Biased BBC
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Hugh #
Just four regular voters...
A selection of BBC News website readers have been telling us what they thought of his speech, says the Beeb's vox pop on Gordon's speech. "Selection" is the right word. There's Denise Curtis, who thought the speech "fantastic"; Pat Morris, "born and bred Labour" (and her verdict is the most critical); Garry McNulty, who has voted Tory only once in his life - so the typical floating voter, then; and Catherine Couston, a teacher from Glasgow - oh, and she's "worried that the Conservatives might get in". The verdict? All but one supportive. Here, on the other hand, is what BBC New website readers have really been telling them. Spot the difference.
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David Vance #
A FOURTH TERM?
Well, as forecast here yesterday morning, the BBC has lavished praise on the Brown conference speech. Indeed in the BBC worldview bubble, Brown has triumphed magnificently, silenced his critics, routed the Tories, and laid down solid "serious" plans for the future. They have even suggested, oh so subtly, that Brown has moved the Party "slightly" to the left. Cheers all round and time for more "regulation". The thing is that the BBC is now completely immersed in the NuLabour spin zone, indeed it is the broadcasting arm of the Labour government. They have been doing their best to "Save Gordon" for some time now and will feel that their mission has been accomplished, at least for this week. Let's see if Cameron gets such an easy ride next week. Of course OUTSIDE the BBC bubble, things remain as they were. I suggest that Labour remains in terminal decline and the loss of the seat in the forthcoming Glenrothes by-election will surely bring some reality back to this BBC created faux reality. Finally, if you want to see just how great the Brown love-in is, just check out the image on the Today page this morning - Gordon and Sarah kissing each other, even as the BBC drools over them. Pass the sick bag.
Labels: anti-conservative, pro Labour bias, save gordon
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David Vance #
POETRY PLEASE?
Tuning in to Today on Radio 4 always requires a strong stomach although I normally steel myself and do it to keep an eye on what the BBC gets up to but even I was left queasy at an item ran around 6.50am on the poetry of Osama Bin Laden. Some left wing US academic was invited on to read out an example of the ramblings of the Al Queda leader to which James Naughtie intoned "powerful stuff". Yeah. This was a mutual love-in about the alleged poetical skills of the world's most evil terrorist. However don't despair because just before 7am the BBC ran a trailer for a programme it is running next week entitled "Is Al Queda winning"?
I know we go on about it day in day out here but really when you stop and just reflect, the problem with this State Broadcaster is enormous. It's not just the left wing bias it exudes at every opportunity but it is more to do with the systemic undermining of just about every value we hold dear via the BBC 24/7 news cycle. Just imagine you are the family of a British soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan and you hit the dial only to have the BBC churn out programmes extolling the merits of Bin Laden and the success of Al Queda. What does this do for your moral? The drip drip drip of poison from the BBC is killing our country. Clearly the removal of the license tax is vital since that will at least take away the financial backing required for 24/7 broadcasting toxicity but in the meantime we do provide an important function here trying to document and then hold the rotten BBC to account. During WW2, do you think they would have ran an item on the literary skills of Hitler. After all, he loved animals, was vegetarian and despised Christianity so he really was their kind of guy back then...but they held back. Now, they just can't resist hailing our enemies. Scum.
Labels: anti British
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
ed thomas #
Leaping to delusions
The BBC did itself proud today heaping praise on Gordon Brown. Online Reeta Chakrabarti was leading the way with this incredible pile of Brown-boosting. Notwithstanding the fact that she highlights the cheesiness of the conference speech occasion and its artificiality (not that she adequately describes how set up the whole edifice was), she squarely falls into the trap of simply praising Gordon.
Look at the segue in the following:
"he pushed all the right buttons - personal about how the NHS had saved his sight - political with some crowd-pleasing Tory-bashing.
'Pro-market'
Serious about the economy - and substantial when talking about the Labour agenda."
We go from the standard language of "button-pushing" to the stupid cheerleading of Gordon's supposed qualities.
What about the observation that this year there was no no more boom and bust? What about the absence of the usual crowing about his own long-term management of the economy?
Instead Gordon was boasting that he was the man for the crisis. There's no downside to Gordon's rhetoric, is there? Just what kind of dupes do the BBC have to be to fall for this so completely and without reserve? The only reserve they can muster is that this speech might not be enough for public opinion. But then the public are mad, aren't they (when they oppose Labour)? It's child's play to score a hit against Gordon, but the BBC's kid gloves were tailor-made for protecting such a moron.
One final point: it is true that other media also reported Gordon's speech as a good one. But they (eg. Sky) made clear that it was good from the partisan point of view. And they (eg. Sky) do not habitually acquiece to the Government's own notions of its competence. The BBC is uniquely funded and uniquely wedded to the delusions from which Gordon drinks so deeply.
Labels: save gordon
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