ON THE "UNIQUE FUNDING"

ON THE "UNIQUE FUNDING"

>> WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2010

Interesting debate here between John Humphyrs and David Elstein on the decision to freeze the BBC TV tax for 5 years and a useful insight as to how the BBC like to tackle the subject of their own bloated funding. Elstein is clearly sympathetic to the BBC and thus Humphyrs is able to lead the interview without the irksome inconvenience of having someone point out that the UK cannot afford this annual £3bn indulgence. Note the title "BBC license fee freeze "wrong" - just in case you miss the message. Actually I agree it is wrong but not for the reason given by the BBC. It is wrong that the taxpayer contributes so much as one penny to this left wing burlesque. I'd sooner the billions went to our Armed Forces.

OPEN THREAD

Well, here we are on " Axe Wednesday" - when the doomsday cuts are announced by the Coalition and hyped by the BBC. Thought we could use this Open Thread to detail their outrageous coverage of it all...

More Question Time Bias

>> TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2010

So where is Question Time coming from this week - the week of savage cuts spending rising but not as much as it was previously?

One day after the the Comprehensive Spending Review it's coming from Middlesbrough which is ranked as 324th out of 324 council areas by Experian (well spotted Tim). In other words (according to the BBC website) it "will be the least resilient to such public sector cuts."

Could the location be any more deliberate, more calculated or more biased?

ON THE STREETS

Don't know if anyone else watched Newsnight but it's almost as if the BBC are annoyed that the UK trade unions have not taken to the same level of street violence as we see in France. Quite remarkable, and running close to incitement to riot. Did you see it?

Who Said What

Robin Shepherd has another well deserved pop at the BBC for revelling in Mike Leigh’s ‘message’ to Israel. Another instance of luvviedom meddling naively in Middle East politics.
After Ken Loach, this is even better for the BBC because apparently Mike Leigh can speak AsaJew.
Deep joy, as Professor Stanley Unwin used to say.
Not only that. It gives them a golden opportunity, which they grasp with alacrity, to opine negatively in the form of: one “critics say” and one: “some suggest.” Robin Shepherd expands on this, do read his article.

THAT UNIQUE FUNDING

It's a curious way that they look at it. I refer to BBC outrage that it will be "ordered" to pick up the costs of TV licenses to those people over 75 years old. I would go further - the BBC should pick up the tab for the costs of all TV licenses - ie. let them pay their own way with their "world class" journalism!