The BBC | Tim Davie resigns as Director General over Trump documentary edit (p 187)

Ohrodneyrodney said:
Anyone who reads the thread title and thinks 'yes' either hasn't been watching, listening, or reading the BBC for at least a decade.
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anyone reading that post and thinks you are correct would have to be totally unaware that senior positions at the BBC have been overrun with high paying Tory donors - former Tory councillors and candidates- former Tory press officers and someone who facilitated an £800k credit line for the former PM
 
TinFoilHat said:
Politically yes. I don't think the rebellion will be as huge as their political reporter Is making out.
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Given that the Bill will pass with Labour support its a foregone conclusion......... of course tomorrow the BBC will be full of Sunak's internal party divisions and ignoring the fact that Johnson soiled himself on live TV before the Select Committee - its called the Sharp Effect
 
The BBC are covering all sorts - inflation going up as well, but I agree that the NI Protocol is a more important issue because it will actually see a vote today.
I think they're probably holding back pending what twaddle comes out of the committee hearing, and also there won't be an outcome on Johnson today (unless he flounces out!).
 
MillionMilesAway said:
The BBC are covering all sorts - inflation going up as well, but I agree that the NI Protocol is a more important issue because it will actually see a vote today.
I think they're probably holding back pending what twaddle comes out of the committee hearing, and also there won't be an outcome on Johnson today (unless he flounces out!).
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They interviewed his biographer and allowed him to spout today's hearing was a waste of time and Johnson has been punished enough. The interviewer didn't challenge it.
 
TinFoilHat said:
They interviewed his biographer and allowed him to spout today's hearing was a waste of time and Johnson has been punished enough. The interviewer didn't challenge it.
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They did, and I don't think there is much there to be challenged - it's opinion from someone identified as a writer likely to be sympathetic to Johnson and not an expert.

There's been plenty of analysis of perceived flaws in Johnson's defence, and it's quite telling how few parliamentarians are on the BBC supporting him today. Maybe they're not allowed to, or are too busy interviewing each other on GBNews.

The BBC have just referred to it as their top story. They've not ignored it and have not been pro-Johnson.
 
Yes its become a tool of the tories inasmuch that they want to ruin it.

Tories have this politics of hate, they turn the country against the thing the tories hate.... Brexit, NHS, the bbc, and the sheep who believe what they're told by the media buy into it.

Things that hold the UK up in the world are slowly being ruined by the tories so they can have power unlimited... Their voters, can fuckoff afaiac, they'd eat shit for the tories.
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
Yes its become a tool of the tories inasmuch that they want to ruin it.

Tories have this politics of hate, they turn the country against the thing the tories hate.... Brexit, NHS, the bbc, and the sheep who believe what they're told by the media buy into it.

Things that hold the UK up in the world are slowly being ruined by the tories so they can have power unlimited... Their voters, can fuckoff afaiac, they'd eat shit for the tories.
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The NHS and BBC are the two organisation the tories would love to be rid of in this country. Infiltration of the news department will hasten the demise of the organisation.

I've said before Starmer should steal Corbyn's policy of full autonomy for the BBC away from any political interference. He won't though because that how Blair and Campbell used the same organisation when in power.
 
TinFoilHat said:
The NHS and BBC are the two organisation the tories would love to be rid of in this country. Infiltration of the news department will hasten the demise of the organisation.

I've said before Starmer should steal Corbyn's policy of full autonomy for the BBC away from any political interference. He won't though because that how Blair and Campbell used the same organisation when in power.
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I’ve seen a couple of interviews by Starmer and Streeting saying that exact thing, that they won’t just make it impartial, they’ll make it fully independent.
 
The Future’s Blue! said:
I’ve seen a couple of interviews by Starmer and Streeting saying that exact thing, that they won’t just make it impartial, they’ll make it fully independent.
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Whilst they make it independent they can make it self funding and stop the public paying for it. Who is going to drive the policy of the organisation?

Cast it adrift and let it sink or swim.
 
mexico1970 said:
Whilst they make it independent they can make it self funding and stop the public paying for it. Who is going to drive the policy of the organisation?

Cast it adrift and let it sink or swim.
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Oh, I’m absolutely with you there and refuse to pay for a licence for a service I don’t use. However, I do understand that many still see it as a viable service that should be independent of influence from any government. The words from Labour at least address that point.
 
mexico1970 said:
Whilst they make it independent they can make it self funding and stop the public paying for it. Who is going to drive the policy of the organisation?

Cast it adrift and let it sink or swim.
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Maybe ask the public first, think when offered a BBC by subscription or with adverts, more than you think would opt for the current system. I know I would.
 
blueparrot said:
Maybe ask the public first, think when offered a BBC by subscription or with adverts, more than you think would opt for the current system. I know I would.
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Without direction it will spiral out of control IMHO, if it became independent the left will still complain it's too right wing and the right wing will still complain that it's woke, it has to be accountable if it is to receive public money.

Most people I speak to think the BBC is a bit shit, it was a bit of a lefty paradise and then turned a bit right wing with a sprinkling of woke, get rid and let the people who work there deliver a service people would pay for or they can sink is my take on it.
 
mexico1970 said:
Without direction it will spiral out of control IMHO, if it became independent the left will still complain it's too right wing and the right wing will still complain that it's woke, it has to be accountable if it is to receive public money.

Most people I speak to think the BBC is a bit shit, it was a bit of a lefty paradise and then turned a bit right wing with a sprinkling of woke, get rid and let the people who work there deliver a service people would pay for or they can sink is my take on it.
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Most I speak to have no opinion on the politics of the BBC, but chatting to them they watch enough drama, news, sport, nature, science, art, listen to enough radio advert free that they think the £3 a week is a bargain compared to any other subscription TV options. Especially older people, that only have the free channels.
I understand your opinion, but think if asked you wou would be in the minority.
 
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