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Is the BBC.. 02:30 - Oct 18 with 8276 views

nothing more than a state run broadcaster which fools the public into being an impartial observer, when it really is a propaganda machine that feeds you bullshit and forces you to pay for the privilege ???
Or is it a really honest corporation that has our true interests at heart?
Thouights?

Psycho killer Qu'est-ce que c'est?

Is the BBC.. on 03:05 - Oct 18 with 6038 views

SonofNorfolt

Yes.
No.
When I was young, like many things, I thought that we were the honest ones, the INCORRUPTiBLES, Robespierre for the World.
Now, with all the different forms of information available, you can easily proove our complicity with the status quo.

It doesn't matter though because STRICTLY COME DANCING & THE X FACTOR are on this weekend.
Of course watching Rangers is not much better. Our opiate.

[Post edited 18 Oct 2013 3:29]

Is the BBC.. on 05:36 - Oct 18 with 6008 views

isawqpratwcity

Compared to who? Fox News?

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Is the BBC.. on 07:03 - Oct 18 with 5987 views

kysersosaqpr

Is the BBC.. on 05:36 - Oct 18 by isawqpratwcity
Compared to who? Fox News?

Or any national newspaper? The only true impartial news... Fortean Times.

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.

Is the BBC.. on 08:06 - Oct 18 with 5933 views

connell10

no matter how much the rabid right spout off about it the bbc still prouduces some of the best programmes, FACT as for itv i wouldnt pish on it!

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Is the BBC.. on 08:39 - Oct 18 with 5904 views

doogi55

not this old hat through the summer the murdoch press have had a campagne of slag ed millband off every day the mirror do the same to the tories so i use my brain to sort it all and make my own judgement..
the mail hate the bbc so does murdoch so i take no notice.
you do know the bbc dont get all the licence fee you pay

Is the BBC.. on 08:54 - Oct 18 with 5878 views

BlackCrowe

Is the BBC.. on 05:36 - Oct 18 by isawqpratwcity
Compared to who? Fox News?

Difference is you don't have to pay for crap like Fox News. Compulsory licence fee for BBC whether you like the content or not.

The demise of the BBC is considerable. It's always been very left wing but not at the expense of quality programming, and always made a fair job of masking it's political leanings.

Now it fails to hide it's politics - News At Ten, Question Time etc, quality programming is the exception rather than the rule and it's pc-ness has gone mad (struggle to think of a radio presenter with a southern accent - all Scottish, Welsh, Yorks and Lancs accents.

Programming now is banal and lazy and unchallenging. It's sports coverage is rapidly turning into TalkShite without adverts, and most of the presenters both on TV and Radio irritate me.

There's still a few gems on TV and Radio but they and being advert-free justifies the licence fee any more.

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Is the BBC.. on 08:59 - Oct 18 with 5874 views

isawqpratwcity

Is the BBC.. on 08:39 - Oct 18 by doogi55
not this old hat through the summer the murdoch press have had a campagne of slag ed millband off every day the mirror do the same to the tories so i use my brain to sort it all and make my own judgement.. the mail hate the bbc so does murdoch so i take no notice. you do know the bbc dont get all the licence fee you pay

Hilarious that you still have TV licences! A ludicrous anachronism.

We have the national broadcaster, ABC, for both TV and radio: commercial-free (except for ABC merchandise) and funded by the Federal government. Creative output is good, though not as good as the BBC.

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Is the BBC.. on 13:07 - Oct 18 with 5805 views

Antti_Heinola

Is the BBC.. on 08:54 - Oct 18 by BlackCrowe

'Very left wing'? Laughable.

As for the licence fee. In a house of two adults, you pay less than £1.50 per week each for everything you get in return - TV, dedicated local radio (despite massive cutbacks), national radio, internet, BBC iplayer etc etc. If you really, really can't get £1.50 worth of entertainment out of that each week, you probably don't need a TV anyway.

Bare bones.

Is the BBC.. on 13:33 - Oct 18 with 5761 views

R_from_afar

Is the BBC.. on 08:54 - Oct 18 by BlackCrowe

The BBC has a reputation for being left wing but some of the recent coverage of fracking and environmental matters has bordered on a party political broadcast for the Conservative party. Example: Countryfile on fracking: They set the CEO of Cuadrilla against a bloke who is running a poorly supported campaign for a miniscule, local protest group. Never mind the fact that there are national, international even, groups united agains fracking.

Still, at least it bore out the "false balance" findings of the Leveson report.

RFA

"Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1."

Is the BBC.. on 13:40 - Oct 18 with 5745 views

BlackCrowe

Is the BBC.. on 13:07 - Oct 18 by Antti_Heinola
'Very left wing'? Laughable. As for the licence fee. In a house of two adults, you pay less than £1.50 per week each for everything you get in return - TV, dedicated local radio (despite massive cutbacks), national radio, internet, BBC iplayer etc etc. If you really, really can't get £1.50 worth of entertainment out of that each week, you probably don't need a TV anyway.

Of course my opinion is 'laughable' and your's isn't.

And where did I say that I didn't want to pay for my licence.

I-don't-think-it-is-as-good-as-it-used-to-be. Is that clear enough?

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Is the BBC.. on 13:47 - Oct 18 with 5729 views

baz_qpr

Nick Robinson Political Editor - Tory (former young conservatives chair)
James Landale - Old etonian tory (went to school with
Emily Maitless - Rabid right wing tory

Interestingly Allegra Stratton on newsnight comes across as a rabid right wing tory, but historically is Labour.

The old left wing bias stuff never really stands up to any scrutiny. Where as ITV and Sky news is unashamedly right wing and channel 4 news left wing. The BBC does at least make an attempt to be even handed

Is the BBC.. on 13:49 - Oct 18 with 5724 views

baz_qpr

You could say that, but in comparison to the £1000 a year I pay for Sky or Virgin its is phenomenal value for all the TV, News, Kids TV, Radio and Web I get in return

Is the BBC.. on 13:54 - Oct 18 with 5714 views

SydneyRs

Come and live in Australia for a while and marvel at how fecking awful the TV is here. Trust me, you will appreciate the BBC a whole lot more once you have done that.

If there was a house fire in say Northolt would it make the BBC news? The equivalent makes the so called national TV news here.

Ironically the lowest budget channel SBS has the best global news coverage. Their slogan is "news from home, if you live in the world".

Is the BBC.. on 14:01 - Oct 18 with 5700 views

R_from_afar

on 01:00 - Jan 1 by

You make a good point about the Tory MPs in the shires, they are anti-fracking too, but otherwise, the Conservatives are almost without exception pro-fracking, as is the right wing press.

I think your last sentence is pretty harsh though!

RFA

"Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1."

Is the BBC.. on 14:03 - Oct 18 with 5691 views

Metallica_Hoop

Some moderators on HYS are left, some right. I can tell which is on when my post's get deleted.
Twice mine has been near top rated and then been deleted with a change of mod.

Broadly happie-clappie would be a better way of describing it.

PS I'm freelance BBC staff.

[Post edited 18 Oct 2013 14:05]

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Is the BBC.. on 15:20 - Oct 18 with 5631 views

derbyhoop

If you want to be critical of the BBC then just go and watch TV almost anywhere else in the world and, hopefully, you will appreciate that the UK is blessed with very high quality programming. that you struggle to get anywhere else. And that's based on personal experience in USA, S Africa, Australia, Ireland and France. It's not perfect but their remit is very wide.

As to bias, the evidence is very hard to prove. If there is bias from certain presenters, they will almost certainly get pulled back by their editors.

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Is the BBC.. on 15:42 - Oct 18 with 5609 views

batmanhoop

it must be an age thing, if you think Eastenders is quality TV I despair and where has all the sport gone? Emily right-wing and rabid you're having a laugh. The BBC is biased towards the left without a shadow of doubt. It's had its day and I resent every penny it cost me to broadcast their left wing dross

Is the BBC.. on 15:57 - Oct 18 with 5596 views

Antti_Heinola

Is the BBC.. on 13:40 - Oct 18 by BlackCrowe
Of course my opinion is 'laughable' and your's isn't. And where did I say that I didn't want to pay for my licence. I-don't-think-it-is-as-good-as-it-used-to-be. Is that clear enough?

well it's not laughable to me ;)

on re-reading, I'm not sure what you meant by this line...

"There's still a few gems on TV and Radio but they and being advert-free justifies the licence fee any more."

apologies if i got it wrong, i thought you were saying the few gems and being ad-free doesn't justify the licence fee - the any more bit throws me.

Bare bones.

Is the BBC.. on 15:59 - Oct 18 with 5590 views

mrmonkey

Is the BBC.. on 15:42 - Oct 18 by batmanhoop
it must be an age thing, if you think Eastenders is quality TV I despair and where has all the sport gone? Emily right-wing and rabid you're having a laugh. The BBC is biased towards the left without a shadow of doubt. It's had its day and I resent every penny it cost me to broadcast their left wing dross

Any proof any other than I read it in The Daily Mail ?

Is the BBC.. on 16:01 - Oct 18 with 5587 views

Antti_Heinola

on 01:00 - Jan 1 by

Well of course HBO can afford to funnel huge amounts of money into the sort of flagship shows you mention, whereas the BBC has all kinds of things to cover, not least the news, which I don't believe HBO supplies itself, so it's not really comparable in that respect. And in contrast, I think a lot of people in other countries would point to things like kids tv and natural history and news as being things the BBC still does better than pretty much anyone.

totally agree about the execs, though. Far too many freeloaders at the BBC, middle managers who do next to nothing but have cushy jobs. A subscription model, though, would probably kill it, and IMO that would be madness. The BBC is the envy of the rest of the world - we're so lucky to have it, for all its numerous faults, and it must be improved, but essentially it remains A Very Good Thing.

Bare bones.

Is the BBC... on 16:13 - Oct 18 with 2905 views

whittocksRs

You can't compare the BBC with HBO and the premium pay TV platforms as they have massive programming budgets and no charter to entertainment and inform. They're purely profit driven.

The Beeb has had a rough time with one PR disaster after another, and has been spectacularly sh!te in handling those situations.

The argument about it being left-leaning is a moot point - if the right had its way the BBC would never have been invented in the first place and would certainly have been replaced by a investor-based broadcaster similar to PBS in the US if the Tories had found a way to do so.

To me the BBC is one of those annoying things that for all its faults would be a national tragedy if it wasn't there. The negative effects of the gap it left would only be felt after it had gone. I'd always say it's a case of being careful what you wish for.

Is the BBC.. on 16:25 - Oct 18 with 2883 views

Tonto

is it me or is this deabate being formed along political leanings lines? the Tory boys (e.g. Clive A) hate it, the other like it...

	Why stop now, just when I'm hating it
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Is the BBC.. on 16:34 - Oct 18 with 2876 views

batmanhoop

Is the BBC.. on 15:59 - Oct 18 by mrmonkey
Any proof any other than I read it in The Daily Mail ?

proof that Eastenders is dire, that one time they had every sport televised, now down to snooker and indoor bowls

Is the BBC.. on 16:39 - Oct 18 with 2873 views

connell10

RUBBISH!

	AND WHEN I DREAM , I DREAM ABOUT YOU AND WHEN I SCREAM I SCREAM ABOUT YOU!!!!!
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Is the BBC.. on 17:24 - Oct 18 with 2850 views

baz_qpr

on 01:00 - Jan 1 by

ITV is certainly not neutral they editorilise and sensationalize more than any. News at 10 was notorious for appointing tories as editors.

CH4 news and News at 10 are deliberately set by ITN to offset each other.

The point is if the BBC is so biased why appoint so many tories to its key political reporting roles.

Was the BBC biased towards the left in the 80's maybe but given Thatcher only carried 40% of the electorate was extremely radical and pretty much hated by the remaining 60% I dont think its too surprising that her ideas / ideals were challenged in the mainstream media

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