‘Reed’ in the ‘Open Thread’ brings to our attention the welcome news that the BBC is to be included in formal reviews of media ownership by OFCOM: Google, the BBC and Facebook should be included in reviews of media ownership, regulator Ofcom has ruled. The BBC has an internet news audience of 57% of the total number of people who go online for news in the UK. The regulator … Continue reading
In the run up to the 2010 election the BBC decided to give Gordon a boost by giving him an uplifting appraisal and testimony, unfortunately it seems that his legacy is somewhat uncertain.
But then again the BBC has always been keen to pretend that 13 years of Labour Party economic, social and constitutional destruction never happened.
The BBC’s prediction of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Ukraine and Poland has been proved much exaggerated….the Ukrainians it turns out are really rather nice. I’ll let Brendan O’Neil do the talking: ‘Another day, another newspaper article branding England’s football fans as “SICK”. What have they done this time? Beaten up little old ladies? Trashed a bar? Urinated on a war memorial? Nope. All they did was stage a protest against BBC … Continue reading
If you’ve spotted some BBC ‘Bull’ let the world know on Wednesday’s Open Thread!
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. What did Paxman say in 2007 about the standard of journalism these days?…. “In this press of events there often isn’t time to get out and find things out: you rely upon second-hand information-quotes from powerful vested interests, assessments from organisations which do the work we don’t have time for, even, god help us, press releases from public relations agencies. The consequence is that … Continue reading
The last post was somewhat short and interesting…this one is going to be long and dull and worthy. The Beeb loves to quote Balls and the Labour Party mantra that Osborne has robbed the poorest in society in order to pay for a tax cut for his millionaire chums by lowering the top rate of tax. The BBC may or may not have done an in depth analysis of the … Continue reading
Gordon Brown knows which he prefers and is intensely relaxed about everything on the occasion of his retirement.
Discuss……..
Some bits and pieces to chew on…. 1. I think it was Rachel Burden on 5Live yesterday who claimed that the Greeks voting to keep austerity and the bailout package was an illustration of their belief and confidence in the Euro itself and the European Union. Really? It’s not the runt of the European litter clinging desperately to the German milch-cow’s teat and hoping to do so for life then?…which … Continue reading
Gordon Brown’s BBC Mafia hitmen have mobilised again drawing a veil of silence over his malevolent reputation….silence is Golden Brown.
Last week the Today programme burst into action when Alistair Campbell made his three line disclosure that Rupert Murdoch had phoned Blair and ‘may’ have urged him to speed up the drive to war in Iraq….though he hadn’t heard he call himself. The BBC made a big splash with that little comment..regardless of its veracity.
How different is the treatment of this story in which it is revealed in Campbell’s Diaries that Blair thought Brown was ‘bonkers’, a malign force and intent on destroying him.
Not only that but there is a clear contradiction of Brown’s ‘evidence’ at Leveson where he claimed he had never plotted against Blair. The BBC were quick to point out that they thought Murdoch had lied when he claimed never to have asked a Prime minister for anything…not so quick to point out discrepancies in Brown’s delusional account.
The BBC seem intent on protecting Brown….if they can burnish his reputation and rebuild him in the eyes of the Public then that will also revitalise Labour’s reputation and by osmosis Miliband will benefit from the rewriting of history in which Brown was purely a victim of bad luck, bad timing and bad Murdoch Press coverage.
Just remember there’s never a Frown with Golden Brown.
New Open Thread as last one has slipped down the order.
