Sorry I am a bit confused. The BBC currently seem to think that the worst GDP decline since records began is less newsworthy than a Government bureaucratic decision about prison building. You just can’t get the bad news to bury the bad news, these days. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Please use this thread for comments about the BBC’s current programming and activities. This post will remain at or near the top of the blog – scroll down for new topic-specific posts. N.B. This is not an invitation for general off-topic comments, rants or chit-chat. Thoughtful comments are encouraged. Comments may also be moderated. Any suggestions for stories that you might like covered would be appreciated! It’s your space, use … Continue reading
Did you get a chance to listen to Sarah Montague interview David Cameron? Here it is in case you missed it. Wonder what you think? My view is that Cameron was OK – in what was clearly a hostile environment for him. Some of his responses disturb me and he still uses Blairist vocabulary on some issues and is wary of stating clearly that the State MUST be rolled back. … Continue reading
The CBI must have a hot-line to Number 10. As we prepare to have the awful truth about shrinking GDP in our ailing economy unveiled today, the BBC have been able to slip in the news that the CBI are pretty sure that the worst is now behind us, so ameliorating the awfulness of the current economic position. Ask any small to medium-sized businessman if he agrees with that – … Continue reading
Just before budget day, the BBC were cheering on the massive profits Tesco announced. My contention was that this rather unusual BBC approval for vast corporate profits was aimed at creating good mood music as in “green shoots of recovery” ahead of Darling’s dismal Budget. Things reverted to form this morning however and I invite you to listen to the sneering tone Angus Stickler adopts when interviewing the Pfizer representative … Continue reading
I know I have brought this subject up before but did anyone else catch this item on Today this morning. I challenge you to listen to it since it positively drips with anti-Sri Lankan Government bias and pro-Tamil Tiger sympathies from the fragrant Sarah. Bias can be subtle but I don’t think this was – it was blatant. There is a comparison between how the BBC reports events in Sri … Continue reading
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So, the BBC finally discovers the Conservative shadow chancellor George Osbourne exists (He is interviewed just before an item on chair design, natch!), and then headlines the interview with the proclamation “Shadow Chancellor George Osbourne says he cannot promise to reverse the 50% top tax rate.” Now then, we know that Brown set this outrageous tax increase as an elephant trap for the Conservatives – damned if they don’t undo, … Continue reading
Morning folks – hope you have all recovered from Mr Darling’s scintillating Budget yesterday. No doubt this will be the lead question on QuestionTime later tonight and we will be blogging it live! Yes, we are back and ready for some more lively debate, the wittier the better. The panel may prove interesting insofar as we have two communists, a gay historian, a living saint and a token mild conservative … Continue reading
Well, the Chancellor in his Downing Street bunker will be doing some serious spinning today as he seeks to steal more of our cash and we can naturally rely on the BBC to cast things in the most favourable light possible for Draling SO I thought I would open up this thread for your comments as we go through the day. Vince Cable was the first man on the BBC … Continue reading
