The bbc, again.

Wisbech Eagle said:
Apparently these are the issues raised in the “Prescott” memo that started all this. Does the tone seem familiar? To me they could have been written by any one of a number of posters here! So what does that indicate about Prescott? Does he have fair, neutral and unbiased approach? Or a heavily politicised one?

  • "Anti-Trump" bias: Prescott says the BBC’s coverage of the 2024 US election was more critical of Donald Trump than of his opponent, Kamala Harris - including a misleading edit of a speech Trump delivered on 6 January 2021
  • "Ill-researched" stories on racism: He says the BBC had published "ill-researched material that suggested issues of racism when there were none", including in a now-removed BBC Verify story about car insurance
  • Too few push alerts on migration and asylum seekers: There was a "selection bias" against sending stories about migration and asylum seekers to BBC News app users as push notifications, Prescott says
  • "One-sided" transgender coverage: He says the BBC had often published stories "celebrating the trans experience without adequate balance or objectivity" and had ignored certain voices
  • Anti-Israel bias in BBC Arabic: Several contributors to the BBC’s Arabic service selectively covered stories that were critical of Israel, Prescott writes
  • Broader issues in Gaza coverage: His other criticisms include misrepresenting the percentage of Palestinian women and children who have been killed by Israel’s military, and misrepresenting the likelihood of children starving under Israel's aid blockade”
Being more critical of Trump than almost anyone else would seem to be a no brainier to the vast majority of anyone with their eyes and ears open.

The rest is entirely from a right wing perspective. Which the BBC doesn’t share, anymore than it shares a left wing one.

He is entitled to his view. He isn’t entitled to force it.
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It's because they're f***ing true. If not, PROVE IT.

Should be easy enough to search their site for each subject and count the articles on which side of the fence they fall. Show us them congratulating Trump on his policies. Show us articles covering the plight of Jews home and in Israel, show us clear unbiased reporting on migrant protests and racism.
 
Spindle said:
It's because they're f***ing true. If not, PROVE IT.

Should be easy enough to search their site for each subject and count the articles on which side of the fence they fall. Show us them congratulating Trump on his policies. Show us articles covering the plight of Jews home and in Israel, show us clear unbiased reporting on migrant protests and racism.
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It’s, at best, all opinion. Opinions you might share doesn’t make them true.

He is entitled to his opinion, but no more than that. The BBC make judgements on where the balance lies and will never satisfy those on either extreme. Many of whom don’t even accept they are on an extreme.
 
Spindle said:
It's because they're f***ing true. If not, PROVE IT.

Should be easy enough to search their site for each subject and count the articles on which side of the fence they fall. Show us them congratulating Trump on his policies. Show us articles covering the plight of Jews home and in Israel, show us clear unbiased reporting on migrant protests and racism.
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What's funny is that on their main UK stories today - there are perhaps more right wing stories or politically neutral stories than "progressive" stories. Have a look - pretty interesting.
 
That Northern Labour MP with the black hair for a split second just said in the HoC, ‘’some of it they (the BBC) have brought on themselves.’’ More than some of it darling.
 
I sense a growing rift between the BBC staff, particularly in the News Room, and the Board.

The staff feel let down by the Board who they consider have become too politicised. I am beginning to wonder if there could even be some industrial action on the way, with demands made for clear and unequivocal reassurances that the BBC will never permit political influence over its content.

The last thing we want is for the BBC to be fearful of criticising anyone.

I hope the government provides that reassurance without it having to be forced and they undertake an overhaul of the Board to ensure that whilst a range of views exists that none have any undue influence.
 
Rudi Hedman said:
That Northern Labour MP with the black hair for a split second just said in the HoC, ‘’some of it they (the BBC) have brought on themselves.’’ More than some of it darling.
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Lisa Nandy. She also said the Government do not appoint t the DG, that is the board. True but what she didn’t say was that the board are appointed on recommendations from Ministers 🤔
 
Spindle said:
I have no issue with such content on climate change because that's not in dispute aside those who are gobbling off the oil and gas lobbyists. The SCIENCE is clear.
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the 'paid for' Science is clear. And the alarmist hysteria is clear also. As are all the previous harbingers of doom that were quietly shelved. Too many to even catalog them on here.

Climate Change me hole. A load of old rubbish. Sadiq Khans excuse to tax us.


Yes the weather is a tiny bit warmer. And no, i really dont give two flying fv.cks. Climate change is the new Transubstantiation......say the wrong opinion and they chop your head off.
 
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Just watched a LBC interview with Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis on the situation within the BBC.

They aren’t happy. They are convinced that there has been political interference which the government must sort out.

This is extremely revealing and confirms many of my earlier impressions.

 
Spindle said:
Opinion? They are a NEWS channel. I don't want their opinion.
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You don’t get their opinion! They report others.

The opinions I referred to are those expressed by Prescott and those held by Board members which are influencing their approach, when they are obliged to leave them at home and remain totally neutral and objective.
 
Wisbech Eagle said:
Just watched a LBC interview with Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis on the situation within the BBC.

They aren’t happy. They are convinced that there has been political interference which the government must sort out.

This is extremely revealing and confirms many of my earlier impressions.

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The DG and the News CEO have both resigned and there's been an apology. That's enough to confirm my impressions.
 
Wisbech Eagle said:
Just watched a LBC interview with Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis on the situation within the BBC.

They aren’t happy. They are convinced that there has been political interference which the government must sort out.

This is extremely revealing and confirms many of my earlier impressions.

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Not biased views then? EM one of the worst offenders for being biased. Of course they are not happy they have been found out and may have to move off their soapboxes
 
Now that the understandable joy at the BBC getting its arse kicked has faded, I wonder why we are not hearing about the actual person or persons who spliced this Trump footage together in the first place?

One thing I have not got about this all is why anybody might think they would get away with it? Because it was blatent. Clearly 'fake' news from the start. Did they think it would escape attention? Or was it perhaps done deliberately? Put out knowing it would bite the BBC on the arse at a later day? A tad tin-foily? Perhaps. But something ain't quite right.

Mhmmmm...seen some sources (from both Left and Right) I put some credence in talking about this current pile on against the BBC actually being more about its coverage of Gaza rather than Trump. With Trump just the cover story.
 
Matov said:
Now that the understandable joy at the BBC getting its arse kicked has faded, I wonder why we are not hearing about the actual person or persons who spliced this Trump footage together in the first place?

One thing I have not got about this all is why anybody might think they would get away with it? Because it was blatent. Clearly 'fake' news from the start. Did they think it would escape attention? Or was it perhaps done deliberately? Put out knowing it would bite the BBC on the arse at a later day? A tad tin-foily? Perhaps. But something ain't quite right.

Mhmmmm...seen some sources (from both Left and Right) I put some credence in talking about this current pile on against the BBC actually being more about its coverage of Gaza rather than Trump. With Trump just the cover story.
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I am confused as to why it took so long for it to come out. Trump would have known within minutes of it being shown.
It didn’t need the telegraph years later !
 
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