Andrew Gilligan let’s rip at BBC ‘management’….possibly though a little bitter about Hutton, and himself being blamed  for the sexing up of his report…..he was though to blame wasn’t he?  It was him speaking not Greg Dykes. However back to today……… The standard rule in a media storm is to put one person in charge and to establish the facts quickly. The standard BBC rule is to put nobody in … Continue reading →

Today was a bad day for BBC economic reporters…for months they have cast doubt on the rising employment figures suggesting that there must be an underlying problem with the economy….and that employment rising is possibly a sign of something rotten at the heart of failing British industry. Today they have had to eat a large portion of humble pie…..the growth figures seem to have shocked Stephanie Flanders  so much that … Continue reading →

A big juicy bone for Dez and Co as they’ve been quiet for a while:   Vanessa Feltz stood in for Jeremy Vine yesterday  and asked the question ‘Is Entwistle being made a scapegoat?’    That’s easy to answer….No…he’s made a complete mess of things.   She also said this in regard to Savile’s misdemeanours….. ‘Perhaps we could look at it in a different way…perhaps we could see it as a … Continue reading →

Everything is going a bit pear shaped at the BBC regarding Savile……and no matter how many ‘media consultants’ or media analysts from Univeristies (who usually turn out to be ex-BBC employees) the BBC parades in front of us to say it’s something all about nothing really, the increasing likelihood is that Entwistle might go….if this was a Government department you can be sure one of John Humphrys questions would be … Continue reading →

Two stories from the US as covered by the BBC. Note also that the second headline puts ‘voter fraud’ in inverted commas. For those who haven’t seen O’Keefe’s video it can be viewed here. UPDATE. And don’t think for a moment that BBC reporters aren’t aware of what they’re doing and why. Here’s Philippa Thomas quoted in a recent article about coverage of the US election by the foreign press … Continue reading →

Gosh but it’s been a busy morning for the BBC. What with the UK economy moving out of recession and IDS promising further welfare reforms, the comrades are not happy. So, on Today we have several items aimed at minimising any praise for the Coalition on the economy front (Basically, it’s all to do with the Olympics) and IDS is going to cause millions of poor children to starve to … Continue reading →

The Huffington Post has an exclusive scoop revealing that the Coalition Government has a cunning plan for solving the social mobility problem (if it really exists):       Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was out on the streets of Britain today launching the government’s new range of Social Mobility scooters. The scooters are designed to take people from less privileged backgrounds to universities and workplaces that would previously have … Continue reading →

Had to laugh at BBC Today this morning. They were crowing how Lord Patten had written to Maria Miller warning her not to question the impartiality of the BBC! Of COURSE this should be questioned and the fact that Patten, that wettest of “Conservatives” felt obliged to “warn” Miller shows just how sensitive the BBC must feel towards the charge of bias. I see that Bland was wheeled on for … Continue reading →

Blimey, busy day so no time to blog so instead here is a new one of these.

Jimmy Savile: BBC did nothing when director caught him in the act David Nicolson, 67, said he reported the incident to his bosses at the corporation in 1988 but was rebuffed and simply told: “That’s Jimmy”.  He told The Sun newspaper: “I was revolted by his behaviour. They just shrugged it off, saying, ‘Yeah, yeah — that’s the way it goes’.”  “Everyone knew what was going on. That includes senior … Continue reading →