tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post8693959820473397766..comments2024-03-28T22:45:51.014+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: BBC Online - Part 2CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-9171810131516575392017-08-04T23:58:48.357+01:002017-08-04T23:58:48.357+01:00BQ @ 12:24
Interesting post. When you wrote that,...BQ @ 12:24<br /><br />Interesting post. When you wrote that, Evans' conviction hadn't been quashed<br />and the whole thing was still quite recent and heated. With the benefit of<br />hindsight, perhaps it's understandable that your point about employing an<br />offender was over-shadowed. In my comment above I completely ignored the fact<br />that Evans was eventually acquitted. Thinking about it now I realise that the<br />"impartial" BBC systematically vilified a man that the courts eventually found<br />innocent while embracing and promoting a woman that the courts found guilty.<br /><br />I picked Pryce and Evans as one example of the malicious bias and hypocrisy of<br />the BBC, but they would make an equally good test case for your 2015<br />post. Presumably the people who were then claiming that Evans "got what he<br />deserved" (and similar) also think that Pryce should now be an unemployable<br />pariah as well.Y Ddraig Gochnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-44686111835891360362017-08-04T20:26:20.103+01:002017-08-04T20:26:20.103+01:00I don't mean to get all Paul Masony but why ha...I don't mean to get all Paul Masony but why hasn't Europe revolted? Are their universities just filled with Mekons, is proportional representation the shrowd of the charlatan?<br /><br /> When all evidence supports the fact that the EU is fucked from the top down, why are our neighbours so passive? Tusk on Poland offers a nice little vignette upon group-think and the corresponding herd mentality - it's 'unacceptable' apparently. No foreplay there.<br /><br /> I'm sure many of this parish are aware of Mr Raedwald's excursions in Alpine climes and their own parochial efforts. As an overpaid government bureaucrat for most of my life I struggle to comprehend the complexities of trade deals. Here was me thinking copy & paste and asking 'anyone got any whinges?' would do the trick but Cleggy told me otherwise so i'll bow to his erudition.<br /><br />DtPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-42007697184526308802017-08-04T19:33:47.466+01:002017-08-04T19:33:47.466+01:00Blacks and Muslims are the current leftist-approve...Blacks and Muslims are the current leftist-approved victim groups, which makes a change from Irish Catholics. <br /><br />This means that the BBC will never report anything negative about them unless it has to, and even then will try and conceal or elide the truth as much as possible.<br /><br />Bias by omission or commission is the BBC's modus operandi, and everyone who owns a television set is forced by law to pay for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-91187611981963420802017-08-04T14:09:12.106+01:002017-08-04T14:09:12.106+01:00Please, let's not forget the delightful Victor...Please, let's not forget the delightful Victoria Coren Mitchell on Only Connect. Another of the few reasons to watch anything on Aunty Beeb's telly channels.Lockersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-27542054435974320402017-08-04T13:30:58.495+01:002017-08-04T13:30:58.495+01:00It,s quite straightforward. Watch RT for news abou...It,s quite straightforward. Watch RT for news about the UK and US. Watch CNN for news about Russia and a different take on UK. Watch Beeb for ... ah, it sort of breaks down there!auralayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141944035597424072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-63596490267315341572017-08-04T12:24:14.882+01:002017-08-04T12:24:14.882+01:00I wrote about Ched Evans back in 2015.
Many reader...I wrote about Ched Evans back in 2015.<br />Many readers thought it was not appropriate for this blog. Finance and politics. <br />It was really an employment piece though. Should an offender be allowed back to work after sentence ? and should mob social media screeching be the measure for justice.<br /><br />It became quite heated as the original point, in a pretty long post, became lost and rape, not rehabilitation was the issue. And mobocracy.<br /><br />I'm totally with you on the 'former rapist' and miss Price. That was really my point. One rule for some. One for others. <br /><br />Have a look. http://www.cityunslicker.co.uk/2015/01/ched-evans-mobocracy.html<br /><br />Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-29295941945763091182017-08-04T11:30:18.548+01:002017-08-04T11:30:18.548+01:00"on the matter of Inuits, I assume the digest..."on the matter of Inuits, I assume the digested vegetables they get form the stomachs of Walruses would be seaweed?" Fair enough: maybe "vegetation" would have been better than vegetables.<br /><br />Anyway, about Inuitland - when next you're there decline all invitations to eat the liver of polar bears. Deadly stuff.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-7764170253308128042017-08-04T10:44:12.455+01:002017-08-04T10:44:12.455+01:00Y Ddraig Goch said...
Spot on re Ched Evans. So m...Y Ddraig Goch said...<br /><br />Spot on re Ched Evans. So much so, that the BBC changed his name to<br /><br />Convicted Rapist Ched Evans. <br /><br />When he was cleared, I don't think they renamed him to "Innocent of Rape Ched Evans". <br /><br />Way past their sell by date. As for the salaries, FFS. And the pensions, FFFFFFFFS<br /><br />Captcha beyond a joke, Now, TEN consecutive frames with ONE car. I'll try again...Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-58435279940772255992017-08-04T10:41:13.536+01:002017-08-04T10:41:13.536+01:00If the decline in swan population was down to glob...If the decline in swan population was down to global warming you can bet the Beeb would have told us.<br /><br />It took me an age to find out who was causing the rise in anti semitism in Europe and I didn't get it from the BBC<br />E-Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-65287421593240001452017-08-04T10:40:40.696+01:002017-08-04T10:40:40.696+01:00dearieme - yes, tho' I occasionally listen to ...dearieme - yes, tho' I occasionally listen to chunks of Today in the same way that, when I was a kid, I read lots of horror stories. I am seriously troubled by Nick Robinson's pathological obsession with Donald Trump, and think he should seek urgent medical advice. <br /><br />BBC usage here. Occasionally Radio 3. Radio 5 for football. 5 extra and 4 long wave for Cricket, by far and away TMS is the best thing on the BBC. <br /><br />TV junked years back.<br /><br />By the way, dearieme - on the matter of Inuits, I assume the digested vegetables they get form the stomachs of Walruses would be seaweed? Not a lot of allotments up that way, I think? :-)Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-3576565543357271892017-08-04T10:34:56.848+01:002017-08-04T10:34:56.848+01:00"the politically correct attempts to avoid me..."the politically correct attempts to avoid mention of race or religion in any<br />way"<br /><br />I think this is being too generous. It portrays the BBC as a bit coy about the<br />facts, but still in an even-handed sort of way. In reality they are<br />deliberately and vindictively biased.<br /><br />When Ched Evans - a white British male - was convicted of rape, the BBC<br />replayed the details of the trial in every news bulletin, with lengthy quotes<br />and detailed descriptions of events. It went on for days. When a few of<br />Rotherham's Muslim paedophiles were finally convicted, the BBC confined itself<br />to a brief report that the convictions had happened and no court room<br />reporting at all. Nothing to see here - move along.<br /><br />In the aftermath of Evans' conviction, the BBC only ever referred to him as<br />"convicted rapist Ched Evans", pronounced as if his first name were<br />ConvictedRapistChed. It was clearly a corporate policy because they never<br /><i>ever</i> deviated from it - not even once. However, after Vicki Pryce was<br />convicted of perjury, the BBC adopted her as a regular guest expert on<br />economics, and, following the example they had set with Ched Evans ... never<br /><i>once</i> referred to her as "convicted perjurer Vicki Pryce".<br /><br />Raedwald is right. The BBC is no better than Russia Today and arguably worse<br />- at least Russia Today seems to have Russia's best interests at heart.Y Ddraig Gochnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-14208509411730670272017-08-04T07:52:28.221+01:002017-08-04T07:52:28.221+01:00If you expect no more from the BBC than you do fro...If you expect no more from the BBC than you do from Russia Today (RT) you won't be disappointed. Both will publish the truth when it suits their respective agendas and misrepresent, omit and distort the truth when it does not. There is really no point in having expectations of the BBC any higher than this. The organisation can neither be changed nor reformed.<br /><br />As for the TV tax, well, of course it should go. First, decriminalisation. Then removal of any special powers of entry and search. Then conversion to a voluntary donation scheme - like that the Guardian is running - under which committed neolibtards may set up direct debits to fund the thing themselves. Raedwaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11699610899843349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-10175079968598753952017-08-03T22:23:08.410+01:002017-08-03T22:23:08.410+01:00No fucker can beat £4.5 billion per year. Except p...No fucker can beat £4.5 billion per year. Except perhaps Paris Saint Germane (sp). It's got nothing to do with they're paid so much, it's got more to do with it's wrong. They sneered at an election - it's unforgivably rude. If I wanted random opinion i'd ask Geoff Boycott.<br /><br />Wearing a flat cap for the first time even though i'm a Yorkshireman in my 40's. It defo does create warmth.<br /><br /> DtPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-54151934361885030802017-08-03T22:23:06.493+01:002017-08-03T22:23:06.493+01:00"Here is your action news reporter..." ..."Here is your action news reporter..." <br /><br />https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bxUfg3uCBbgestwdjhnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734453617650658408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-35436249616159102542017-08-03T21:36:50.490+01:002017-08-03T21:36:50.490+01:00Unsurprisingly, when you think about it, this is w...Unsurprisingly, when you think about it, this is why BBC comedy has ceased to be. It is no longer. It... [repeat dead parrot sketch until time ceases to have meaning].<br /><br />If there are innumerable bounds on describing something, reporting events and comedy become impossible.dustyblokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032381020404935256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-42531717234215801102017-08-03T20:49:30.334+01:002017-08-03T20:49:30.334+01:00I'd get rid if she didn't watch it.
And n...<i>I'd get rid if she didn't watch it.</i><br /><br />And no doubt she'd go behind your back and pay the tele tax if you took a principled stand on the issue too? I know my other half would never run the risk of not paying it no matter how much I lobbied her.Steven_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029437876479574883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-19594314353490589572017-08-03T19:52:34.218+01:002017-08-03T19:52:34.218+01:00This is why for breaking stories I'll read Gua...This is why for breaking stories I'll read Guardian online. They are really good and I can always tune out the bias, but they are much more informative than the Beebtolkeinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322788161398430426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-32711242736136834342017-08-03T19:27:11.768+01:002017-08-03T19:27:11.768+01:00I haven't watched or listened to a Beeb news i...I haven't watched or listened to a Beeb news in years. Thus I welcome your report that it's still all balls.<br /><br />The Beeb is for University Challenge and the football highlights.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-48009813996352588362017-08-03T18:53:14.743+01:002017-08-03T18:53:14.743+01:00The BBC has become sinister.
A mass refusal to ...The BBC has become sinister. <br /><br />A mass refusal to pay its licence can't be that hard to start, surely ? <br /><br />They can't prosecute everyone and once it becomes bigger then only the most principled of BBC watchers will bother paying it. <br /><br />Crowd funding for those few that the BBC does target for prosecution. <br /><br />The BBC has made me hate my own TV set. I'd get rid if she didn't watch it. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-63452622386674587532017-08-03T18:28:37.175+01:002017-08-03T18:28:37.175+01:00I think the BBC might have a much bigger demograph...I think the BBC might have a much bigger demographic problem than they realise. For example, they still claim that something like 30% of 16-30 year olds listen to Radio 1 but there was no way that was true even 15 years ago.Knoreply@blogger.com