Despite reports in our local newspaper, Scotland hasn’t yet become independent. One of those who wish that we were independent is Mike Russell MSP. I’ve met Mr Russell once or twice and think that he’s one of the good guys: he doesn’t believe that everything should be done by the state, an opinion that’s far from universal in Scotland. Earlier in the year Mike took part in a BBC programme … Continue reading
. He has discovered that: Five senior BBC production staff were suspended yesterday as Britain’s most senior policeman raised the prospect of a criminal investigation into the corporation’s rigging of phone-in competitions. The staff, all senior producers or editors, were the first casualties of the row over viewer deceptions involving a series of flagship charity and children’s shows. A fraud inquiry now seems inevitable after Mark Pritchard, the Tory MP … Continue reading
in today’s Daily Express. Forsyth rails against the BBC’s recently noticed problems, their continued employment of Peter Fincham, “day after day of servile grovelling to Tony Blair, Cherie Ditto and Alastair Campbell” and the question of “whether Radio 4’s Today programme is passionately pro-EU. It is like starting a board of inquiry to ask if the sun rises in the East”, before getting in to his stride on the subject … Continue reading
“This House is concerned that the BBC’s new Charter, which took full effect from 1st January 2007, has so far failed to change both the perception of the Corporation’s bias and its editorial and policy directions; and calls on the BBC’s governing body to address these issues frankly and openly, particularly in respect of partiality on issues such as the European Union, and to publish a statement on how it … Continue reading
around 12.40pm: BBC Suspensions Number of editorial leaders suspended Presenter Matthew Amroliwala also mentioned that Stewart Purvis said earlier that there is “a culture in the BBC that needs to be examined”. Well, you’re not wrong there Stewart, but can we trust the people who’re going to do the examining? This story is also on BBC Views Online, BBC editorial leaders suspended – an article that cries out for a … Continue reading
(now being rebranded as ‘climate change’ it seems), Gmail’s keyword advertising suggested this website, The Great Global Warming Swindle, promoting a DVD of: …an expanded and improved version of the film [of the same name] broadcast in the UK on Channel 4. More interview material has been added, covering a broader range of subjects than was possible in the broadcast film. The producers note: It would be nice to claim … Continue reading
The BBC will admit today that it has uncovered irregularities in the operation of its Children in Need charity, The Times has learnt, after an appeal to staff to report instances where viewers were misled in the wake of controversies over Blue Peter and the editing of a programme about the Queen. The revelation — which will be one of several errors that the BBC is expected to own up … Continue reading
The Beeb haven’t exactly taken kindly to the news that their oldest of old favourites, Red Ken, may have a challenger as Mayor of London. They’ve quickly produced a little factfile of what they call “Boris Johnson’s Media Scrapes”. I don’t suppose it will affect Boris much, but the Livingstone profile given by the Beeb describes Ken flatteringly as an “outspoken anti-establishment figure known in Britain for introducing congestion charging … Continue reading
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featured a panel labelled The Big Picture, with a button to ‘Reveal image’. Clicking on the button popped-up an enlarge image pop-up page, featuring singer Lily Allen, with the caption: Singer Lily Allen signs autographs for school children in London’s Parliament Square as she launches the Make Space Youth Review. The report demonstrates worrying trends in teenagers lives such as antisocial behaviour. (my emphasis) Would this be the same Lily … Continue reading
