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Friday, April 24, 2009 ed thomas # UK economy buried in prison shock Sorry I am a bit confused. The BBC currently seem to think that the worst GDP decline since records began is less newsworthy than a Government bureaucratic decision about prison building. You just can't get the bad news to bury the bad news, these days. Comments: 3 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # Something for the weekend BBC-related comment thread. 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: 14 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # THE CAMERON INTERVIEW. Did you get a chance to listen to Sarah Montague interview David Cameron? Here it is in case you missed it. Wonder what you think? My view is that Cameron was OK - in what was clearly a hostile environment for him. Some of his responses disturb me and he still uses Blairist vocabulary on some issues and is wary of stating clearly that the State MUST be rolled back. He waffled on about teacherndoctorsnnurses too much. Montague's tone (I know it's subjective!)was simmering hostility and she was out to make Cameron say something Thatcheresque which could then be seized upon by Labour so I can understand his hesitations. Comments? Comments: 15 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # IT'S GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME! The CBI must have a hot-line to Number 10. As we prepare to have the awful truth about shrinking GDP in our ailing economy unveiled today, the BBC have been able to slip in the news that the CBI are pretty sure that the worst is now behind us, so ameliorating the awfulness of the current economic position. Ask any small to medium-sized businessman if he agrees with that - because the BBC sure as hell won't! No, they prefer to use the CBI as the alleged authentic voice of UK business and the CBI is singing from the same hymn book as Brown/Darling. It seems that each time bad economic news is announced we now have the CBI popping up to say that although it's not good, it's getting better all the time. Why can't the BBC seek out broader business opinion on the state of our economy? Simple - it only ever asks the opinion of those who will provide the acceptable answer. The narrative is clear - green shoots are everywhere if ONLY you look hard enough. Pathetic. Comments: 6 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # BIG FOOD GOOD, BIG PHARMA BAD? Just before budget day, the BBC were cheering on the massive profits Tesco announced. My contention was that this rather unusual BBC approval for vast corporate profits was aimed at creating good mood music as in "green shoots of recovery" ahead of Darling's dismal Budget. Things reverted to form this morning however and I invite you to listen to the sneering tone Angus Stickler adopts when interviewing the Pfizer representative at the start of this item. The disgust for "profits" drips off his lips. Comments: 3 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # SARAH MONTAGUE - FREEDOM FIGHTER. I know I have brought this subject up before but did anyone else catchthis item on Today this morning. I challenge you to listen to it since it positively drips with anti-Sri Lankan Government bias and pro-Tamil Tiger sympathies from the fragrant Sarah. Bias can be subtle but I don't think this was - it was blatant. There is a comparison between how the BBC reports events in Sri Lanka and events in Gaza. In both cases, the terrorists somehow become innocent civilians and the bad guys are those trying to weed out the terrorists. In both cases the BBC uses the UN to advance its own sympathies for the "fighters". Comments: 4 (unread) - Biased BBC Home Thursday, April 23, 2009