why the bbc is going down the pan

[TheHoodedClaw]

Anybody who wants to sign a petition to abolish the BBC should google: 'revoke the BBC Royal Charter petition'.

Hi Tim!

 

[two sheds]

Time to abolish the BBC.

Yeh, bunch of lefties

 

[hash tag]

Removal of 45,000 skeletons at HS2 site

"Bill 'The Terror' Richmond, who was born a slave in 1760s New York but became a celebrated bare-knuckle boxer after moving to England as a teenager."

born a slave born of a slave, born into slavery but was born a baby boy

 

[teqniq]

 

[binka]

Andrew Marr just interviewed Arron Banks. Marr was completely out of his depth, had no understanding of the questions he was asking and let Banks come across as calm and reasonable whilst Marr kept talking over him

 

[teqniq]

Predictably incensed

 

[DaveCinzano]

Predictably incensed

Transcript here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/04111802.pdf

 

[Riklet]

Yes bbc are shit and often biased. But what exactly does Carole Cadwally think they should do? no platform Banks cos he pushed for leave and was mean a few times on twitter?

what a moron. predictably looking at her twitter I failed to find anything remotely interesting or of political worth for a debate on brexit. mouthy whinging without any solid arguments.

 

[stavros]

I'd like to have seen Marr ask Banks why he used the Isle of Man for his companies. As a supposed patriot, acting in the interests of the UK, using an internal tax haven strikes me as slightly odd.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Predictably incensed

 

[krtek a houby]

Time to abolish the BBC.

Yeah, that will be nice for the thousands who work there. Especially the porters, kitchen staff, postrooms, despatch staff, porters, cleaners and the many who work behind the scenes.

 

[elbows]

Perhaps it is just my particular sense of humour, but I found myself laughing out loud and pointing at the screen and exclaiming barp barp barp more than once while reading this article about French political street violence.

Ball in Macron's court after violent protests

 

[19force8]

I can't tell what the woman in this clip is saying and I don't have time to track down the original news report right now, but it is a strange bit of editing.

 

[gentlegreen]

I can't tell what the woman in this clip is saying and I don't have time to track down the original news report right now, but it is a strange bit of editing.

"... fucked it up ..."

 

[stavros]

 

[stavros]

Over an hour and a half devoted to covering a Leave Means Leave rally, featuring an awful lot of discredited statements from many over-exposed persons (Kate Hoey, Tim Martin and Nigel Farage).

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Theresa May will not be flying to Brussels in Spitfire, BBC clarifies

 

[danny la rouge]

Theresa May will not be flying to Brussels in Spitfire, BBC clarifies

I’m sorry I clicked that link because I read this: “ You are bias”.

A lot of common errors I can let ride. It doesn’t bother me. (I am dyslexic, after all!). Some just grate, though. And for some reason that’s one that really, really, really grates.

 

[butchersapron]

 

[8115]

The Graham Norton Show is fucking terrible. I swear it's worse than it used to be.

 

[Santino]

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[skyscraper101]

The Graham Norton Show is fucking terrible. I swear it's worse than it used to be.

It definitely is worse than it used to be. It's gotten as tired as Jonathan Ross became in the end.

It needs a revamp, a new format, a new presenter. Can't think of anyone immediately obvious though.

 

[brogdale]

Had the misfortune to hear about 10mins of R4 'Today' this morning. The topic of imposing zero tariffs on all UK imports included air-time for radicalised market fundamentalists from the IEA & Adam Smith Institute (both enthusiastically advocating the merits of such 'disaster capitalism') and, for ideological balance some actual capitalists (the ceramics industry). Needless to say, the business owners were taught on-air how good it would be for their firms to be opened up to global competition, become 'more efficient', shed workers into the sector in which the UK has competitive advantage (services obvs) and ultimately fail.

I know I shouldn't be surprised, but the degree and depth of structural bias from the state broadcaster is quite staggering.

 

[skyscraper101]

Humphrys really needs to be put out to pasture. He is the most annoying interviewer.

 

[brogdale]

Humphrys really needs to be put out to pasture. He is the most annoying interviewer.

Undeniably, but the editorial strangle-hold obviously remains whoever reads the output.

 

[two sheds]

Humphrys really needs to be put out to pasture. He is the most annoying interviewer.

He heard you

John Humphrys 'assuming' he will leave Today programme this year

but

Undeniably, but the editorial strangle-hold obviously remains whoever reads the output.

 

[skyscraper101]

He heard you

John Humphrys 'assuming' he will leave Today programme this year

Best news ever

I mean, he's not quite as turgid as Nick Ferrari. But he's incredibly lame at interviewing. His inability to put any politician on the spot and deflect spin is pathetic. Probably explains why so many government politicians go on Today because the limit of his grillings extend to comebacks as soft as: ‘Ahhhh...but you see you haven’t have you?’

 

[two sheds]

So, Nigel Farage to replace him?

 

[Pickman's model]

So, Nigel Farage to replace him?

no, wetherspoons opens while the today programme's on

 

[two sheds]

I was forgetting he's a man of the people