the UK is one of the lowest. This may just show a bit of positvity and we do not want that on the BBC.

    Funny that, because when the UK are not doing so well, the BBC love showing us graphs !!!! Every bulletin, every day.

    Strange.

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  10. Guest Who says:
    August 21, 2020 at 9:11 am

    BBC News getting lots of laughs now Nish has gone.

    “Health experts have expressed “cautious optimism” that “the curve is beginning to bend” in Africa.“

    Top comment: BBC can’t figure out numbers for States in America but can conclude about the whole African continent.

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  11. Guest Who says:
    August 21, 2020 at 9:52 am

    Lurch est desole maintenant aussi.

       10 likes

    • Guest Who says:
      August 21, 2020 at 9:54 am

      Using kids for political purposes has worked well traditionally.

         4 likes

      • Guest Who says:
        August 21, 2020 at 1:57 pm

        American Toenails is on it.

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  12. Guest Who says:
    August 21, 2020 at 9:56 am

    Bit of a swerve on BBC #MeToo enthusiasm after this?

    Mind you, they went full Bill regardless.

    Never go full Bill.

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    • Up2snuff says:
      August 21, 2020 at 10:12 am

      TOADY Watch #1 – ‘full Bill’ ? Ref. to Clinton ?

      Don’t know about ‘full Bill’ but the TOADY Prog this a.m. was going ‘Full Bull’ on Joe Biden. I did hear JustRemainIn Webb briefly say, slightly regretfully, “We don’t actually know what his policies are.”

      But then probably Joe Biden doesn’t know either except the future will be glorious and sunny and free of Covid-19 if he is elected President in November.

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      • Banania says:
        August 21, 2020 at 6:49 pm

        I thought BLM had already banished Covid-19. That certainly happened here as soon as they had their rally.

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  13. Fedup2 says:
    August 21, 2020 at 10:23 am

    The telegraph reports how the editir of newsnight – lewis goodall – has written a piece for the far lefty New Statesman
    Entitled

    “How a government led by technocrats nearly destroyed a generation of social mobility “

    It was signed off by BBC managers as ‘impartial ‘ .

    The telegraph also says 300k watch newsnight – presumably the membership of the Labour Party and a few bubble dwellers.

    Maybe the BBC could save money and put some of the daytime dross on late night….

    Elswhere BBC flags are at half mast because some trannie died ? No idea

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  14. StewGreen says:
    August 21, 2020 at 10:32 am

    BBC typically has 2 presenters and a Greta supporter agreeing with each other

    However TalkRadio have put up
    a clip of 2 presenters and a guest, all laughing at Greta’s ideas.

    Guest was @CarverEmily Comms @iealondon
    . Freedom-minded conservative.

    The item was at 19:39pm Kevin O’Sullivan catchup page seg starts at the 19:30 button

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  15. Emmanuel Goldstein says:
    August 21, 2020 at 10:47 am

    Seeing and listening some of the youths getting their grades has me thinking that the only way they can pass these exams is by not taking them.

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    • G says:
      August 21, 2020 at 2:02 pm

      EG,
      Another suggestion as the alternative ‘exam’?
      Sign on to take the Governments chinese virus test by post. The kit sent and instructions does not, in important aspects, marry up with the practical steps.

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  16. Dystopian says:
    August 21, 2020 at 11:41 am

    BBC have just been getting a massive slating on Talk Radio.

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  17. brexiteerkent says:
    August 21, 2020 at 11:47 am

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53858940

    ‘ Joe Biden speech fact checked’ by the BBC.

    What a surprise, everything ‘bad’ Joe Biden said about Trump and his alleged failings was factually correct and true says the BBC !!!

    If they want stop charging a licence fee and if they stop pretending they are not political then they can write whatever political articles they want but meantime I am paying for this so STOP IT !!

       23 likes

  18. Up2snuff says:
    August 21, 2020 at 11:53 am

    Anyone know how Millie Weaver & family got on in Court in the US?

    It’s interesting that if you G**gle Infowars or RebelMedia or Breitbart you are told – even before you go to full page Wiki – that these media organisations are ‘far right’. However, if you G**gle Huffington Post or the Guardian or Daily Mirror you are not told that they are ‘liberal left’ or ‘hard left’.

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    • G.W.F. says:
      August 21, 2020 at 12:06 pm

      Uptosnuff

      I spent a lot of time trying to find news about Millie Weaver, news seems to have dried up and I cannot find anything she has said since her release. I understand Infowars have broken with her and Rebel Media have not appeared to have developed the story.

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  19. fakenewswatcher says:
    August 21, 2020 at 12:34 pm

    Anyone listen to the business programme on R4 last night?
    Half an hour on BLM and some whingeing people o.c. complaining that there were too many white faces about.
    Didn’t seem to occur to them that they were in Europe, and if they wanted to be surrounded by similar, there was an entire continent, much larger than Europe, to go live in.

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  20. fakenewswatcher says:
    August 21, 2020 at 12:37 pm

    Anyone listen to the business programme on R4 last night?
    Half an hour on BLM and some whingeing people o.c. complaining that there were too many white faces about.
    Didn’t seem to occur to them that they were in Europe, and if they wanted to be surrounded by similar to themselves, there was an entire continent, much larger than Europe, to go live in.

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  21. andyjsnape says:
    August 21, 2020 at 12:53 pm

    Why does the bBC need to comment on ITV programmes?

    Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? gets first UK jackpot winner for 14 years
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53860189

    Stick your nose out?

    I know why it often promotes Netflix, with its own content being shown on there, and a revenue stream for the corp

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  22. StewGreen says:
    August 21, 2020 at 1:46 pm

    R2 now : How to trespass safely
    with Nick Hayes .. who was in a field so we couldn’t hear was he was saying.
    So Vanessa quickly cut off the opposer as well.

    Oh the guy is Guardianland ..and links it to slavery.
    \\ how the countryside was stolen from the public, using profits from slavery – https://dorseteye.com/the-drax-estate-how-the-countryside-was-stolen-from-the-public-using-profits-from-slavery/ – //

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  23. Fedup2 says:
    August 21, 2020 at 1:57 pm

    Time for the long weekend thread

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