Question Time LiveBlog 11th August 2011: Crime Special!

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David Cameron may have recalled Parliament today to discuss the looting and criminality, but we all know who really think they run the country. Yes, the BBC have recalled Question Time. As usual the media are exaggerating the disturbances. What the BBC called looting in Liverpool, we all knew as Wednesday but most importantly for Police Force Service quotas we have heard no reports of smoking ban violations or inner-city foxhunting. … Continue reading →

HELPING THE LOOTERS?

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Wonder what you make of this? Cllr Brian Silvester, a Conserative councillor in Cheshire East, is calling on the BBC to hand over unbroadcast footage of the recent riots to the Police if it can be used to identify the culprits responsible for the looting and destruction and lead to their prosecution.  On the Media Show on Radio 4 the BBC’s Head of News Gathering, Fran Unsworth (about 17.30 minutes … Continue reading →

BIAS IN LINKS

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A Biased BBC reader draws this to our attention; “I’ve noticed something for a long-time that is clear evidence of bias – and that really gets on my nerves, but easily slips one’s mind because it’s so incomparably insignificant compared to TV News output or Question Time (which I’m really quite looking forward to!)…  Whenever one links a BBC Story (and this most often occurs on Facebook), then the head-line … Continue reading →

A LETTER TO THE BBC…

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A B-BBC reader writes; “Simon Kelner, editor in chief of the Independent, is not in the BBC but is of the BBC, someone with a mindest firmly in line with the BBC….and it seems quite happy to defend the BBC against accusations that it might be abit on the Liberal side…..(and the BBC were still calling the rioters and looters ‘protesters’ on Wednesday’ he should note)…. Letter from Simon Kelner … Continue reading →

TAXI?

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It must be the unique way they are funded…. Chief operating officer Caroline Thomson, one of the corporation’s biggest cab users, claimed £2,814 on cars in a three-month period – £100 up on the previous quarter. The claims, for quarter four of the past financial year, were disclosed as the BBC said expenses claims were down overall on the previous year. It also pointed out the number of senior managers and the … Continue reading →

BBC BENT

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(A guest contribution by Graeme Thompson, who posts as ‘hippiepooter’) “Firstly, I’d like to say, that from what I have seen of BBC coverage of the riots (mainly BBC News24 and R5L) I would say that on the whole, it has been good.  Especially ‘way to go’ to Sophie Raworth for describing this footage as “the police up the ante”. That said, when we go into prime time BBC Television … Continue reading →

CUTS, CUTS, CUTS.

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I listened in to the Today programme today and, as usual, it lived down to expectations. We had the uberliberal Church of England prelate Richard Chartres on to tell us about the “minority without hope“. Presumably their lack of access to Iphones and Plasma TV forces their hand into looting. Then we had Mark Easton philosophising here, note the references to “cuts”. Next up; Nick Clegg. Again the line that … Continue reading →

DAVID CAMERON VS HUGH ORDE

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Nice hatchet job on Cameron by Nick Robinson on the 10 News. In essence, they ran Cameron talking the possibility at least of water cannon and plastic bullets and then instantly used the comments of the BBC candidate for Met Commissioner Sir Hugh Orde who flatly contradicted him. Orde has been weaseling away for some time from his ACPO perch, beloved by the State Broadcaster. Robinson also trotted out the … Continue reading →

BBC APOLOGIES TO MARCUS HOWE

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Wonder what you make of this?  The BBC today apologised for a live interview on its news channel in which the veteran campaigner Darcus Howe was accused of taking part in riots.  The writer and presenter was a guest during a discussion about the unrest on the streets of London when he was challenged by presenter Fiona Armstrong. The corporation apologised for any offence caused following complaints from viewers. During the interview … Continue reading →