"It's not the BBC. You know, you actually get your facts right"
"It's not the BBC. You now, you actually get your facts right," Liz Truss playfully said last night to GB News's Alastair Stewart. Recently departed BBC presenter Dan Walker, clutching somebody's...
View ArticleMark Easton gets it wrong again
And talking about the BBC getting its facts wrong...As Arthur T notes on the open thread, blog favourite and arch-BBC narrative setter Mark Easton has been rebuked again by the corporation's Editorial...
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It's a sign of something deeply rotten in the state of our country that once rare events, which not so long ago would have dominated the news for weeks, now just come and go. A nine-year-old girl was...
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When's the funeral?
"The BBC lives or dies by its impartiality"Some hilarious comments under this!
View ArticleRoger and out...time for Amol again?
The closing section of this week's Feedback on Radio 4 was a question-and-answer session directed at its sacked presenter Roger Bolton, marking his very reluctant last appearance. As the embittered...
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Some truths
Emily Maitlis’s truth.Following in the footsteps of Dorothy Byrne (formerly of Channel Four,) Emily Maitlis (formerly of the BBC) delivered the MacTaggart memorial lecture at the Edinburgh...
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August Open Thread
Seven months down, five to go. Thanks for your support and comments, and here's to a splendid August!
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I was wrong
If you’ve been paying attention you’ll know I hardly ever watch the BBC these days. I keep mentioning that to account for my prolonged silences interspersed with off-topic observations.. However I...
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September Open Thread
The ancient animal, which was thought to be humans' earliest-known ancestor, may have lost the anus during evolution.New Open Thread (and if you don't like it, well, we have others.)
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October Open Thread
Welcome to the October Open Thread! Thank you for all your comments and for helping keep us going.
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Profiling
You may have read at Guido Fawkes or in the Daily Mail that the BBC had to temporarily withdraw their latest Radio 4 Profile of Conservative cabinet minister Kemi Badenoch.The programme has now been...
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November Open Thread
As November winds blow into Morecambe and I fear for my roof, here's a new open thread.Hello to all of you and thank you for commenting.
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December Open Thread
It's beginning to look a lot like time for a new Open Thread.Hope all's well with you and thank you for commenting.
View ArticleDaindruss Times
Jeremy Bowen has been promoted from Middle East to **International** editor and has been mostly covering the war in Ukraine but he still can't resist pontificating on Israel/Palestine. On 4th Jan 2023,...
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The Royalty Delusion
My attention span seems to have a slow puncture. The more it shrivels the narrower my interests become, so my observations on Prince Harry’s psychological melt-down are no doubt superficial and...
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Look out!
The NUS is belatedly looking at antisemitism. (Is this an attempt to rehabilitate the Labour Party?)Come on guys. Let’s not wang on about the Oxford Street bus incident and other low-hanging fruits...
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Sorry/not sorry
I stumbled upon the Media Show last night. A conversation between presenter Katie Razzall and Michelle Donelan turned to issues around the BBC’s impartiality.Katie Razzall:“…….Tim Davie the Director...
View ArticleLosing battle
I have virtually given up watching the BBC. When I do ‘dip in’ to see if I’m still a right-wing, Islamophobic bigot I’m quickly reminded why I gave it up. It wasn’t total surrender, but this battle,...
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Something's not quite right
There’s nothing currently on the Beeb about the latest Ghislaine Maxwell revelations. The last time we heard about it was on the BBC website this time last year when they reported that “Prince Andrew...
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