BBC - Again!

[pete]

Some think it worthwhile, what it must do is try harder to be impartial in the eyes of the public not the BBC 

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/as-a-brit-living-abroad-i-can-tell-you-why-fighting-for-the-bbc-is-so-important-a6687396.html

[Chillidoggy]

21 minutes ago, pete said:

Some think it worthwhile, what it must do is try harder to be impartial in the eyes of the public not the BBC 

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/as-a-brit-living-abroad-i-can-tell-you-why-fighting-for-the-bbc-is-so-important-a6687396.html

The usual load of old shite served up by a staunchly left-wing media outlet, which claims in its title to be “independent”, when in fact it is anything but. Instead, it is in fact far more biased than the organisation it’s reporting on.

[C8RKH]

It's all part of the advertising budget. If they don't spend it on TV adverts they'll spend it somewhere else so you wont see a cost reduction.

[mg4lotus]

As an alternative opinion, I do regard the BBC as being impartial.

I don't listen to Jeremy Vine but even if I did I probably wouldn't have gone out panic buying. Would all of his listeners done that? What does that say about his listeners?

[C8RKH]

You must watch the Belgium Broadcasting Company if you really think it is impartial. The BBC is so biased even the newly appointed Director General has warned all staff about their social media posts and the journalists about the need for unbiased reporting of facts.

Seems the brain washing has worked on some.

I have found his approach quite refreshing and would love to have the BBC back to its impartial best.

[pete]

4 hours ago, Chillidoggy said:

The usual load of old shite served up by a staunchly left-wing media outlet, which claims in its title to be “independent”, when in fact it is anything but. Instead, it is in fact far more biased than the organisation it’s reporting on.

Just knew you would like it,,,,

[910Esprit]

Most of us are probably aware of some very big issues that are demonstrably 'in the public interest' yet they are not fully reported by the BBC, or not reported at all.   Why is that?

[RobinB5]

6 hours ago, Neal H said:

...It should be forced to privatise and either go commercial or adopt a subscription model. ...

The BBC needs to change back to something all British people are proud of. An organisation that used to be held in high esteem by all, both native and foreign. Turn it into a run of the mill private enterprise then it will be nothing better than any other crass US type media operation that is as biased as those who fund it. Maybe the BBC should stop over-stocking their management with middle class liberal graduates, have their management represent a more realistic cross section of the British public, maybe then it would be more balanced and representative?

[Chillidoggy]

I read that the new boss is going to tackle left-wing bias in BBC comedy shows.

Good luck with that.

[PaulCP]

BBC comedy shows, do they still have them or are you referring to the joke that the BBC have become?

[pete]

10 hours ago, Chillidoggy said:

I read that the new boss is going to tackle left-wing bias in BBC comedy shows.

Good luck with that.

Perhaps he will bring back "it ain't half hot mum" or Alf Garnett.

[Chillidoggy]

2 hours ago, pete said:

Perhaps he will bring back "it ain't half hot mum" or Alf Garnett.

If I remember rightly, Alf always ended up being the loser.

[C8RKH]

Like West Ham.

[Colin P]

13 hours ago, Chillidoggy said:

If I remember rightly, Alf always ended up being the loser.

Yes, many interviews of Warren Mitchell where he tells stories of bigots approaching him and telling him that they support Alfs views and how he then explains to them that Alf is the butt of the joke and he is actually attacking the attitudes of those people that have approached him. 

 

Too stupid to realise that the whole aim of the programme is to poke fun at those with prejudiced views.

[Chillidoggy]

6 minutes ago, Colin P said:

Yes, many interviews of Warren Mitchell where he tells stories of bigots approaching him and telling him that they support Alfs views and how he then explains to them that Alf is the butt of the joke and he is actually attacking the attitudes of those people that have approached him. 

 

Too stupid to realise that the whole aim of the programme is to poke fun at those with prejudiced views.

‘Little Britain’ was the same. In fact, so was ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ again if I remember rightly. If we look back, most comedies were like it.

[Techyd]

On 06/09/2020 at 19:01, C8RKH said:

I have found his approach quite refreshing and would love to have the BBC back to its impartial best

"....but as this is the BBC...Frankly, I think we should take them all outside and shoot them..."

[C8RKH]

Not literally of course!

[Escape]

On 06/09/2020 at 20:01, C8RKH said:

You must watch the Belgium Broadcasting Company if you really think it is impartial.

Trust me, our national broadcasting station is a good match for the BBC when it comes to spinning stories a certain way... Mind you, the private station are not much better, seems like they are all compelled to show just one side of the story. COVID was/is a good example, not one really critical question was to put to any of the so called experts that made a daily appearance in the different news broadcasts.

Filip

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Nothing to do with the BBC, but I was running the line at my son’s U13 football match yesterday. The opposition were from the same club and playing in black. Behind me I heard one of their dads shout “Get your tackles in blacks”. No harm in that of course, but then he follows it up with “Can I say that, or is it racist?” to the bloke standing next to him. “Well I’m of an age when you can say what you like,” came the reply. “Me too,” replies the original shouter (he was in his 30s) “if you don’t like what I say, then take me to Court, haha!”.

So nothing specifically racist towards anyone, but very cringeworthy behaviour nonetheless.

[pete]

What is the matter with them. Zoe ball,probably one of the worst,looses 1 million listeners so they give her a million pound pay rise making her the highest paid on the bbc

[C8RKH]

Agree with @pete 100%. I reckon I could lose a million listeners for half that cost. I'd be a bloody bargain!

Are these salaries not backward looking, i.e. what they earned over the previous year? If so, I could probably understand it. If forward looking, then I want my licence fee back!

Thought Esther Rantzen was brilliant when interviewed by the BBC this morning about these salaries. She made a very good point, with class and elegance.

[pete]

All of the replacement DJ s when the main ones are on holiday are far better for a tenth of the money. 

[Barrykearley]

7 hours ago, C8RKH said:

Thought Esther Rantzen was brilliant when interviewed by the BBC this morning about these salaries. She made a very good point, with class and elegance.

A principled woman apparently - shame she was too busy looking the other way with regards to old Jimmy

[C8RKH]

I'm sure a lot of people where looking the other way when Jimmy was behind them!

[Chillidoggy]

Hallelujah, my TV licence renewal arrived this morning!

Good job too, as without my £157, God forbid, all those presenters would surely have had to take a pay cut. Heaven knows how they make ends meet.