Author Archives: David Vance

DO AS I SAY…

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Wonder if you are impressed as I am by Sir Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC Trust, who has laid himself open to accusations of hypocrisy after his remuneration package rose by 30 per cent to £213,000 last year, despite his assurances that the Corporation was cutting costs! Perhaps when BBC talking heads drone on about the “greed” of the bankers they need to look more closely to home to see greed in action? What say you?

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WICCAN THOUGHT FOR THE DAY?

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Wonder what you make of the news that the BBC is considering whether to hand over Thought For The Day to non-religious speakers?

The long-running Radio 4 slot, which airs during the Today programme, remains
one of the few features devoted entirely to religion and ethics. But it emerged
yesterday that the corporation’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has launched an
investigation into whether it should be opened up to secular and humanist points
of view.

An “investigation”, eh? Yes, we need to hear some Wiccan insights in our wonderful multiculti world. The BBC elite hate the Christian religion and have reduced most “thoughts for the day” to mealy mouthed liberal platitudes but now it seems that is no longer tolerable!

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UNDERMINING OUR MILITARY

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It’s not really that subtle, is it? BBC lead story is McDoom defending his strategy of under-equipping our military in Afghanistan. In McDoom-speak this means claiming our military are better equipped than they have been for decades. All fantasy, of course. The BBC then segues into a story concerning alleged abuse carried out by a British soldier in Iraq. Simple equation; British Army = bad. The beat is always the same – pretend to be concerned about our Armed Forces then do everything possible to undermine them in order to get the desired result – withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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ON THE HUNT….

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I see that the Sunday Times reveals how judging by the Golden Globe television awards, the prize for best free trip and luxury hotel stay should go to . . . the BBC!

It has emerged that the corporation spent tens of thousands of pounds flying directors, producers and stars from one of its leading costume dramas to Hollywood so that they could lobby for prizes at award festivals. A seven-strong contingent from the BBC1 series Cranford – including Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins and Imelda Staunton – flew business-class to lobby for nominations to the Emmys and Golden Globe awards last year. They and the BBC production team stayed at luxury hotels favoured by some of Hollywood’s biggest names. A second trip was made to the Golden Globe ceremony itself.

This strikes me as a criminal waste of our cash in order that the BBC can lobby for awards for itself. It’s narcissistic,indulgent and evidence of how the BBC promotes itself using our money.

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FALLING STANDARDS?

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Wonder what you think of the comments by Peter Sissons, the veteran newsreader who announced his retirement last month, claiming and accusing producers of being too mired in political correctness to do anything about it?


Writing in The Mail on Sunday today, he says: ‘At today’s BBC, a complaint I often heard from senior producers was that they dared not reprimand their subordinates for basic journalistic mistakes – such as getting ages, dates, titles and even football scores wrong – it being politically incorrect to risk offending them.’

I think this in less than half the story. It is not the sheer amateurish of much of the current output, it is the visceral leftist bias that lies behind it. Not so sure Sissons can see that aspect of the problem. Thoughts?

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T for 324?

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So, you thought the BBC indulgence fest at Glastonbury was an excess?

The BBC has sent 324 people to cover this year’s T in the Park music festival, it was disclosed today. The corporation came under fire last month after it emerged that it had sent more than 400 staff to the Glastonbury music festival. Today the BBC confirmed 139 staff, with 158 freelance contractors, and 27 people from Radio 1, were all working at the three-day event – which is Scotland biggest music festival.

Well worth your mandatory license tax? A vast bloated monstrosity that needs reduced to rubble.

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PUSHING AGW AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY

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Fascinating to see here that even when the BBC is salivating over the G8 conference (aka fashionable posturing for already over sized political egos) it cannot resist the temptation to shill for AGW. Note the convenient link in the G8 story that presumes to show us how “global temperatures have risen” so reinforcing the narrative that demands we must obey Obama and the rest of the eco-loons. When it comes to climate, the BBC does not allow any debate. The starting point is that AGW is a fact, and the only issue is how much should we pay in the form of raised taxes and reduced liberties. With Robert Harrabin there to help lead the unholy (geek) chorus, is it any wonder that so many people are so spectacularly uninformed on this issue?

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THE BEAT OF DEFEAT…

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Ever since the US and UK led the operation to liberate (or “occupy” in BBC-speak) to Iraq from the Saddam thuggocracy the BBC were constantly seeking to undermine the operation, demanding that we “get out” of Iran, Each military death was treated as an opportunity to advance that defeatist agenda and so it is that with the focus of military action in Afghanistan the same dreary beat of defeat sounds again on the BBC. What sickens me is the way that the tragic death of each British soldier is turned into a mechanism to advance the defeatist agenda so a week that has seen seven British soldiers lose their lives is a real bumper week. On today there was an exchange between former defence minster Lord Moonie and Sir Jeremy Greenstock (not linked yet) and it reeks of the narrative. Greenstock is a particularly pusillanimous personality. The only time we ever here positive news is when the military get to speak – and that is a rare event on the BBC. The BBC opposes the UK taking part in any form of military action and it shows through in their biased and dismal reporting.

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