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, remainsone of the few features devoted entirely to religion and ethics. But it emergedyesterday that the corporation’s governing body, the BBC Trust, has launched aninvestigation into whether it should be opened up to secular and humanist … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Here’s a bumped thread for your BBC observations. The floor is yours! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Praise is due to the BBC for allowing the other side of the story for once. It doesn’t equalise their consistent favouring of the criminal over the victim, but here it is, a least this: Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
That’s the sound of the BBC going way overboard in covering what they seem to think is a big scandal of Dick Cheney’s doing- some secret “plan” concocted with the CIA without Senate knowledge. Last week it was phone-tapping of public figures in the UK by the News of the World, this week Dick Dastardly and his Mutley CIA. Well just as last week’s soft scoop has turned into a … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Yes, the headline you thought you would never see! Sort of. I comment the following compilation by G.O.T. of those key moments when the BBC could be trusted – enjoy. No BBC NewsUploaded by GrumpyOldTwat. – News videos from around the world. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
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 … Continue reading
Charles Moore writes about his decision not to pay the licence fee. He’s taken every precaution- a donation to charity of the sum in question; an equivalent sum set aside in case the BBC accept his case that they are in breach of their Charter, and amend accordingly. Of course I think he’s right that the BBC are in breach, but more precisely I think the concept of a Charter … Continue reading
