Newsnight propagandises interview with working single mum

[butchersapron]

BTW, how do you make a 'formal' complaint to the BBC?

You put on a shirt and tie before emailing them.

 

[treelover]

I don't sign petitions, as a generality.

nor do i, but I signed this one , by name and wrote some comments, its great she is taking the BBC on, I've been in constant struggle with them over welfare issue reporting for about five years, its gruelling and dispiriting..

 

[danny la rouge]

Dear Mr "La Rouge"

Thank you for contacting us regarding ‘Newsnight’, broadcast on 23 May 2012.

‘Newsnight’ was sorry to hear Shanene Thorpe was unhappy following her interview. While the BBC is still yet to receive a formal complaint, ‘Newsnight’ contacted Shanene to hear her concerns. We are happy to accept her contention that her current situation was not made clear and have apologised.

We hope this allays your concerns, thanks again for taking the time to contact us.

Kind Regards

BBC Complaints

www.bbc.co.uk/complaints

NB This is sent from an outgoing account only which is not monitored. You cannot reply to this email address but if necessary please contact us via our webform quoting any case number we provided.

 

[butchersapron]

I wonder, does Allegra keep romanian slaves in her garage? Is she one of the BBC people taking advantage of their tax-doging scemes?

 

[treelover]

oh, and it is much harder for a complaint from an individual with no power to get her/his issue 'up the ladder' to the Trust, etc, than it is for politicians, partys, corps, etc, despite their denials, she should ask the Trust to look at it, and contact Greg Philo(though he will probably say he is too busy)

 

[Streathamite]

Let Emmanuel College Cambridge-educated, Spectator-spoused, usual-old-Establishment-prejudice-espousing Allegra Stratton know your opinion of her journalistic standards on twitter: @BBCAllegra.

Let worked-in-proper-jobs-since-she-was-16, child-rearing, full-time-employed Shanene Thorpe know what you think of the way she was treated: @Nenes_Life

good work that man

 

[Streathamite]

Has that e-petition gone into meltdown or something? i have signed it but my signature is still processing after reading the entire thread from this post!

good Lord, I had exactly the same problem!

 

[treelover]

don't know anything about twitter but Shanenes post is is being retweeted by some big names inc JK Rowling and Mariella Frostup, Gabby Logan..

 

[butchersapron]

Worth pointing out that if you ask the BBC what they pay Allegra, if you enquire into their relationship in the way that she did with this woman, they will refuse to tell you and point out that under the terms of the FOIA they have no requirement to disclose details of what talent (their term) is paid.

 

[articul8]

‏@PennyRed

@Nenes_Life certainly. If you'd like to chat to me about it, please email me- know the basics already. Laurie.penny @gmail.com

Guess who's here to save the day? Phew!!

 

[butchersapron]

Yeah, penny now gets to do her own version of parasiting off this woman.

 

[Clair De Lune]

Wasn't the Allegra a shit 80's car? Sounds familiar.

 

[butchersapron]

That was the portia.

 

[purenarcotic]

Got the same rubbish spewed back to me as everybody else has.

What a load of fucking arse.

 

[articul8]

Allegro - used to get a lift to school from next-door-but one who had one. Kept backfiring and I was embarrassed to get out!

 

[DaveCinzano]

I do hope that the Victoria Carson over whose name the BBC's non-apology apology is being presented is not the same Victoria Carson who previously worked as Campaigns Manager and Spokesman for the Forum of Private Business.

 

[Citizen66]

Wasn't the Allegra a shit 80's car? Sounds familiar.

The Austin Allegro was fucking ace

 

[articul8]

err, no. It wasn't. It was worse that my Dad's old Morris Marina:

 

[Citizen66]

err, no. It wasn't. It was worse that my Dad's old Morris Marina:

I look back fondly at images from my past. I'm not claiming it to be high performance or anything. I love motors from the 70s and 80s. Cortina mk II is probably my favourite.

Edit: cortina mk III i mean. And sorry for derail.

 

[Clair De Lune]

http://afluffywabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/austin-allegro-ode-to-worst-car-ever.html

 

[articul8]

It's started to grow on me:

 

[danny la rouge]

Got the same rubbish spewed back to me as everybody else has.

What a load of fucking arse.

Keep going. Where's the public retraction? What do they mean "contention"? What do they mean "current situation"? Why did Allegra lie in the first place? Who oversaw the lie? What size of extended family does Allegra think should live in a flat? How many generations per bedroom? etc.

Scab cunts.

 

[purenarcotic]

Keep going. Where's the public retraction? What do they mean "contention"? What do they mean "current situation"? Why did Allegra lie in the first place? Who oversaw the lie? What size of extended family does Allegra think should live in a flat? How many generations per bedroom? etc.

Scab cunts.

Yup, having a restorative fag and then I'll be back on it. Really annoying you can't reply to the e-mail but have to go through the whole form filling exercise again. I bet they've done that deliberately to put people off going back in for round two.

 

[butchersapron]

What i find really hateful, really revealing in this, is the way that Allegra can barely bring herself to even look at Shanene Thorpe. I could feel the contempt, the disgust from here.

 

[elbows]

Yeah, penny now gets to do her own version of parasiting off this woman.

To be fair Penny and some of the others who may get involved were first tweeted by the girl who was interviewed, last night, when she went on a bit of a spree trying to gain support.

 

[Clair De Lune]

Yep and it was obviously a shock for Shanene at how she was being treated too, you could see her looking more and more puzzled and on edge. I would have walked out after verbally abusing her back most likely. But who knows when put on the spot like that

 

[butchersapron]

To be fair Penny and some of the others who may get involved were first tweeted by the girl who was interviewed, last night, when she went on a bit of a spree trying to gain support.

The seagulls are only following the trawler Penny will get her sardine one way or another.

 

[Ms Ordinary]

Yep, this is the pro-forma reply i got from them:


...response time was quick so i'm assuming they are getting a lot of grief about this...

Yes, mine got bounced back pretty quickly as well (didn't bother waiting till I'd got home since they probably aren't reading these anyway). I'll follow it up with a response when I get home FWIW.

 

[Ms Ordinary]

Yep and it was obviously a shock for Shanene at how she was being treated too, you could see her looking more and more puzzled and on edge. I would have walked out after verbally abusing her back most likely. But who knows when put on the spot like that

One of Shanene's early tweets says she'd been emailed 4 questions prior to the interview... none of which she was asked in the interview .

 

[purenarcotic]

One of Shanene's early tweets says she'd been emailed 4 questions prior to the interview... none of which she was asked in the interview .

She should make those questions public so we can see how different the expectation was from the reality.