“Reporters are mouthpieces for people in power” On Today, Guardian writer and one-time journalist of the year Nick Davies tells us that the internet is a mechanism for distributing falsehood and madness.But not to worry. Although much journalism is necessarily inaccurate, the bastions of truth and good journalism are the BBC and the Guardian. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
New week dawns, new open thread opens! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Did you listen to this demolition job on the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in India? Best line from BBC’s Chris Morris? “Is it simply immoral or is it illegal?”. I get the feeling the BBC doesn’t approve of this event! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
I know that Fergie is the gift that keeps on giving the enemies of the Royal Family plenty of material to denigrate them and true to form if you listen to this interview you can detect Naughtie desperately trying to get John O’Farrell to be more cutting than he actually could have been on the NOTW revelations. I don’t blame O’Farrell, his comments are measured but I do believe that … Continue reading
Anyone catch Sarah Montague’s “interview” with former chief secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne this morning? Could she have been any easier on him? I don’t think so. It appears that the BBC have gone along with Labour and consigned it’s thirteen years in power and attendant profligacy to the memory hole. It never happened. Why IS Osborne making Tory cuts? Click through to read and contribute comments on this … Continue reading
Sadly, I missed this response from Roger Harrabin on April 7. It deserves a wider airing for its surprise value (to put it mildy). At least he has not so far resorted to BBC lawyers, as one of his sensitive colleagues has: Here is the official BBC comment: “It is well known that BBC correspondents are often invited to act as an independent moderator for events, sometimes for a fee. … Continue reading
From the Sunday Times: “The Tories have reined in plans to freeze the TV licence fee and force the BBC to reveal the salaries of its highest paid stars. After the party’s combative approach towards the corporation in the run-up to the election, Ed Vaizey, the new minister for media and arts, has used his first interview to tell the BBC that it will be treated firmly but fairly by the … Continue reading
Did you see the BBC doing everything possible to present an imagined split in the thinking of the our new Government as regards Afghanistan? I suppose this is what we need to get used to as the BBC’s highly trained teams of experts parse every word, examine every motion of body language, to see if they can detect division between the Cons and Libs. Can’t recall the same enthusiasm for … Continue reading
I see that the BBC are trailing a series of programmes about WAGS (Wives and Girlfriends of soccer stars) and how they help South African kids achieve their dreams. Great to see quality programming. Well worth the £3.5bn per year they steal from us? Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
This heading is designed to preempt queries about its relevance to this site. I put it to you that dumbing down and bias are closely related, maybe siblings. The BBC’s dumbing down and repetitive programme ideas have become sinister. They constantly parade low standards and questionable ideals before our square and hypno’d eyes. This creates unrealistic expectations yet somehow stifles aspirations.Take this programme about entrepreneurship called High Street Dreams. Tired … Continue reading
