why the bbc is going down the pan

[Remus Harbank]

...and now she moves to what has been described as her spiritual home - JP Morgan.

I couldn't believe when I read this last night – puts her economic reporting in a new light

 

[bi0boy]

Most of her job was done by Robert Peston anyway, so meh.

 

[treelover]

There is a memorial for the 'Dead of ATOS' going on just now outside Parliament on College Green, the BBC News Teams can't miss it, yet I don't think there has been any coverage at all, I may be wrong though, anyone seen any?

I've just used the search on their website, and for some reason nothing about ATOS comes up...

 

[treelover]

Btw, Paul Mason has jumped ship from Newsnight, gone to Ch4 in a senior position

 

[equationgirl]

There is a memorial for the dead of ATOS going on just now outside parliament on college green, the BBC news teams can't miss it, yet I don't think therehas been any coverage at all, I may be wrong though, anyone seen any?

I've just used the search on their website, and for some reason nothing about ATOS comes up...

The BBC does a sterling job of not reporting on issues the state doesn't want reported. So don't expect them to turn up.

 

[ViolentPanda]

The BBC does a sterling job of not reporting on issues the state doesn't want reported. So don't expect them to turn up.

Even worse, they do a great job of not reporting stuff that they assume the state won't want reported.

What they used to do on nods and winks between the HO and FCO, and senior Beeb management, now gets done as a form of self-censorship by Beeb middle-management.

 

[SikhWarrioR]

On the other hand the BBC is only to happy to be the loyal sychopant of the state as witnessed by the BBC and the long overdue demise of the great witch thatcher and the arrival of the latest royal parasite

 

[Humberto]

Even worse, they do a great job of not reporting stuff that they assume the state won't want reported.

What they used to do on nods and winks between the HO and FCO, and senior Beeb management, now gets done as a form of self-censorship by Beeb middle-management.

To deviate from what the press communications wing of the executive requires would be controversial and actually having INDEPENDENCE, which the BBC does not have.

 

[Greebo]

To deviate from what the press communications wing of the executive requires would be controversial and actually having INDEPENDENCE, which the BBC does not have.

Unfortunate, but probably true.

 

[butchersapron]

To deviate from what the press communications wing of the executive requires would be controversial and actually having INDEPENDENCE, which the BBC does not have.

There's little to indicate that any greater independence would bring a different line. It pisses in the same pot as the state, it just thinks it's better.

 

[barney_pig]

There's little to indicate that any greater independence would bring a different line. It pisses in the same pot as the state, it just thinks it's better.

The bbc is the pot

 

[butchersapron]

The bbc is the pot

I rather think we're the pot barney.

 

[ViolentPanda]

The bbc is the pot

The Beeb is the state's cock.

 

[DotCommunist]

would that make ITV the balls?

 

[treelover]

Nothing on the main BBC channels about the massive protest which is happening in front of their noses, the old eastern bloc comes to mind

live feed here

http://bambuser.com/v/3966078

 

[teqniq]

Fucking disgusting, nothing on the Graun either and the OB estimate 40.000 people which is bound to be conservative. Thanks treelover

 

[Barking_Mad]

Norman Smith BBC political correspondent claims Tory private security told them not to film demo from outside Tory conference centre. So they didn't. Nor have they reported the fact they were told not to film.

@BBCNormanS

 

[teqniq]

What? They have not long moved their base of operations to Manchester and they still can't report on it?

Go on you know you want to:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/complain-online/

 

[Barking_Mad]

Reading from bottom to top.

1. norman smith ‏@BBCNormanS
   Also to be clear. I was stopped by security staff who said they had been told by police not to allow access. No reason was given #cpc13
   
   norman smith ‏@BBCNormanS
2. For clarity. I was stopped from filming "Live" for @BBCNews Channel from conf centre overlooking #nhs299 demo #cpc13
   
   norman smith ‏@BBCNormanS
   Unfortunately security at #cpc13 won't allow us to film #nhs299 demo outside conference centre #magnacarta #gloriousrevolution

 

[teqniq]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry

 

[Barking_Mad]

Zoe Sky Producer ‏@ZoeSkyProd
Security at #cpc13 says can't approach the fence inside conference centre in case you 'antagonise the protesters'

 

[teqniq]

It's on their Manchester site article and stills only, but not the national one:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-24286582

 

[treelover]

Its on all the national media now, short excerpts though

 

[ViolentPanda]

would that make ITV the balls?

With Channel 4 the perineum, and 5 being the arsehole.

 

[nino_savatte]

With Channel 4 the perineum, and 5 being the arsehole.

And Sky? The foreskin?

 

[ViolentPanda]

And Sky? The foreskin?

They are that useless!

 

[DotCommunist]

foreskins are useful!

sky would be like the arsepubes

 

[ska invita]

Amusing:
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...ch-shadow-health-6116581#.UkmnL1g5Mwg.twitter

Manchester anti-cuts march: Andy Burnham attacks BBC coverage of 50,000-strong protest
30 Sep 2013 17:01

The shadow health secretary has written to Lord Patten, BBC Trust chairman, to express his dismay at the "cursory coverage" in BBC news bulletins of the protest in Manchester, which took place on the opening day of the Conservative Party conference.

 

[frogwoman]

 

[ska invita]

classic!