Has the BBC become a Tory tool?

[The Future’s Blue!]

Here’s an example of what the BBC is up against -

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Sounds pretty legitimate on the face of it.

But if you google the “campaign for common sense” you can see it is founded by a man called Mark Lehain to answer questions such as “what does diversity actually mean and does it really matter?’, ‘is there anything we shouldn’t joke about’, ‘should people be able to speak their mind at work’ and ‘can children consent to changing their gender?’”

Ok so now it’s sounding a bit right wing, Lawrence Fox, “PC gone mad”, but let’s not judge them on that.

Who is Mark Lehain?

Well he’s a former conservative candidate.

Zahawi made him an advisor to the Department of Education for 1 year and now he’s joined the Centre for Policy Studies, a right wing think tank based in Tufton Street sharing offices with -

- The LGB alliance - a group dedicated to removing the “T” from LGBT and all their rights.

- The Global Warming Policy Foundation - A think tank dedicated to the idea global warming isn’t real.

- The Tax Payers Alliance - a RW libertarian thinktank dedicated to highlighting (usually in dishonest or false ways) outrageous government spending to promote the idea all tax is bad.

- Leave means Leave

- The New Culture forum - thinktank dedicated to being anti-woke

- Migration Watch - not about birds.

- NoToAV.


What a coincidence, they just happen to be under the same roof as all the other right wing think tanks, conveniently just down the road from the Institute of Economic Affairs too.



Do we still believe the research this group has done? Or is it probable that a right wing conservative think tank with links to the government and half a dozen other right wing groups with a long proven track record of spreading false information has conducted some research to put this specific headline into the press to slander the BBC and the Telegraph has gladly obliged?


Would the Tory government’s allies and paymasters be making these kinds of attacks of the BBC is it were already a Conservative Party tool?

Good work, mate. I wonder who the former culture sec could have been?

 

[domalino]

Good work, mate. I wonder who the former culture sec could have been?

That would be Nadine Dorries but presumably her reputation for being a complete loon has meant the telegraph took the editorial decision to not name her lest people realise it means the quote is likely bullshit.

Also worth noting This story is #1 on the Telegraph’s UK news section. The anti-BBC propaganda is reaching millions of people who have no idea who is behind the information it’s presenting as factual.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

That would be Nadine Dorries but presumably her reputation for being a complete loon has meant the telegraph took the editorial decision to not name her lest people realise it means the quote is likely bullshit.

Also worth noting This story is #1 on the Telegraph’s UK news section. The anti-BBC propaganda is reaching millions of people who have no idea who is behind the information it’s presenting as factual.

The BBC, if broken up, would be worth a hell of a lot of money. I’m sure that’s also at the back of the lobbyists minds.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

That would be Nadine Dorries but presumably her reputation for being a complete loon has meant the telegraph took the editorial decision to not name her lest people realise it means the quote is likely bullshit.

Also worth noting This story is #1 on the Telegraph’s UK news section. The anti-BBC propaganda is reaching millions of people who have no idea who is behind the information it’s presenting as factual.

Just to avoid inaccuracy, it's John Whittingdale - it says so in the full article.

John Whittingdale - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

BBC dramas ‘warping modern Britain’ by ‘allowing Left-wing bias’

Some shows such as EastEnders and Vigil described as being close to propaganda due to criticisms of Brexit and government agencies

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[MillionMilesAway]

the start is still the same - it's referenced in the middle. I assume they didn't name him because he's not that well-known.

John Whittingdale, the former culture secretary, said: “There is a widespread problem, which includes drama, of highly political statements being made on BBC programmes which would be instantly regarded as unacceptable if they were made in news or current affairs programmes.
“Day after day it is a drip-drip, and in some ways it is more insidious than the effect that biased news coverage would have, because it is never questioned, people just accept it.
“The consolation for viewers is that there is now a large variety of drama available from other sources such as streaming services, but the BBC needs to be careful to maintain its broad appeal, because the more it retreats into some minute view of the world, the less relevant it will be to viewers.”

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

the start is still the same - it's referenced in the middle. I assume they didn't name him because he's not that well-known.

John Whittingdale, the former culture secretary, said: “There is a widespread problem, which includes drama, of highly political statements being made on BBC programmes which would be instantly regarded as unacceptable if they were made in news or current affairs programmes.
“Day after day it is a drip-drip, and in some ways it is more insidious than the effect that biased news coverage would have, because it is never questioned, people just accept it.
“The consolation for viewers is that there is now a large variety of drama available from other sources such as streaming services, but the BBC needs to be careful to maintain its broad appeal, because the more it retreats into some minute view of the world, the less relevant it will be to viewers.”

How about a drama where a cabinet minister is compromised by his relationship with a dominatrix?

Or would that be warping people's views of Britain?

 

[bluethrunthru]

Yet more serious journalists quitting the Beeb because they know the sham auditioning is about selecting journalists that can be manipulated to toe the Tory line and they won't have it

BBC News exodus sees presenters quit as merger sparks 'humiliation'

The BBC will say goodbye to David Eades, Joanna Gosling, and Tim Willcox as they quit amid plans to merge its international and domestic news channels.

www.express.co.uk

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Yet more serious journalists quitting the Beeb because they know the sham auditioning is about selecting journalists that can be manipulated to toe the Tory line and they won't have it

BBC News exodus sees presenters quit as merger sparks 'humiliation'

The BBC will say goodbye to David Eades, Joanna Gosling, and Tim Willcox as they quit amid plans to merge its international and domestic news channels.

www.express.co.uk

Be a rebel, tell the fuckers you won’t pay them.

 

[mexico1970]

Yet more serious journalists quitting the Beeb because they know the sham auditioning is about selecting journalists that can be manipulated to toe the Tory line and they won't have it

BBC News exodus sees presenters quit as merger sparks 'humiliation'

The BBC will say goodbye to David Eades, Joanna Gosling, and Tim Willcox as they quit amid plans to merge its international and domestic news channels.

www.express.co.uk

Probably a way to get rid of presenters who are older than Moses with little or no fuss.

 

[bluethrunthru]

and today its announced Ken Bruce is off from Radio 2 - not a political move per-se but no doubt a result of those who push to reduce the pay of "star" presenters. I hope they all enjoy Radio 2 becoming wall to wall Rylan and Scott Mills - cheap and not so cheerful "entertainment"