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Friday, December 12, 2008 David Vance # General BBC-related comment thread! I'm off to London for the next two days and will not be on-line so here is an open thread for you all to use! Please use this thread for comments about the BBC's current programming and activities. This post will remain at or near the top of the blog - scroll down for new topic-specific posts. N.B. This is not an invitation for general off-topic comments, rants or chit-chat. Thoughtful comments are encouraged. Comments may also be moderated. Any suggestions for stories that you might like covered would be appreciated! It's your space, use it wisely. Comments: 3 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # YOU SAY INTERNAL, I SAY EXTERNAL Obviously the BBC has been irritated by German criticism of the Great Leader's plans to bankrupt the UK, sorry, I mean lead us into sun-lit uplands. And so it runs this pathetic attempt by David Miliband and Mr Broon to imply that any German comment is purely for internal German consumption and has nothing to do with broader economic events. What sheer rubbish. The Germans have been quite clear that they view the Brown "plan" with contempt and have no intention of following it. This is a cardinal sin and the BBC helpfully spins Miliband's drivel as if it had substance when it is in fact as empty as his head. Comments: 7 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # DRIVING DOWN THE DREAM I was pleased to read that the proposed $14bn bail out of the Detroit 3 has been voted down thanks to the GOP Senators showing some backbone - just for once. Naturally, if you read this BBC report, the Republicans are positioned as the bad guys, refusing to play along with the kindly Democrats and the tamed White House, with the poor trade union guys cast as the innocents in this soap opera. In fact it is the UAW which has a central portion of blame to take for the demise of GM and co but you would never guess this from the way the BBC writes up the item. The concept of letting inefficient business swing in the breeze seems incomprehensible to the BBC and its acolytes but from where I stand the GOP is quite right NOT to bail out the auto-barons and their Union henchmen. Comments: 6 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Thursday, December 11, 2008 David Vance # Comments: 10 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # QUESTION TIME LIVE! So tonight is the night when Biased BBC goes live with real-time coverage of Question Time. Have a look at the panel, and weep. Or laugh. We have the ludicrous Jim Knight, the appalling Lembit Opik, Mr Smug himself Will Self, Jungle Bunny Ester Rantzen, and conservative Nadine Dorres. 5:1, I think is the ratio, so it's important that WE are all on air to offer a little balance! Hope you can join me at 10.30pm when the we shall go live, should be a fun experiment and I will be ready and waiting.....bear with me if there any technical problems, this is a first at my end as well!! Comments: 76 (unread) - Biased BBC Home