meltonblue
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Not sure there was much they could add following Newsnight last night though.
The News Agents is a good listen on it today.
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Huw Edwards - 6 month suspended sentence (pg 107)
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Not sure there was much they could add following Newsnight last night though.
The News Agents is a good listen on it today.
cleavers
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I didn't watch newsnight (never do), but it's absence from todays bbc news has been quite obvious. Not seen any other channels news so no idea on them.Not sure there was much they could add following Newsnight last night though.
The News Agents is a good listen on it today.
bobbyowenquiff
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I have plenty of issues with the BBC but my main problem is the licence fee. We should have choice. I think it has grown into a monster. It was never meant to be so huge. More than 24,000 staff is absurd and a lot of what it does is replicated elsewhere. If it stuck to doing high-quality drama, current affairs, and music/arts it could easily flourish as a paid-for channel. It is just too bloody big and its quality is diluted and sometimes very biased. It needs reform. This Huw Edwards stuff may not be criminal but it is damaging for the BBC.I don’t read papers anymore Bobby and agree with that but anything to nail the BBC with is ok by me, respect your posts.
flb
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Boris lost his job due to Chris Pincher, not breaking lockdown laws.
Correct , forgotten about , until the local BBC news and Simon “nose like a splattered baboons arse” Stone get their teeth stuck into City again.Remarkably after all the fuss yesterday, not been any mention on bbc news today that I have seen, haven't watched all the bulletin's but lunchtime and news at 10, and it's been airbrushed out.
At least he’s been quiet for a few days since “captain underpants” showed his arse to the world.
Isn't there still an ongoing internal.investigation though? With more allegations? If so I'd be surprised if they did report any other developments until it has been concluded to be honest.I didn't watch newsnight (never do), but it's absence from todays bbc news has been quite obvious. Not seen any other channels news so no idea on them.
meltonblue
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I didn't watch newsnight (never do), but it's absence from todays bbc news has been quite obvious. Not seen any other channels news so no idea on them.
The only thing they’ve reported on is the resumption of their own inquiry, which they clearly can’t say much about. Others have reported on the same thing Newsnight did about others at the bbc raising issues.
There’s not much else to say at this stage.
flb
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The last thing Huw wants is an “internal” investigation. Who knows what might be uncovered.Isn't there still an ongoing internal.investigation though? With more allegations? If so I'd be surprised if they did report any other developments until it has been concluded to be honest.
There is no doubt this has piqued the publics interest, on here, at work everywhere, but I can't help feeling that if the original news report was "hew Edwards has been suspended due to allegations of blah blah blah" no one would be talking about it, no thread on here and if there was it wouldn't have made it's 2nd page. The main reason it grabbed everyone was the unnamed aspect, everyone loves a whodunnit, film, series or real life. Now he's been named, it's already old news, people are losing interest.
Plus obviously it's not even news at all.
Glad I'm not a public figure/celebrity, if it got out some of the kinky shit me and the mrs got up to they'd have a field day
Plus obviously it's not even news at all.
Glad I'm not a public figure/celebrity, if it got out some of the kinky shit me and the mrs got up to they'd have a field day
meltonblue
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I have plenty of issues with the BBC but my main problem is the licence fee. We should have choice. I think it has grown into a monster. It was never meant to be so huge. More than 24,000 staff is absurd and a lot of what it does is replicated elsewhere. If it stuck to doing high-quality drama, current affairs, and music/arts it could easily flourish as a paid-for channel. It is just too bloody big and its quality is diluted and sometimes very biased. It needs reform. This Huw Edwards stuff may not be criminal but it is damaging for the BBC.
I’d swap local broadcasting and radio in for high quality drama in for where it’s real value is in terms of providing a service and, up to the recent cuts, the world service - that’s underestimated by a lot of people. I’d also add childrens tv and education services.
Think that does miss the point in a lot of the BBC’s output though. Most of it shouldn’t be so it can cater for a paid for audience as, as you say, it already exists. It should be to provide varied content so there’s something for everyone.
bobbyowenquiff
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The world service used to be excellent (especially for insomniacs like me!) but it has declined a bit in recent years, probably due to cuts.I’d swap local broadcasting and radio in for high quality drama in for where it’s real value is in terms of providing a service and, up to the recent cuts, the world service - that’s underestimated by a lot of people. I’d also add childrens tv and education services.