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Sunday, April 19, 2009 David Vance # BIASED BBC ETIQUETTE. It's been a while BUT I notice a decline again in the language being used here SO can I politely ask you all to ensure that whilst points are made with passion and wit, vulgarity is left at the front door? It makes the site better. Comments: 3 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # KEEPING HILLSBOROUGH ALIVE. It's amazing how much attention the Hillsborough story is getting from the BBC. We have already covered the hype surrounding the two minute silence but today, the BBC is now pushing the self-serving Labour spun angle that "secret files" could be made available to cast new light on what happened that day over twenty years ago. Of course headlines this are quite helpful to Jacqui Smith and co, aren't they? Comments: 16 (unread) - Biased BBC Home David Vance # A GOOD DAY FOR BURYING BAD NEWS Further to Ed's post, I too am stunned at the lack of coverage the BBC affords to the tsunami of damaging stories to Labour all over the press today. The Balls story, the Collins story, the plummeting poll numbers ALL off-radar as the State Broadcaster continues to attack the Police. I also read that Jonathan Ross has been cracking jokes yesterday as the BBC read out an official statement lambasting his actions in the Andrew Sachs affair. Listeners to Ross’s Radio 2 show heard an announcer summarise a ruling from broadcasting regulator Ofcom which described the phone messages at the centre of the scandal as ‘offensive, humiliating and demeaning’. But instead of adding an apology at the end of it, Ross made a series of sarcastic remarks and played the song The Lunatics have taken over the Asylum. It's the sheer arrogance of Ross that gets me - and in a way he sums up the problem with the BBC itself. Comments: 21 (unread) - Biased BBC Home