so why when there are race riots on the streets of Birmingham does the BBC fail to report on them (they did have the anniversary of the Girl Guides though, whichbwas nice), yet SKY had it as a lead story
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Originally posted by mrdonuts View Postso why when there are race riots on the streets of Birmingham does the BBC fail to report on them (they did have the anniversary of the Girl Guides though, whichbwas nice), yet SKY had it as a lead story
I wouldn't be the first to suggest that the BBC is in fact quite often overtly political. -
rather than being afraid i was wondering if they just want to look at the UK through rose coloured glassses and believe that the way the country is going/gone is working fineComment
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Originally posted by mrdonuts View Postso why when there are race riots on the streets of Birmingham does the BBC fail to report on them (they did have the anniversary of the Girl Guides though, whichbwas nice), yet SKY had it as a lead story
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/w...ds/8239818.stm
Apologies to the BBCComment
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nope no apologies needed i watched the bbc last night and continually flicked between it and sky no sign of it. They may have posted a piece to the website that was deemed not suitable for terrestrial thoughComment
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Originally posted by mrdonuts View Postnope no apologies needed i watched the bbc last night and continually flicked between it and sky no sign of it. They may have posted a piece to the website that was deemed not suitable for terrestrial thoughComment
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Originally posted by mrdonuts View Postso why when there are race riots on the streets of Birmingham does the BBC fail to report on them (they did have the anniversary of the Girl Guides though, whichbwas nice), yet SKY had it as a lead story
The verdict was due at exactly 6pm UK time. After the credits for the six o'clock news ran, the newsreader said something like... "And straight away, we are now going to take you live to.... the labour party conference."
I kid you not. They went live to the conference to show a recorded, I repeat, recorded speech by leader of the opposition Tony Blair earlier that day. It wasn't even a live speech. I think they mentioned OJ's acquital in passing on the 3rd news item.
It was like they went out of their way not to report on something that was clearly newsworthy to a lot of viewers. A secondary factor was that at the time (mid 90s), the BBC were seen as very, very friendly with the labour party. The labour spin doctors (in opposition remember) had been pestering the TV news channels to ignore the OJ verdict, but the BBC were the only one's that obliged.
Linky link http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96jun/blair/blair.htmComment
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Originally posted by centurian View Post
More Geoffrey Wheatcroft: The BBC wants public funds to fritter on free-market pay
Once upon a time the BBC was rather a puritanical sort of organisation, and I don't just mean the stern Sir John Reith's insistence that adultery was a sacking offence. Nobody used to join the corporation to get rich. That didn't stop it attracting plenty of talent. I well remember how BBC traineeships were the hottest, most sought-after ambition for graduates in the late 1960s. They were ambitious, that is, to make good programmes, have fun and, no doubt, meet glamorous, liberated girls – but not to make a pile.
And young James Murdoch's attack on the Beeb and Ofcom:
he BBC news website, argued Murdoch, is preventing commercial news organisations from investing in news, with potentially dire consequences for society and democracy. "The [BBC] news operation is creating enormous problems for the independent news business and it has to be dealt with," he said. "The BBC should not be in the business of competing with professional journalists. The consequences [for] independent journalists is probably the most urgent one to deal with." News International's papers are struggling to make money from their websites and Murdoch is considering introducing charges. But that's difficult when the BBC provides online news and other services free.Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.Comment
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Originally posted by centurian View PostIn the 90s when the OJ Simpson trial was at an end and the jury were coming back - even in this country everyone wanted to know if he would be sent down or get away...
The verdict was due at exactly 6pm UK time. After the credits for the six o'clock news ran, the newsreader said something like... "And straight away, we are now going to take you live to.... the labour party conference."
I kid you not. They went live to the conference to show a recorded, I repeat, recorded speech by leader of the opposition Tony Blair earlier that day. It wasn't even a live speech. I think they mentioned OJ's acquital in passing on the 3rd news item.
It was like they went out of their way not to report on something that was clearly newsworthy to a lot of viewers. A secondary factor was that at the time (mid 90s), the BBC were seen as very, very friendly with the labour party. The labour spin doctors (in opposition remember) had been pestering the TV news channels to ignore the OJ verdict, but the BBC were the only one's that obliged.
Linky link http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96jun/blair/blair.htm
The BBC is politically biased I agree, but in this case I would have done the same thing. In fact, I wouldn't have bothered covering the OJ "trial" at all.Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? - EpicurusComment
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Originally posted by mrdonuts View Postso why when there are race riots on the streets of Birmingham does the BBC fail to report on them
Why anyone would want to give publicity to either of them is beyond me.Comment
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