THE BBC….MENACE TO QUALITY AND PLURALITY

‘The BBC’s expansion plans sound like a bid for global media domination. Media companies and advertisers are right to complain that an overfunded BBC represents a serious market distortion. It threatens to stifle competition and innovation because, feather-bedded by the licence, Auntie can always wield a fatter cheque book than its rivals.’ But hey, let’s not talk about the BBC….let’s talk about those nasty big commercial companies ruining it for … Continue reading

SUCCESS – AN OLYMPIAN DISADVANTAGE?

Team GB is doing well and that’s a cause for celebration but the BBC always have an angle! A Biased BBC readers challenges… “The BBC has discovered another case of disproportionate success by public school pupils, this time winning more Olympic medals. Since when did schools have any impact upon a childs sporting success? The amount of sport at ANY school is insufficient to raise a kid to even county … Continue reading

BANKING ON IT…

I wonder if you heard this inquisition interview conducted with RBS CEO Stephen Heston on the BBC Today programme  earlier? A Biased BBC reader did and sent the following thoughts in… “Did you hear the interview with RBS chief Simon Hester this morning? The interviewer  constantly harangued him and came out with this …” Don’t you think the Banks have become too large, too powerful, too arogant and should be … Continue reading

YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND…

You have to laugh at the total lack of self awareness really. The BBC Trust appoints a “friend of the Corporation”  – Stewart Prebble – to determine if it is being impartial. Here’s the best bit of all… “I have long-term affection for the BBC. It’s important for all of us in broadcasting,” he told the Times. He said that impartiality was no longer seen as a simple balance between … Continue reading

KOFI TIME

Well, former UN head Kofi Annan, much beloved of the BBC, has spectacularly failed to achieve anything in Syria and has resigned his position yesterday. I was watching the BBC report on this last night and what was remarkable was the backside covering sycophancy directed his way. It was an “impossible task” that the heroic Kofi had bravely taken on but now was walking away from, head held high. Like … Continue reading

THE WITCH-FINDER GENERAL

A Reader writes about Newsnight 1st August… “A new low for the BBC.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19049173 Sean Rigg – well known mental health problem – died in police custody in 2008.  Newsnight presented no facts of the case, stated no cause of death; the BBC simply allowed the family to emote, angrily calling for officers to be criminally charged and/or disciplined.  There was no balance, no acknowledgement of the police’s difficult position in dealing with … Continue reading